Mike Tyson

Mike Tyson, the legendary pugilist whose name reverberates in the annals of boxing lore. Renowned for his savage approach and daunting aura in the squared circle, Tyson shattered records to become the youngest ever heavyweight kingpin at merely 20. His career, adorned with thrilling battles, off-the-ring controversies, and a profound influence on boxing, weaves a narrative of complexity and magnitude. From a tumultuous upbringing to achieving iconic status, Tyson’s odyssey is a riveting chronicle of victory, hardship, and atonement, ensnaring the gaze of aficionados and skeptics alike.

Tyson-Douglas: The biggest upset in Boxing

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tyson644621By Mark Havey: Every Boxing fan can remember seeing a fight with a result that left them shell shocked. Boxing is such an unpredictable sport and every expert is left red faced from time to time. One punch can change a fight around and leave the favorite out cold on the canvas.

this week it will be 26 years since the biggest upset in Boxing, in my opinion. 11th Feb 1990 saw the unbeatable Mike Tyson face off against the man most felt didn’t have a chance, Buster Douglas. Some bookmakers had the odds at 50/1 in Iron Mike Tyson’s favor.

It seemed like fair odds. Tyson had destroyed the best fighters in the division, men far above the ability of Douglas. Less than a month before the fight, Douglas lost his Mother to a stroke. His frame of mind was questioned. None expected it to serve as inspiration in the most daunting of challenges. However, Reports were rife that Tyson hadn’t trained very much and was busy partying.

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Tyson Fury wins Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year for 2015

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fury545By Scott Gilfoid: In a surprise move, Ring Magazine has made IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Tyson Fury (25-0, 18 KOs) as their 2015 Fighter of the Year award for his wins over Wladimir Klitschko and Christian Hammer.

Fury, 27, is sky high after winning the award, as I guess he didn’t figure he would be crowned with such an honor as this after the win.

Honestly, it’s difficult for me to agree with Fury being given 2015 Fighter of the Year award because I happened to see his fight against Wladimir, and it was painful to watch. It wasn’t just Wladimir looking as old as the hills and appearing totally shot.

It was also Fury fighting TERRIBLY, and looking almost as old as Wladimir. I thought it was a poor fight that I couldn’t even rate Fury after the fight. I mean, I don’t go for the ‘fighter of the year’ type jazz, but if I did have someone to pick out for 2015, it sure as heck wouldn’t be Fury.

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Mike Tyson trashes Mayweather

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Mike TysonBy Chris Williams: Former Mike Tyson lashed out at Floyd Mayweather Jr. today in response to Mayweather saying that he feels he’s better than boxing great Muhammad Ali. It’s hard to understand why Tyson would sound off on Mayweather for him simply giving his opinion about a former boxer, because that kind of thing is normal for any fighter to do.

When you see an old guy from the past like Jack Dempsey or Rocky Marciano in one of their old fights on TV, the kneejerk reaction is likely for a pro fighter to assume that he could have beaten those guys if you could transport them to 2015. Mayweather was just being honest by him saying he’s better than Ali, Sugar Ray Robinson and Sugar Ray Leonard.

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Mike Tyson goes off on Mayweather; Calls him Dirt, Delusional and a Small Scared Man

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1-08By Raj Parmar: Heavyweight great “Iron” Mike Tyson has made known how his thoughts about pound for pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr. as Floyd’s May 2nd mega fight with Manny Pacquiao draws very near for this Saturday night on May 2nd on HBO/Showtime pay-per-view from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Tyson, 48, was at the Mayweather vs. Pacquiao final press conference yesterday at the MGM Grand for the fight and stated that he purposely chose to sit near the back of the press conference room to avoid being too close to Mayweather.

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Is Gennady Golovkin this generations Mike Tyson?

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By Wilmar Patino (Boxing’s Finest): Now before we jump the gun on crowning Gennady Golovkin as “the next Mike Tyson” lets begin with some of the similarities between them. Of course there are notable differences like the division they fight in, age difference between them in their best years, but as far as being “The Monster” of their respective divisions as Max Kellerman once said about Gennady Golovkin they do have some striking similarities between them when it comes to their aura in Boxing amongst others.

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Golovkin’s promoter compares him to Mike Tyson

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golovkin44By Dan Ambrose: WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin’s promoter Tom Loeffler is comparing the hard hitting Golovkin to another Mike Tyson with the way that he’s been knocking out all of his opponents and quickly building up a huge fan base in a short period of time the same way Tyson did during his career.

Golovkin has stopped his last 18 opponents over a 7-year period. The last guy to go the distance with Golovkin was back in 2008 when Amar Amari was able to make it through 8 rounds in losing a one-sided unanimous decision.

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The biggest fights that never happened

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By Gav Duthie: As the optimism increases yet again for a possible superfight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquaio there is no doubt the most talked about fight in history. If it doesn’t actually happen in May or September 2015 it will also be the biggest fight never to have happened in the sport. This article focuses on some of the other big fights that we have missed out on over the years and who might have won. leonard435243

Ray Leonard 36-3-1 (25) v Aaron Pryor 39-1 (35)

Aaron Pryor was recently awarded recognition as the greatest light welterweight of the 20th century. The problem is all the big fights at this time Tommy Hearns, Wilfried Benitez, Roberto Duran, Ray Leonard and Marvin Hagler were at 147lbs and above. He had beaten Hearns as an amateur and was dominating as a Jnr welterweight. After turning down consecutive offers of $500,000 to face Duran and Leonard, Pryor eventually agreed to step up to challenge Ray Leonard for his Welterweight title for $750,000. This fight WAS going to happen. 

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McCrory compares Anthony Joshua to Mike Tyson after win over Bakhtov

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joshua676By Scott Gilfoid: Last night, heavyweight prospect Anthony Joshua (9-0, 9 KOs) defeated the much older and smaller 5’11”, 34-year-old journeyman Denis Bakhtov (38-10, 25 KOs) by a 2nd round knockout at the O2 Arena in London, UK to win the vacant World Boxing Council (WBC) International heavyweight title.

It was such a mismatch in terms of size, age and talent that you really couldn’t get anything from the fight because Bakhtov was just too short, old and limited to do much with Joshua. In other words, it’s a fight that wasn’t worth putting together. I said before the fight this was a lateral move for Joshua from his previous opponent Konstantin Airich, who Joshua knocked out in 3 rounds last September, and it turns out I was 100 percent correct.

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