Michael Gerard Tyson born June 30, 1966, is an American
former professional boxer who
competed from 1985 to 2005. Nicknamed “Iron Mike” and “Kid Dynamite” in his early career, and
later known as “The Baddest Man on the Planet.”
Tyson is considered to be 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, 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 the
youngest boxer ever to win a heavyweight title.
He was the first heavyweight boxer to simultaneously hold the WBA, WBC
and IBF titles, as well as the only heavyweight to unify them in succession.
The following year, Tyson became the lineal champion when he knocked out Michael Spinks in 91 seconds of the first round. In
1990, Tyson was knocked out by underdog Buster Douglas in one of the biggest upsets in
history.
Donnie Yen, the actor in the IP-Man Series is a man known for his mix of martial arts and Kung-Fu commented on the sets of IP-3 in which Mike Tyson
plays the role of an antagonist in the movie.
During the Choreography of the fight scene to be shot, Donnie was seen
trying to dodge Mike Tyson’s quick fists, and almost got knocked down. Donnie
looked speechless afterward. “Wow!” he said.
Donnie, a self-proclaimed fan of Mike Tyson, said: “He is the undisputed
boxing king, so there’s a lot of pressure having to fight him because if you
are not careful enough, he can really KO you. He’s also really fast. When he
punched at me, I totally felt his fist graze through my hair. Fighting Mike was
like fighting a raging gorilla, one mistimed punch from him and I would have
cracked a few bones because of the sheer force.”
That is what Mike Tyson is capable of even now, with his sheer grit and
brutal force, he can still pack a punch. Add that to the intimidating look with
a hulking size of a man nobody would want to fight him especially in a street
fight where rules do not matter. Mike would KO you to the ground and pound you
until you stop breathing!
Meaning to say, even at his current age, he can kick ass because that is
Mike Tyson for you.
