Dreaderick Tatum, the heavyweight champion, grew up in Springfield. He learned how to fight in the notorious projects of Capital City, and honed his skills while serving time for aggravated assault and manslaughter in Springfield Prison. [7F13](In an interview, Tatum has stated to fathered several children by different mothers. [7F13])
Having served his time, Tatum went on to the 1984 Olympics where he won a medal by punching out a Swede three times smaller than himself. [9F08]
In the fight promoted as `The Bout to Knock the Other Guy Out', Tatum challenged and won the heavyweight title from Watson. [7F13] (He earlier dedicated the fight to the memory of Watson's decease manager.)
As the new heavyweight champion, Tatum went on to better things, like moving out of Springfield. As he once told Kent Brockman in a candid interview: ``that town is a dump. If you ever see me back there, you'll know I really *bleep* up bad.'' [8F08]
Of Tatum's guest appearances, we only know that he was the Token black panellist on the Miss American Girl Pageant. [8F18]