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BORN
He was born at Cumberland Hospital, in the Fort Greene area, in Brownsville, Brooklyn (United States), on June 30, 1966.
his mother was forced to support the whole family alone and to move from home constantly, to apartments without water, electricity or electricity
At thirteen Mike had been arrested 38 times. Within the judicial system, he had to go to special schools, where they began to administer chlorpromazine. -
The reformatory
Before his thirteenth birthday, he was arrested in possession of stolen property, for which he was sent to a state reformatory, the Tyron School for Boys. -
His first impulse
Shortly thereafter he was sent to Elmwood, a correctional facility where he met Bobby Stewart, a former professional boxer who had become an amateur national champion.25 Stewart trained him for a few months until in March 1980 he introduced him to the famous trainer Cus D 'Amato, who had a gym in Catskill.
Upon receiving parole, D'Amato took over his guardianship. -
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championships before professionalism
he won the Concacaf tournament for under-19s, a title he repeated the following year. He also won the Ohio Fair National in August and the National Championship.
Shortly after, he won the heavyweight Golden Gloves against Jonathan Littles. He was considered the favorite to win a berth to defend the United States in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games, These defeats generated that he was will go straight to professionalism after winning the Tammer Tournament on September 16 -
His firsts fights
He began fighting in the so-called "smokers", places where fights were not authorized.
After ten fights, in May and June 1981 he participated in the Youth Olympics. He won all the regional tournaments, for which he qualified to fight for the national title in Colorado, defeating all his rivals by knockout in the first round, including the final against Joe Cortez, whom he knocked down in eight seconds. He was nicknamed The Tank because he weighed 91 kg at the age of fourteen. -
his beginnings in the professional
His professional debut was on March 6, 1985 in Albany, New York, defeating Puerto Rican Héctor Mercedes in the first round.
Shortly after his debut, D'amato, dies and causes a disorder to tyson that would haunt him later. -
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the undisputed campion
Champion from August 1, 1987 to February 11, 1990 of the three world belts (WBA, WBC and IBF). -
lost to douglas
At 35 seconds into the 10th round, Douglas unleashed a combination of punches that sent Mike to the mat. The referee, Octavio Meyran, made the count but Mike did not have the strength for more and was defeated by knockout in the tenth round. This match was the event of the year for The Ring magazine and made the cover of Sports Illustrated, as well as being one of the biggest surprises in the history of the sport. -
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Tyson's jail entrance
A fight between Holyfield and Mike was arranged to be disputed in late 1991, but this did not take place as he was arrested for rape.
the events occurred on the night of July 19. There they had an appointment an 18-year-old student from Roche Island who was participating in a contest to choose "Miss Black America", Desiree Washington, and the boxer, who would later be accused of rape. 'although at three years and eight months he was released for good behavior. -
His fights with Evander Holyfield
After returning from jail he won the WBC and WBA titles, which made it easier for him to arrange a match against Holyfield fight which Mike lost in the 11th round, but shortly after they signed the rematch where one of the strangest fights of the story where Tyson went haywire and ripped a piece of evander's ear, costing tyson his boxing suspension for a while -
His life after the fight with Evander
He continued fighting until 2003 until he had an injury that would never let him fight again, ending with a record of 50 won fights, 44 by knockout, 5 by decision and one disqualification, as well as 6 losses.
He also obtained the record of the youngest heavyweight champion in three vcategories in history at just 20 years old and was placed in sixteenth place among the best boxers in history. -
tyson today
Tyson today is 66 years old and lives more than anything from his advertising image and various businesses that he has among other things,
He has been one of the best boxers that have existed but due to his difficult life, where he never had parents and neither did a home always fall astray which in recent years he has managed to straighten out, also he left us a very important phrase "the hardest blows I have received have been those of life" and that we should not complain about what we have