People’s Choice One-Night Heavyweight Tournament (1993)

The People’s Choice One-Night Heavyweight Tournament was a unique professional boxing event held on December 3, 1993 in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. It was billed as a single-night elimination tournament featuring three-round bouts (three minutes each) and was broadcast as a pay-per-view in the U.S.

Format and Purpose

The tournament aimed to bring together top heavyweight contenders, but instead featured a mix of former world champions and journeyman fighters. The format was a single-elimination bracket with all bouts scheduled for three rounds, designed to showcase multiple fighters in one night.

• Tony “TNT” Tubbs – Former WBA Heavyweight Champion (1985–1986)

• James “Bonecrusher” Smith – Former WBA Heavyweight Champion 

• Tyrell Biggs – Former contender

• Jose Ribalta – Former contender

• Daniel Dancuta – Romanian contender

• Shane Sutcliffe – Former contender

• Willie Jackson – Former contender 

• Derrick Roddy – Former contender

Tournament Results (All bouts 3 rounds) 

First Round:

• James “Bonecrusher” Smith W Pts Lester Jackson

• Marshall Tillman W Pts Jason Williams

• Tony Tubbs W Pts Willie Jackson

• Tyrell Biggs W Pts Evgeny Sudakov

• Shane Sutcliffe W DQ3 Paul Phillips

• Tyrell Biggs W TKO2 Shane Sutcliffe

Quarter-Final:

• Daniel Dancuta W TKO3 Derrick Roddy

• James “Bonecrusher” Smith W Pts Marshall Tillman

• Jose Ribalta W Pts Derek Williams

• Tony Tubbs W Pts Tyrell Biggs

Semi-Final:

• Tony Tubbs W Pts Jose Ribalta

• Daniel Dancuta W Pts James “Bonecrusher” Smith

Final:

• Tony Tubbs W Pts Daniel Dancuta – Winner of $1,000,000 prize