Mike tyson - the boxer

Michael Gerard Tyson born June 30, is an American former professional boxer who competed from to Nicknamed "Iron Mike" and "Kid Dynamite" in his early career, and later known as "The Baddest Man on the Planet", Tyson is considered to be one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time. He reigned as the undisputed world heavyweight champion from to Tyson won his first 19 professional fights by knockout, 12 of them in the first round.

Claiming his first belt at 20 years, four months, and 22 days old, Tyson holds the record as the youngest boxer ever to win a heavyweight title. The following year, Tyson became the lineal champion when he knocked out Michael Spinks in 91 seconds of the first round. In , Tyson was knocked out by underdog Buster Douglas in one of the biggest upsets in history.

In , Tyson was convicted of rape and sentenced to six years in prison, although he was released on parole after three years. After his release in , he engaged in a series of comeback fights, regaining the WBA and WBC titles in to join Floyd Patterson, Muhammad Ali, Tim Witherspoon, Evander Holyfield and George Foreman as the only men in boxing history to have regained a heavyweight championship after losing it.

Mike tyson backstory

Their rematch ended when Tyson was disqualified for biting Holyfield's ears, one bite notoriously being strong enough to remove a portion of his right ear. In , Tyson fought for the world heavyweight title, losing by knockout to Lennox Lewis. Tyson was known for his ferocious and intimidating boxing style as well as his controversial behavior inside and outside the ring.

Sky Sports described him as "perhaps the most ferocious fighter to step into a professional ring". He has an older brother named Rodney born c. Tyson's biological father is listed as "Purcell Tyson" who was from Jamaica on his birth certificate, but the man Tyson had known as his father was Jimmy Kirkpatrick. Kirkpatrick was from Grier Town, North Carolina a predominantly black neighborhood that was annexed by the city of Charlotte , where he was one of the neighborhood's top baseball players.

Kirkpatrick married and had a son, Tyson's half-brother Jimmie Lee Kirkpatrick, who would help to integrate Charlotte high school football in