Thursday, November 10, 2022

Mike Tyson

 American former professional boxer Michael Gerard Tyson was born on June 30 on the 30th of June, 1966. He competed in the ring from 1985 until 2005. Tyson was nicknamed "Iron Mike" in his early career and "Kid Dynamite" later throughout his career, is widely recognized as to be one of the greatest heavyweight boxers to ever live. From 1987 until 1990 He was the undisputed champion of the world heavyweight division. Tyson won his first 19 professional fights by knockout, 12 of them within the opening round. Tyson, who was 20 years, four months, and 22 days old when the first time he took home a heavyweight title holds the record for the youngest boxer ever to do so. Tyson was the first heavyweight to hold the WBA, WBC and IBF titles, as well as the only heavyweight to combine these titles consecutively. In the following year, Tyson became the lineal champion when he knocked out Michael Spinks in 91 seconds of the opening round. Tyson lost to Buster Douglas in 1990 in one of the most dramatic upsets in history. He was found guilty of rape in 1992 and sentenced to six years of prison. But he was freed on parole three years later. He was released in 1995 and was involved in several comeback bouts. In 1996, he reclaimed the WBA title as well as the WBC title to join Floyd Patterson.

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