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Rare footage of Mike Tyson and Tupac hours before rapper's death emerges

The footage shows Mike Tyson flanked by Tupac and Suge Knight.

Rare footage has emerged in which Mike Tyson embraces Tupac Shakur just hours before the rap legend was shot dead in Las Vegas. The video shows Tyson in the minutes after his TKO victory over Bruce Seldon at legendary boxing venue the MGM Grand Garden Arena on 7 September 1996.

'Iron Mike' dominated Sheldon to a first-round stoppage to clinch the WBA heavyweight championship and celebrated with Tupac in the immediate aftermath.

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