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317. Mike Tyson: The Youngest Boxing Champ
Boxing is big in America. The history of
sport precedes the establishment of the United States
thousands of years. The ancient Greeks are said
have included a form of boxing as far
as 600 BC. The modern sport of boxing
be traced to the 16th Century when it
a popular sport in Great Britain. Today, the
still uses a variation of the Marquess of
rules that were established in 1867. Boxing is
purest form of competition. It pits one man,
woman, against another in an enclosed ring with
the person's fists as weapons. Early matches in
United States featured bare-knuckle fighting, but today boxers
protective gloves.
One of the most successful boxers
America is Mike Tyson. Tyson holds several boxing
. The greatest is possibly when he became the
boxer ever to win the heavyweight championship in
different boxing organizations. Tyson was just over 20
old when he accomplished this feat. He was
of the most feared fighters of his time.
won a total of 50 fights with 44
those victories coming by knockout.
Twelve of Tyson's
came in the first round, which earned him
nickname of Iron Mike. Eventually, his advancing age
fast living took their toll on Tyson. By
early 90s, his career was virtually over. Even
his boxing career lasted until 2002, Tyson was
the same. He went on to a brief
career, most notably in the popular 2009 comedy
The Hangover.
Tyson's post-boxing career had its ups
downs. He appeared on Barbara Walter's talk show
his wife, television actress Robin Givens, where Givens
Tyson a manic-depressive, and that living with him
pure torture. Tyson was arrested in 1991 for
an 18-year-old girl, and spent several years in
. He has attempted several comebacks, but has never
his old glory.
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