Mike Tyson was widely considered the most feared man in all of boxing. From an early age, Tyson was a monster in the boxing ring. He won gold medals at the 1981 and 1982 Junior Olympic game and to this day holds the record for quickest knockout in the Junior Olympics. (8 seconds)

Tyson made his professional debut at only eight years of age. His first pro fight was against Hector Mercedes on March 6, 1985 in Albany, New York.

The overmatched Mercedes likely had no idea what he was in for against Tyson. In less than two minutes he was reduced to the answer to a trivia question.

Tyson would go on to fight fifteen more times in his first year as professional and win the first twenty six of his first twenty eight fights.

Tyson went on to fight professionally fifty six times in his career with fifty wins, forty four of those by knockout and six losses. He was also was famously disqualified for biting Evan Holyfield’s ear off in the middle of a fight.

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In 1988, Tyson became the lineal champion when he knocked out Michael Spinks in 91 seconds. Tyson successfully defended the world heavyweight championship nine times, including victories over Larry Holmes and Frank Bruno. In 1990, he lost his titles to underdog James “Buster” Douglas, by knockout in round 10. Attempting to regain the titles, he defeated Donovan Ruddock twice in 1991, but pulled out of a fight with undisputed heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield due to injury. In 1992, Tyson was convicted of raping Desiree Washington and sentenced to six years in prison but was released after serving three years. After his release, he engaged in a series of comeback fights. In 1996, he won the WBC and WBA titles after defeating Frank Bruno and Bruce Seldon by knockout. With his defeat of Bruno, Tyson joined Floyd Patterson, Muhammad Ali, Tim Witherspoon, Evander Holyfield, and George Foreman as the only men in boxing history to that point to have regained a heavyweight championship after having lost it. After being stripped of the WBC title, Tyson lost his WBA crown to Evander Holyfield in November 1996 by an eleventh-round TKO. Their 1997 rematch ended when Tyson was disqualified for biting Holyfield’s ear.

source: wikipedia.com