Mike Tyson Biography: Mike (The Iron)Tyson retired from boxing at the year 2005. His last match was against Irish boxer Kevin McBride lasted six rounds and the match concluded with him losing with a TKO. The heavyweight champion at the end was just fighting for money. The man was broke and under a lot of debt at the end of his career.
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Mike Tyson’s Early Life
Michael Gerard Tyson in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, New York City, on June 30, 1966. The Baddest Man on the Planet grew up in Brownsville the most dangerous place in New York in 1970. Shooting, stabbing, killing, and robbing were the daily activities of the place.
Tyson was a short guy with a high-pitched voice an easy target for bullying. This started the journey from the fairy boy to the badest Man on the planet. Tyson said, “I was terrified to even walk to the store alone,”. By the age of 13 Tyson was arrested for many crimes, and Brownsville swallowed another soul.
But when he was 13 something changed a social worker Bobby Stewart who used to run a boxing gym called the Tryon School for Boys Club. He introduced Tyson to Cus” D’Amato who became his legal guardian and trainer, he was the best thing to happen to him. He taught Tyson his signature his Peek-a-boo style. Tyson said while talking about his father figure “Cus wanted the meanest fighter that God ever created, and he got me.”
“I knew with my skills and heart, one day they’d be calling me the champ, “The meanest teenager declared.
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Mike Tyson’s Achievement
Tyson was the reigning world champion from 1987 to 1990. Tyson won his first 19 professional fights by Knockout, 12 of them in the first round. Tyson is the youngest to ever win the heavyweight championship. He was the first heavyweight boxer to simultaneously hold the WBA, WBC, and IBF titles.
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