--- title: Lip Sync Battle Terry Crews Mike Tyson: Video description: It's a knockout fight canonical: https://time.com/3834360/lip-sync-battle-terry-crews-mike-tyson/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-24T14:33:41.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:19:05.945Z og:title: Watch Terry Crews TKO Mike Tyson on 'Lip Sync Battle' og:description: It's a knockout fight og:url: https://time.com/3834360/lip-sync-battle-terry-crews-mike-tyson/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Terry Crews TKO Mike Tyson on 'Lip Sync Battle' twitter:description: It's a knockout fight twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Terry Crews TKO Mike Tyson on _Lip Sync Battle_ by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Apr 24, 2015 2:33 PM CUT by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Apr 24, 2015 2:33 PM CUT On Thursday’s _Lip Sync Battle_, former NFL star Terry Crews faced off against heavyweight champion and face tattoo enthusiast Mike Tyson in a battle for the Internet ages — and they were both ready to rumble. Crews delivered a particularly stirring rendition of Vanessa Carlton’s heartfelt anthem “A Thousand Miles,” which he originally [debuted](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RNG%5FtTXXcg "undefined") in the 2004 film, _White Chicks._ He started his performance seated at the piano, accompanying his lip syncing with some faux piano playing. Crews then kicked it up a notch, jumping on top of the piano, adding in some rhythmic gymnastics, and making the crowd swoon by ripping off his white blazer to pump his pecs in time with the beat. While Crews tugged at the heartstrings, Tyson went for the knockout with a [stellar performance](http://time.com/3828927/mike-tyson-lip-sync-battle/ "undefined") of Salt-N-Pepa’s classic “Push It.” While Tyson’s lip syncing was lackluster in that he kept forgetting to do it, he earned points for his extreme dance moves in his extra tight pants. The winner by decision? There’s a new champion: Crews. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3834360/lip-sync-battle-terry-crews-mike-tyson/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3834360/lip-sync-battle-terry-crews-mike-tyson/"},"headline":"Watch Terry Crews TKO Mike Tyson on Lip Sync Battle","datePublished":"2015-04-24T14:33:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:19:05.945Z","description":"It's a knockout fight","url":"https://time.com/3834360/lip-sync-battle-terry-crews-mike-tyson/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3834360/lip-sync-battle-terry-crews-mike-tyson/","name":"Watch Terry Crews TKO Mike Tyson on Lip Sync Battle"}}]}] ```