Tyson vs Spinks "Once and For All" Dimension Cable Promo Tee
FrontA 1988 cable company promo for the Tyson vs Spinks fight
Tyson knocked out Michael Spinks in 91 seconds at Convention Hall in Atlantic City on June 27, 1988, to unify the heavyweight titles. Most fans didn't watch it at ringside. About 800,000 closed-circuit theater tickets and about 700,000 home pay-per-view buys were sold for the fight.
This red tee was a cable company promo. Under the fight's "Once and For All" billing, the front carries the Dimension Cable Services logo and the slogan "Something for all of you." Times Mirror Cable Television filed that slogan as a trademark on August 10, 1988, six weeks after the fight. Times Mirror's cable business was later renamed Dimension Cable and sold to Cox in the mid-1990s.
So this is most likely a shirt a local cable system gave away or sold to promote its pay-per-view showing of the fight. It shares the "Once and For All" name with the better-known Trump Plaza souvenir tee, but it's a different shirt.
Fight facts from Wikipedia's Mike Tyson vs. Michael Spinks entry. Slogan from US trademark serial 73745218 (Justia). Times Mirror cable history from Wikipedia. Print, tag and stitching from the eBay listing photos.
A red Tyson vs Spinks shirt with a yellow "Once and For All" print and a Dimension Cable logo
The 1988 Tyson vs Spinks Dimension Cable promo tee is a plain red short-sleeve crew-neck t-shirt with a single-color yellow print centered on the chest and nothing on the back. The print is the fight's "Once and For All" billing in big, tall block letters, with the fight date across the top. Underneath sits a smaller cable company logo, a TV-screen shape with sun rays that reads DIMENSION CABLE SERVICES, and the slogan "Something for all of you" in handwritten script.
A red Mike Tyson shirt with yellow "Once and For All" writing and a cable company logo is this Dimension Cable promo. The Trump Plaza "Once and For All" shirts from the same fight have different artwork and no cable logo.
- Shirt: short-sleeve crew neck in solid red (a true red). Ribbed collar. Double stitch on the sleeve and bottom hems.
- Front, top line: "MONDAY, JUNE 27, 1988" in small capitals, set into a thick yellow bar.
- Front, headline: "TYSON" and "SPINKS" in large, tall, narrow block capitals with small serifs, joined by a small "VS" inside a diamond.
- Front, second line: "ONCE AND FOR ALL" in the same tall capitals, with a second thick yellow bar underneath.
- Front, logo: a rounded TV-screen shape with sun rays fanning across the top. "DIMENSION" in bold capitals across the middle, "CABLE SERVICES" smaller below.
- Front, slogan: "Something for all of you" in a slanted handwritten script, ending in an underline swash.
- Print color: one color, golden yellow, on the chest only.
- Back and sleeves: plain red, no print.
- Tag: black neck tag with pale printed lettering and "MADE IN U.S.A." The brand hasn't been identified yet.
MONDAY, JUNE 27, 1988 TYSON vs SPINKS ONCE AND FOR ALL DIMENSION CABLE SERVICES Something for all of you
Also known as
- Tyson vs Spinks cable shirt
- Dimension Cable Tyson Spinks tee
- Tyson Spinks "Once and For All" red shirt
- 1988 Tyson pay-per-view promo shirt
- "Something for all of you" Tyson shirt
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About the Tyson vs Spinks Dimension Cable tee
What year is the Tyson vs Spinks Dimension Cable shirt from?
1988. The print carries the fight date, Monday, June 27, 1988, and Times Mirror Cable Television filed the slogan on it as a trademark on August 10, 1988.
Who made the red "Once and For All" cable shirt?
It was a promo for Dimension Cable Services, a cable brand of Times Mirror Cable Television. Cable systems sold the fight on pay-per-view, and this shirt promoted that showing. The maker of the blank shirt is unknown because the tag brand hasn't been identified yet.
How is it different from the Trump Plaza "Once and For All" shirt?
Both use the fight's "Once and For All" billing, but the Trump Plaza shirts are host-hotel souvenirs with Trump Plaza branding. This one is red with a yellow print and has the Dimension Cable Services logo and the "Something for all of you" slogan.
How can you tell if one is a reprint?
The known original is double stitched, made in the USA, and has the Dimension Cable logo and slogan under the title. A modern blank such as Gildan, a tagless or printed neck label, or a print with no cable logo point to a later shirt. Stitching alone won't tell you, since this shirt is double stitch even though most 1988 shirts are single.
What is it worth?
Only one sale is on record: a size M sold on eBay for $37.49 on October 14, 2026. That's too few sales to set a value.