Who is Mike Tyson?
A: Michael Gerard Tyson is an American former professional boxer who
competed from 1985 to 2005.
What was he nicknamed in his early career?
A: Iron Mikeand Kid Dynamite.
Later he was known as what?
A: The Baddest Man on the Planet.
Tyson is considered to be one of the greatest what?
A: Heavyweight boxers of all time.
He reigned as the undisputed world heavyweight champion
from 1987 to when?
A: 1990.
Tyson won his first 19 professional fights by what?
A: By knockout, 12 of them in the first round.
Claiming his first belt at 20 years, four months, and
22 days old, Tyson holds the record as what?
A: The youngest boxer ever to win a heavyweight title.
He was the first heavyweight boxer to simultaneously
hold what?
A: The WBA, WBC and IBF titles, as well as the only heavyweight to unify
them in succession.
The following year, Tyson became what?
A: The lineal champion when he knocked out Michael Spinks in 91 seconds of
the first round.
In 1990, Tyson was knocked out by whom?
A: Underdog Buster Douglas in one of the biggest upsets in history.
In 1992, Tyson was convicted of what?
A: Rape and sentenced to six years in prison.
He was released on parole after how long?
A: Three years.
After his release in 1995, he engaged in a series of
what?
A: Comeback fights, regaining the WBA and WBC titles in 1996.
He joins Floyd Patterson, Muhammad Ali, Tim
Witherspoon, Evander Holyfield and George Foreman as what?
A: The only men in boxing history to have regained a heavyweight
championship after losing it.
After being stripped of the WBC title in the same year,
Tyson lost the WBA title to whom?
A: Evander Holyfield by an eleventh round stoppage.
Their 1997 rematch ended when Tyson was what?
A: Disqualified for biting Holyfield's ears, one bite notoriously being
strong enough to remove a portion of his right ear.
In 2002, Tyson fought for the world heavyweight title,
losing by knockout to whom?
A: Lennox Lewis.
Tyson was known for his ferocious and intimidating
what?
A: Boxing style as well as his controversial behavior inside and outside the
ring.
With a knockout-to-win percentage of 88%, he was ranked
16th on what?
A: The Ring magazine's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time.
He was first on ESPN's list of what?
A: "The Hardest Hitters in Heavyweight History.
Sky Sports described him as what?
A: "perhaps the most ferocious fighter to step into a professional ring".
He has been inducted into the International Boxing Hall
of Fame and what?
A: The World Boxing Hall of Fame.
Michael Gerard Tyson was born into a what?
A: A Catholic family.
Where was he born?
A: In Fort Greene, Brooklyn, New York City on June 30, 1966.
He has an older brother named what?
A: Rodney.
He has an older sister named what?
A: Denise, who died of a heart attack at age 24 in February 1990.
Tyson's mother, born in Charlottesville,
Virginia was
described as what?
A: A promiscuous woman who might have been a prostitute.
Tyson's biological father is listed as "Purcell Tyson",
a what?
A: A humble cab driver.
