who became the youngest
heavyweight champion in history at the age of 20.
A member of several street gangs at an early age, Tyson was sent to New York State Reform Schools in 1978. At reform school, social worker and boxing enthusiast Bobby Stewart recognized his boxing potential and was commanded by the famous coach cusd'amato die. He became his legal representative.
As an amateur, Tyson set a 24-3 record and became a professional in 1985.
D'Amato taught Mike Tyson the style of boxing peeking, with his hands close to his face and the constant swaying in the boxing ring, which made his defense almost opaque. At 5 feet, 11 inches (1.8 meters) and weighing about 218 pounds (99 kg), Tyson is low and stocky and lacks the look of a classic heavyweight boxer, but his shocking agility and aggression in the ring defeated most of his opponents. . On November 22, 1986, he became the youngest heavyweight champion in history, knocking out Trevor Berbick in the second round, winning the World Boxing Council (WBC) crown. On March 7, 1987, he won the World Boxing Association (WBA) belt when he defeated James Smith. After the defeat of Tony Tucker on August 1, 1987, Tyson was unanimously recognized as the winner of all three sanctions organizations (WBC, WBA and the International Boxing Federation [IBF]).
After the deaths of D'Amat and manager Jimmy Jacobs, Tyson teamed up with controversial promoter Don King. He has done 10 successful defenses for his heavyweight world title, including victories against former champions Larry Holmes and Michael Spinks. In 1988, Tyson married actress Robin Givens, but the couple divorced in 1989 on charges that Tyson was physically abusing her. Thousands of assaults and harassments have been filed against Tyson.
On February 11, 1990, in one of the biggest losses in boxing history, Tyson lost the championship thanks to the small attention of James ("Buster") Douglas, who recorded a technical knockout in the 10th round. Tyson returned from defeat with four consecutive wins. However, in 1991 she was accused of raping a beauty contestant and in 1992 she was convicted in the case.
After his release from prison in 1995, Tyson resumed boxing, and in 1996 he regained two of his championship belts with quick victories over Frank Bruno and Bruce Seldon. On November 9, 1996, in the long-awaited battle against two-time heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield, Tyson lost a technical knockout in the 11th round for the second time in his professional career. In retaliation against Holyfield on June 28, 1997, he was disqualified after biting his opponent twice in the ear, and lost his boxing license as a result of this violation.
MIKE Tyson was eventually granted a new license and returned to the ring on January 16, 1999, defeating Franz Botha in the fifth round. However, on February 6, Tyson was sentenced to one year in prison, two years on probation and 200 hours of community service and a $ 2,500 fine after he denied guilt in which he attacked two elderly men after a 1998 car accident. Tyson was released after serving only a few months of his annual sentence.
However, Tyson's problems with self-control persist. After the referee ended the match with American Lou Savares in June 2000, Tyson continued to strike and accidentally injured the referee. In press comments after the match, Tyson angered boxing fans with bizarre and disgusting remarks about British heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis. In his October 2000 fight with Andrew Golota, Tyson won the third round, but the fight was later declared non-conflicting because Tyson had a positive marijuana test. Tyson had only one match between October 2000 and his match in June 2002 with Lewis.
It is difficult to plan this fight. Both men were contracted by various promoters and cable companies. Tyson attacked Lewis and stunned at a press conference, which also had a debilitating effect. Tyson's legal problems led him to be denied a boxing license by the sanctions authorities in the United States. which usually hosts big boxing matches (like Nevada). It's been so long since Tyson fought a boxer of his own caliber that no one knew his skill level. The issue was resolved when Lewis knocked Tyson off the screen twice in combat before being knocked down in the eighth round.
Tyson achieved his last professional victory in 2003, knocking out 49 seconds in the first round. He went bankrupt later that year, claiming $ 34 million in debt after earning an estimated $ 400 million during his career. Tyson lost the games in 2004 and 2005 and retired after a late fight. He served 24 hours in prison in 2007 after confessing to drug possession and driving under the influence of alcohol, which resulted from his arrest in 2006.
Tyson's personal and professional actions are told by the documentary Tyson, which premiered at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, and by the one-piece theater show Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth, which premiered in Las Vegas in 2012. (The show was later staged on Broadway directed by filmmaker Spike Lee.) As himself, he has also appeared in a number of television films and movies, including the feature comedy The Hangover (2009) and its sequel (2011), as well as the animated television film Mike Tyson Mysteries (2014-20), a spoof of various cartoon scooby doo. His Memories Undisputed Truth (2013) and Iron Ambition: My Life with Cus D'Amato (2017) were written with Larry Sloman. Tyson was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2011.
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