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Michael Gerard Tyson (born June 30, 1966) is an American former professional boxer who competed between 1985 to 2024. Nicknamed "Iron Mike" [4] and "Kid Dynamite" in his early career, and later known as "the Baddest Man on the Planet", [5] Tyson is regarded as one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time. [6]
Former welterweight and middleweight champion Thomas Hearns [3] and former heavyweight contender Renaldo Snipes [4] emerged as possible opponents for Tyson, but it was announced on May 1 that Tyson would face 1984 Olympic Gold Medalist Henry Tillman, who had twice defeated Tyson as an amateur, effectively costing Tyson a spot on the U.S ...
Mike Tyson vs. Tyrell Biggs, billed as The Clash for the Crown, was a professional boxing match contested on October 16, 1987, for the undisputed heavyweight championship, which at the time consisted of the WBA, WBC and IBF heavyweight titles.
Mike Tyson returns to the ring to fight Jake Paul. ... Lyles won the United States' first Olympic gold medal in the men's 100 meters since Justin Gatlin at the 2004 Athens Olympics, achieving ...
It was the Turkish shooter’s fifth Olympics and, in picking up silver alongside teammate Sevval Ilayda Tarhan in the mixed team 10-meter air pistol event, he made history. ... Mike Tyson returns ...
Tillman twice defeated Mike Tyson as an amateur, winning both bouts via close decisions. Tillman went on to win heavyweight gold at the Los Angeles Olympics against highly touted Canadian boxer Willie DeWitt, considered the world's #1 amateur heavyweight by the AIBA in 1984 [3] (to whom he lost in 1988 in professionals.)
Mike Tyson has said his kids live in Boca Raton, Florida, playing golf and tennis here. His daughter, ... appropriately training under former Olympic boxer Mike Agassi, the father of Grand Slam ...
Kevin Martin McBride (born 10 May 1973) is an Irish former professional boxer [1] who is best known for defeating Mike Tyson. As an amateur , McBride competed for Ireland at the 1992 Summer Olympics .