Players Club Hall of Fame: Mitch Green

Mitch Green, you were a four time Golden Gloves champ and wrapped up your professional career with 19 wins, 12 KO's, 6 losses, 1 draw and 1 no contest. That's more than respectable. It's too bad that the 1980 US boycott of the Olympics kept you from going for gold.

You took Mike Tyson to a 10 round decision in 1986, never backing down even when Iron Mike sent your gold tooth flying. That's a champion's fortitude. In an era where Tyson was destroying heavyweights in one or two rounds, losing to him by decision can be considered a win.

You also caught a fat eye jammy from Tyson in a street fight in front of Dapper Dan's. Again, considering how difficult it must be to survive multiple Tyson punches to the head, we can't even clown for that. It's now part of legend.

Ultimately, we salute the confidence it must have taken to wear a jheri curl/perm hybrid in a boxing ring. Mitch Green, welcome to the Axel F Players Club.