Mike Tyson — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Undisputed world heavyweight champion from 1987 to 1990.
Holds the record as the youngest boxer to win a heavyweight title at age 20.
First heavyweight boxer to simultaneously hold WBA, WBC, and IBF titles.
Inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame and World Boxing Hall of Fame.
Achieved an 88% knockout-to-win percentage during his career.
Known by nicknames "Iron Mike" and "the Baddest Man on the Planet."

Biography

Michael Gerard Tyson is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2005, and again in 2024. Nicknamed "Iron Mike" and "Kid Dynamite" in his early career, and later known as "the Baddest Man on the Planet," Tyson is widely regarded as one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time. He reigned as the undisputed world heavyweight champion from 1987 to 1990.

Tyson won his first 19 professional fights by knockout, with 12 of them in the first round.