British Boxer Danny Williams Stops Tyson in 4Tyson A former member of street gangs in his youth, he was sent to reform school, where his boxing talent was discovered. Tyson turned professional in 1985 and won the heavyweight title in 1986 by defeating Trevor Berbick, becoming, at age 20, the youngest world heavyweight champion in the history of boxing. Mike Tyson has defended the title against Larry Holmes, Michael Spinks, and eight others before losing in an upset to James (“Buster”) Douglas in 1990. In 1992 he was convicted of rape and sentenced to six years in prison. In 1995 Mike Tyson was released on parole. Mike Tyson challenged Evander Holyfield in1996 for the world title and lost that match. Then in the 1997 rematch he was disqualified for biting off a piece of Holyfield's ear, and his license was revoked. 1999 Tyson regained his boxing license and returned to the ring. In his bout against British heavyweight world champion Lennox Lewis in 2002, Lennox Lewis twice knocked Tyson to the canvas before knocking him out in the eighth round and lately on the 30th July 2004 Tyson lost to another British boxer when Danny Williams who won by a knockout in round four. Mike Tyson Can Still Demand A Large Purse To Enter The Boxing RingIs Mike Tyson at the end of his tether? Is he going to retire from the boxing ring? Will we the boxing fans see the last of Mike Tyson? These are the questions on nearly everyone's lips! Looking back to when Mike Tyson first burst on the boxing scene after turning professional on 6th March 1985 scoring a first-round knockout of Hector Mercedes. Less than two years later and after racking up 27 consecutive wins. Mike Tyson signed to fight Trevor Berbick for the World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight title. On the 26th November 1986, in less than six minutes in the ring, Mike Tyson was crowned WBA world heavyweight champion at the unprecedented age of 20 years old. Mike Tyson went on to become one of the most successful boxing athletes in history. For his 91-second destruction of Spinks, Tyson earned more than $20 million, which at the time was the largest sum ever paid to any athlete or for that matter, any boxer. Mike Tyson unified the heavyweight division and gave the world its first undisputed heavyweight champion since Muhammad Ali a decade before. Not withstanding, Mike Tyson in his own rights, was a great crowd puller. Young Undisputed World Heavyweight Champion Mike Tyson in becoming one of the most successful sporting athletes i n history has presented many problems. A young man who had so many adverse circumstances planted in his life. Mike Tyson vows to show the world that it was no fluke he was the undisputed heavyweight champion at such a young age, and he aims to show that by trying to regain the world heavyweight titles a decade after he won his first belt. Mike Tyson believes most successful people measure their achievements by how far they can get away from their roots, especially when they are from the ghetto. Tyson is proud of his roots and still holds many childhood friendships. The King-Tyson Turkey Tour returns to the Brownsville section of Brooklyn and other major cities in the U.S. every holiday season to give away turkeys to the underprivileged. Why not show the underprivileged how to farm turkeys instead. Who was Don King fooling? Mike Tyson Believes He Can Be Champion Again At the age of 12, Mike Tyson was sent to reform school, where he began to boxing Mike Tyson the youngest age 20 to win heavyweight title (WBC in 1986); undisputed champ from 1987 until upset loss to 42-1 shot Buster Douglas on 10th February 1990, in Tokyo; found guilty on 10th February 1992, of raping 18 year old Miss Black America contestant Desiree Washington in Indianapolis on 19th July 1991 sentenced to 6 year prison term released 9th May 1995 after serving 3 years; reclaimed WBC and WBA belts with wins over Frank Bruno and Bruce Seldon in 1996 lost WBA title to Evander Holyfield in 1996; he bit Holyfield's ear twice during their 1997 WBA title rematch; was KO'd in 8th round by Lennox Lewis in 2002. Despite earning $300m in his career, Tyson was filed for bankruptcy in 2003. Mike Tyson's life since then has been marked by violence, instability, and antisocial behaviour in and out of the ring. Tyson’s manager, Shelly Finkel said. Mike Tyson wants to put the past behind him and believes he can be champion again,” He has got high hopes indeed! It is sad to see a once great boxing phenomena sliding away into the none entity world of drugs. |
Knockout by Low Rated Buster DouglasHe enjoys learning about boxers, famous and obscure. Tyson translated this passion into his current role as a Showtime commentator. Mike Tyson the former heavyweight champion done a stint of boxing commentary on the King Vision's show. The match featured Oliver McCall vs. Larry Holmes on a Showtime telecast broadcast. Mike Tyson turned professional on the 6th March 1985, scoring a first round knockout over Hector Mercedes and in the process, set a precedent for opponents who stepped in the ring with him. From that point on, Mike Tyson set his sights on the heavyweight championship of the world. However, after Tyson was knockout by the low rated Buster Douglas, other boxers in general became more confident of beating him. They no longer feared the Baddest Man on The Planet! | |
