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Mike Tyson

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Born
1966 (58 years old)

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Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

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Boxer

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Retired

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5 ft 10 in (178 cm)

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Latest Results

					Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson	16 Nov 24
					Mike Tyson vs Roy Jones Jr	29 Nov 20
					Mike Tyson vs Kevin McBride	12 Jun 05
					Mike Tyson vs Lennox Lewis	08 Jun 02
					Mike Tyson vs Evander Holyfield II	28 Jun 97
					Mike Tyson vs Evander Holyfield I	09 Nov 96
					Frank Bruno vs Mike Tyson II	16 Mar 96
					Mike Tyson vs Buster Mathis Jr	16 Dec 95
					Mike Tyson vs Frank Bruno I	25 Feb 89
					Mike Tyson vs Mark Young	27 Dec 85
					Mike Tyson vs Sammy Scaff	06 Dec 85
					Mike Tyson vs Conroy Nelson	22 Nov 85
					Mike Tyson vs Eddie Richardson	13 Nov 85
					Mike Tyson vs Sterling Benjamin	01 Nov 85
					Mike Tyson vs Michael Johnson	05 Sep 85
					Mike Tyson vs Lorenzo Canady	15 Aug 85
					Mike Tyson vs John Alderson	11 Jul 85
					Mike Tyson vs Ricardo Spain	20 Jun 85
					Mike Tyson vs Don Halpin	23 May 85
					Marvin Hagler vs Thomas Hearns	15 Apr 85
					Mike Tyson vs Trent Singleton	10 Apr 85
					Mike Tyson vs Hector Mercedes	06 Mar 85

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Michael Gerard Tyson (born June 30, 1966) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2005. He reigned as the undisputed world heavyweight champion and holds the record as the youngest boxer to win a heavyweight title at 20 years, 4 months and 22 days old. Tyson won his first 19 professional fights by knockout, 12 of them in the first round. He won the WBC title in 1986 after stopping Trevor Berbick in two rounds, and added the WBA and IBF titles after defeating James Smith and Tony Tucker in 1987. This made Tyson the first heavyweight boxer to simultaneously hold the WBA, WBC and IBF titles, and the only heavyweight to successively unify them.

Tyson became the lineal champion in 1988 when he knocked out Michael Spinks in 91 seconds of the first round. He successfully defended his titles nine times, which included victories over Larry Holmes and Frank Bruno. In 1990, Tyson lost the titles to underdog Buster Douglas, who knocked him out in the tenth round. Attempting to regain the titles, Tyson defeated Donovan Ruddock twice in 1991, but pulled out of a fight with then-undisputed heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield (who had defeated Douglas later in 1990) due to a rib injury.

In 1992, Tyson was convicted of rape and sentenced to six years in prison, but was released on parole after serving three years. After his release in 1995, he engaged in a series of comeback fights. He won the WBC and WBA titles in 1996, after defeating Frank Bruno and Bruce Seldon by knockout. With his defeat of Bruno, Tyson joined Floyd Patterson, Muhammad Ali, Tim Witherspoon, Evander Holyfield, George Foreman as the only men in boxing history to have regained a heavyweight championship after having lost it. After being stripped of the WBC title in the same year, Tyson lost the WBA title to Evander Holyfield by an eleventh-round stoppage. Their 1997 rematch ended when Tyson was disqualified for biting Holyfield's ears.

In 2002, Tyson fought for the world heavyweight title again at the age of 35, losing by knockout to Lennox Lewis. Tyson retired from professional boxing in 2006, after being knocked out in consecutive matches against Danny Williams and Kevin McBride. Tyson declared bankruptcy in 2003, despite having received over $30 million for several of his fights and $300 million during his career. At the time it was reported that he had approximately $23 million of debt.

Tyson was well known for his ferocious and intimidating boxing style as well as his controversial behavior inside and outside the ring. Nicknamed "Iron" and "Kid Dynamite" in his early career, and later known as "The Baddest Man on the Planet," Tyson is considered one of the best heavyweights of all time. Tyson holds the 3rd longest unified championship reign in heavyweight history at 8 consecutive defenses. He currently ranks #15 in BoxRec's ranking of the greatest heavyweight boxers in history. He was ranked No. 16 on The Ring's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time, and No. 1 in the ESPN.com list of "The Hardest Hitters in Heavyweight History." Sky Sports described him as "perhaps the most ferocious fighter to step into a professional ring." He has been inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame and the World Boxing Hall of Fame.