Records (main ones) • Mike Tyson held the undisputed heavyweight championship and held the record as the youngest boxer to win the WBA, WBC, and IBF heavyweight titles. • In 1986, he won the WBC title, after stopping Trevor Berbick in two rounds. • Tyson carried off the WBA and...
Tyson, the clear favorite, sent Douglas to the mat in the eighth round, but Douglas came back in the 10th, knocking Tyson out for the first time in his career. Discouraged but not ready to give up, Tyson recovered by knocking out Olympic gold medalist Henry Tillman, who was his former ...
44 knockouts) and Paul (10-1, 7 KOs). Yet, a victory doesn’t move Tyson into contender status, something he’s not interested in given he’s 58. And Paul, 27, isn’t any closer to fighting for a legitimate pro boxing title than he is to becoming ...
"I like Jake a lot, but once he’s in that ring, he’s going to have to fight like his life is depending on it because it will be," Tyson predicted. Facing off the same night, Olympic gold medalist and super lightweight world champion Katie Taylor is fighting Amanda Serrano, who ...
the Olympic group, D’Amato concluded that it was the ideal opportunity for his contender to turn proficient. The mentor imagined a strategy that would bring about breaking the heavyweight title for Tyson before the young fellow’s 21st birthday, breaking the record initially set by Floyd ...
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Tyson redeemed himself with a win against Olympic gold medalist Henry Tillman, whom Tyson had fought often as an amateur, later that year. He knocked out Tillman in the first round and followed that fight with a TKO in the first round against Alex Stewart later that year. He fought two mo...
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m just so happy that the whole world will see the best of women’s boxing, and you’ll see women’s boxing is very, very best. This event is going to um influence so many young fighters and young girls, and that, to me, is just what ...
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Michael Phelps won his record eighth gold medal in the 4x100-meter medley relay. Mark Spitz’s seven gold-medal performance at the 1972 Olympics was the previous high mark. Phelps’ career total of 28 Olympic medals makes him tops all-time. 2008: Da...