Who did the boxer who competed  from 1981-1999 go up  in the boxing match against on March 7,1987.
Mike Tyson vs. James Smith Mike Tyson vs. James Smith, billed as "Super Fight", was a professional boxing match contested on March 7, 1987 for the WBA and WBC Heavyweight championships.
Viktor Mednov Viktor Ivanovich Mednov (Russian: Виктор Иванович Меднов , 27 November 1927 – 22 June 2009) was a Russian amateur boxer from the Soviet Union who won a silver medal in the light welterweight division at the 1952 Olympics. He had a difficult second bout with Francisc Ambrus of Romania, with Mednov prevailing when the referee stopped the bout due to bad cuts sustained by both opponents. Mednov had a break in the semifinal, as Erkki Mallenius withdrew with a hand injury. In the final he was defeated by Chuck Adkins in a 2–1 decision. This was the first boxing match between boxers from the United States and the Soviet Union.