{"id":227927,"date":"2021-03-11T16:09:36","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T15:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gymbeam.com\/blog\/?p=227927"},"modified":"2022-12-22T14:12:21","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T13:12:21","slug":"mike-tyson-a-boxing-legend-whose-record-in-the-ring-is-unlikely-to-ever-be-broken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gymbeam.com\/blog\/mike-tyson-a-boxing-legend-whose-record-in-the-ring-is-unlikely-to-ever-be-broken\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Tyson: A Boxing Legend Whose Record in the Ring Is Unlikely to Ever Be Broken"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Mike Tyson was perhaps the most popular athlete<\/strong> on the planet in the second half of the 1980s.<\/span> He could sell out halls and sports arenas,<\/strong> collected unimaginable sums of money<\/strong> for his matches and was undefeated among professionals until his 38th match.<\/span> Until then, the whole world, including the large crowd of women, was at his feet.<\/span> Nevertheless, when he announced in 2005 that he was definitely quitting his professional boxing career, people had already known him already under the nickname “The Baddest Man on the Planet”.<\/strong><\/span> What was behind the rocket start and consequently the steep fall of one of the greatest boxing legends?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A bad boy who was learning respect and esteem<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Michael Gerrard Tyson was born in 1966<\/strong> in Brooklyn, New York.<\/span> His entire childhood was marked by poverty and membership in dangerous gangs in New York’s most populous neighbourhood.<\/span> He even spent part of his youth in custody for juveniles, for example, before he even turned 13, police arrested him almost 40 times.<\/strong><\/span> At the age of 16, his mother died, he hardly knew his father, so the boxing coach “Cus” D ‘Amato took him into his care.<\/span> According to his own words, he began to teach him respect and esteem,<\/strong> which was the best thing which could have possibly happened to him.<\/span> From that moment on, his life started to look like a real Hollywood movie.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In boxing, he began to collect one success after another.<\/strong><\/span> After two victories at the Junior Olympics, he also won all 15 matches in the professional ring.<\/strong><\/span> But just as the stories in Hollywood movies get twisted at their best, the same happened in Tyson’s life.<\/span> “Cus” D ‘Amato died, and Mike lost the most respected person in his life, which many today attribute to his later tempestuous escapades.<\/span> However, he still managed to clean it up in his head for the most important match in his professional career.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

The youngest holder of a heavyweight belt in history<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

He was exactly 20 years and 145 days old when he entered the ring of a crowded arena in Las Vegas.<\/span> The calm expression on his face did not reflect at all that by winning this fight he could definitely become a member of the boxing Olympus.<\/strong><\/span> It seemed as if he didn’t even realize the importance of it.<\/span> Then Trevor Berbick, a much taller, heavier and most importantly much more experienced Jamaican boxer, entered the ring.<\/span> From the first seconds of the match, Tyson managed to break the opponent’s resistance in an absolutely dominant way, knockout in the second round,<\/strong> and thanks to the victory, he became the youngest holder of a heavyweight belt in history.<\/strong><\/span> And it is unlikely that this historical record will be beaten by anyone.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Experts then began to notice his unusual tactic called Peek-a-boo.<\/strong> It consisted mainly of swaying on his feet and precise defence with consistent covering of his face. His favourite combination was the right hook,<\/strong> which first hit the opponent’s body and then immediately his chin. In addition to his low height (178 cm), he was recognizable by his explosiveness, excellent speed and timing of his hits.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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