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being displayed on this page!sho "hide details For the baseball player, see Mike Tyson (baseball)! For the #nglish clergyman and anti$uary, see Michael Tyson (anti$uary)! %age protected ith pending changes level & Mike Tyson Mike Tyson %ortrait!'pg Tyson at ()(W, March &*, +,&& (tatistics Real name Michael -erard Tyson .ickname(s) /id 0ynamite1&2 3ron Mike The 4addest Man on the %lanet1+2 Rated at 5eavy eight 5eight 6 ft && in (&7, cm)1*2 Reach 8& in (&7, cm) .ationality 9merican 4orn :une *,, &;<< (age =8) 4ro nsville, 4rooklyn, .e >ork City, .e >ork, ?!(! (tance %eek@a@4oo 4oAing record Total fights 67 Wins 6, Wins by /B == Cosses < 0ra s , .o contests + Michael -erard DMikeD Tyson (born :une *,, &;<<) is an 9merican retired professional boAer! Tyson is a former undisputed heavy eight champion of the orld and holds the record as the youngest boAer to in the W4C, W49 and 34F heavy eight titles at +, years, = months, and ++ days old! Tyson on his first &; professional bouts by knockout, &+ of them in the first round! 5e on the W4C title in &;7< after defeating Trevor 4erbick by a T/B in the second round! 3n &;78, Tyson added the W49 and 34F titles after defeating :ames (mith and Tony Tucker! 5e as the first heavy eight boAer to simultaneously hold the W49, W4C and 34F titles, and the only heavy eight to successively unify them! 3n &;77, Tyson became the lineal champion hen he knocked out Michael (pinks after ;& seconds! Tyson successfully defended the orld heavy eight championship nine times, including victories over Carry 5olmes and Frank 4runo! 3n &;;,, he lost his titles to underdog :ames D4usterD 0ouglas, by a knockout in round &,! 9ttempting to regain the titles, he defeated 0onovan Ruddock t ice in &;;&, but he pulled out of a fight ith undisputed heavy eight champion #vander 5olyfield due to in'ury! 3n &;;+, Tyson as convicted of raping 0esiree Washington and sentenced to siA years in prison but as released after serving three years! 9fter his release, he engaged in a series of comeback fights! 3n &;;<, he on the W4C and W49 titles after defeating Frank 4runo and 4ruce (eldon by knockout! With his defeat of 4runo, Tyson 'oined Floyd %atterson, Muhammad 9li, Tim Witherspoon, #vander 5olyfield, and -eorge Foreman as the only men in boAing history to that point to have regained a heavy eight championship after having lost it! 9fter being stripped of the W4C title, Tyson lost his W49 cro n to #vander 5olyfield in .ovember &;;< by an &&th round T/B! Their &;;8 rematch ended hen Tyson as dis$ualified for biting 5olyfieldEs ear! 3n +,,+, he fought for the orld heavy eight title at the age of *6, losing by knockout to CennoA Ce is! 5e retired from professional boAing in +,,<, after being knocked out in consecutive matches against 0anny Williams and /evin Mc4ride! Tyson declared bankruptcy in +,,*, despite having received over F*, million for several of his fights and F*,, million during his career! Tyson as ell kno n for his ferocious

and intimidating boAing style as ell as his controversial behavior inside and outside the ring! Tyson is considered one of the best heavy eights of all time!1=2 5e as ranked .o! &< on The RingEs list of &,, greatest punchers of all time!162 and .o! & in the #(%.!com list of DThe hardest hitters in heavy eight historyD!1<2 5e has been inducted into the 3nternational 4oAing 5all of Fame and the World 4oAing 5all of Fame!

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