Synopsis:
Michael Gerard "Mike" Tyson (also known as Malik Abdul Aziz) (born June
30, 1966) is a retired American professional boxer. Tyson is a former
undisputed heavyweight champion of the world and holds the record as the
youngest boxer to win the WBC, WBA and IBF heavyweight titles at 20
years, 4 months and 22 days old. Tyson won his first 19 professional
bouts by knockout, with 12 of them occurring in the first round. He won
the WBC title in 1986 after defeating Trevor Berbick by a TKO in the
second round. In 1987, Tyson added the WBA and IBF titles after
defeating James Smith and Tony Tucker. He was the first heavyweight
boxer to simultaneously hold the WBA, WBC and IBF titles, and the only
heavyweight to individually unify them.
In 1988, Tyson became the
lineal champion when he knocked out Michael Spinks in the first 91
seconds of the fight. Tyson successfully defended the world heavyweight
championship nine times, including victories over Larry Holmes and Frank
Bruno. Tyson lost his titles to 42-to-1 underdog James "Buster" Douglas
on February 11, 1990, in Tokyo, Japan, by a knockout in round 10. Tyson
continued in his quest to regain the titles, defeating Donovan Ruddock
twice in 1991. Tyson was then scheduled to take on the undisputed
heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield but pulled out due to injury.
In
1992, Tyson was convicted of raping Desiree Washington, for which he
was sentenced to six years in prison but was released after serving
three years. After his release, he engaged in a series of comeback
fights. In 1996, Tyson won the WBC and WBA titles after defeating Frank
Bruno and Bruce Seldon by knockout. After being stripped of the WBC
title, Tyson lost his WBA crown to Evander Holyfield in November 1996 by
an 11th round TKO. Their 1997 rematch ended when Tyson was disqualified
for biting off part of Holyfield's ear.
In 2002, he fought for
the world heavyweight title at the age of 35, losing by knockout to
Lennox Lewis. Tyson retired from professional boxing in 2006 after he
was knocked out in consecutive matches against Danny Williams and Kevin
McBride. Tyson declared bankruptcy in 2003, despite having received over
US$30 million for several of his fights and $300 million during his
career.
Throughout his career, Tyson became well known for his
ferocious and intimidating boxing style as well as his controversial
behavior both inside and outside the ring. Tyson is considered to have
been one of the best heavyweight boxers of all time. 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". He
has been inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame and the
World Boxing Hall of Fame!......plz rate n leave ur comments..
