The reign of ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson had begun. Kid Dynamite was at his peak but never really stopped developing, he continued to shock and amaze the world with his performance. Next would be a match against Tyrell Biggs.
Biggs and Tyson both hated each other and wanted to decide their problems in the squared circle. Tyrell went 7 rounds with Kid Dynamite, before suffering a TKO seconds before the bell.
‘Iron’ Mike continued crushing. Former champions Larry Holmes and Tony Tubbs both got knocked out by him, before he faced Michael Spinks, who was believed to be the only guy who could stop the winning spree of Kid Dynamite. Many predictions were made before the match and most predicted a 12-round majority decision for one of the two fighters.
‘Iron’ Mike Tyson shocked the world by knocking Spinks cold in 89 seconds.
After that only a few dared to fight for Mike’s undisputed heavyweight championship and they failed.
Frank Bruno was destroyed in the 5th, Carl Williams – in the 1st.
By that time, Tyson hadn’t made a single mistake, but his first was a big hit. In 1988 he fired long-time trainer Kevin Rooney and that changed his style of fighting. He was no longer using combinations and he was relying on one-punch-wonders.
It was 11th February, 1990, the day that every boxing fan remembers. Mike was squared off against James ‘Buster’ Douglas. Buster was a low-spirited boxer, who never really wanted to fight, but something changed him that night. His mother died of sudden massive stroke just days before the fight. Tyson on the other hand was underestimating Douglas, because even the bookmakers made bets for the record breaking 42:1 for Tyson. But Buster had another thing in mind.
As the fight began, Kid Dynamite and Douglas were all squared. Surprisingly Douglas was the more active fighter until round №8.
Mike ate a lot of jabs and his left eye wasn’t looking too pretty. Although ‘Iron’ Mike was hurt, he managed to drop Buster with a hard uppercut in the 8th. The referee made the most controversial counting in the history of boxing, effectively allowing Buster to get up from the hard knockdown.
Mike Tyson was crushed emotionally after that man got up the floor. He realized that he could not drop him again and gave up.
The inevitable happened in the 10th round. Buster caught Tyson with a 3-punch combination and the undisputed champ fell into a devastating knockdown. ‘Iron’ Mike did not beat the count (which was now normal!!!) and lost by the most controversial knock out in heavyweight history, leaving the whole world shocked.
The era of ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson was over, it has ended in shocking fashion.
That loss brought Mike to the bottom as he was sentenced to prison.
That was the end of his period of greatness and so the youngest man ever to win the heavyweight championship became the youngest man ever to lose the heavyweight championship…
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