Sport & Note

Mike Tyson

Male

"Iron"
(Michael Gerard Tyson)
(Michael Gerard Kirkpatrick Tyson)
Heavyweight, USA, Catskill, New York
Born: June 30, 1966, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Height: 5ft 10in, mt 1,77
Weight: 214, 219, 221, 225, 233 lbs

amateur record reported below:
45 contests, won 39 (27 inside the limit), lost 6

Amateur results

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1981
+ May 23	John Shea	Catskill, New York	WKO 1
New York City, New York, New York Regionals Junior Olympics Championships gold medal, +81 kg
+ June 13	Tom French	New York City, New York	WKO 1
+ June 14	Ira Turner	New York City, New York	WKO 2
Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA Junior Olympic National Championships gold medal, +81 kg
+ June 24	Jesus Esparza	Colorado Springs, Colorado	WRSC 1
+ June 25	Randy Wesley	Colorado Springs, Colorado	WRSC 1
+ June 27	Joe Cortez	Colorado Springs, Colorado	WRSC 1
+ Oct. 29	Andy Robitelli	East Greenbush, New York	WPTS
- Nov. 10	Ernie Bennet	Rhode Island, Rhode Island	LPTS
1982
Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA Junior Olympic National Championships gold medal, 91 kg
+ Aug. 23	Jonathon Littles	Colorado Springs, Colorado	WRSC 2
+ Aug. 24	Don Cozad	Colorado Springs, Colorado	WRSC 2
+ Aug. 26	Kelton Brown	Colorado Springs, Colorado	WAB 1
Boston, Massachusetts, USA/ABF Region 1 Tournament winner, 91 kg
+ Oct. 12	Kilbert Pierce	Boston, Massachusetts	WPTS
- Dec. 12	Al Evans	Binghampton, New York	LRSC 2
1983
Holyoke, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Golden Gloves winner, 91 kg
+ Feb. 8	Jimmy Johnson	Holyoke, Massachusetts	WKO 1
Lowell, Massachusetts, New England Golden Gloves winner, 91 Kg
+ Feb. 16	Jim Rayborn	Lowell, Massachusetts	WPTS
Albuquerque, New Mexico, National Golden Gloves silver medal, 91 kg
+ Mar. 22	Ronald Williams	Albuquerque, New Mexico	WRSC 1
+ Mar. 23	Andrew Stokes	Albuquerque, New Mexico	WKO 3
+ Mar. 24	Mike Bardwell	Albuquerque, New Mexico	WKO 1
+ Mar. 25	Warren Thompson	Albuquerque, New Mexico	WPTS
- Mar. 26	Craig Payne	Albuquerque, New Mexico	LPTS
+ May 21	Bill Sammo	Bronx, New York City, New York	WKO 3
Columbus, Ohio, Ohio State Fair National Invitational gold medal, 91 kg
+ Aug. 12	Jerry Goff	Columbus, Ohio	WKO 1
+ Aug. 14	Olian Alexander	Columbus, Ohio	WPTS
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States Under 19 Championship gold medal, 91 kg
+ Aug. 26	David Yonko	Colorado Springs, Colorado	WRSC 1
+ Aug. 27	Mark Scott	Colorado Springs, Colorado	WRSC 1
Lake Placid, New York, Dual Match USA vs West Germany, 91 kg
+ Sept. 16	Peter Geier	Lake Placid, New York	WAB 1
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States Championship Preliminaries, 91 kg
- Nov. 6	Kimmuel Odum	Colorado Springs, Colorado	LDQ 2
1984
New York City, New York, New York Sate Golden Gloves winner, 91 kg
+ Apr. 4	Mark Pettinato	New York City, New York	WKO 1
Saint Louis, Missouri, National Golden Gloves winner, 91 kg
+ Apr. 8	Derek Isaman	Saint Louis, Missouri	WPTS
+ Apr. 9	Richard Johnson	Saint Louis, Missouri	WRSC 3
+ Apr. 10	Johnny Williams	Saint Louis, Missouri	WRSC 1
+ Apr. 11	Rocky Pepeli	Saint Louis, Missouri	WKO 2
+ Apr. 12	Jonathan Littles	Saint Louis, Missouri	WRSC 1
+ May 29	Jeff Thompson	Niagara Falls, New Yoirk	WRSC 3
Fort Worth, Texas, US Olympic Trials silver medal, 91 kg
+ June 8	Avery Rawls	Fort Worth, Texas	WPTS 4:1
+ June 9	Henry Milligan	Fort Worth, Texas	WRSC 2
- June 10	Henry Tillman	Fort Worth, Texas	LPTS 5:0
Las Vegas, Nevada, US Olympic Box-Offs, 91 kg
+ July 6	Olian Alexander	Las Vegas, Nevada	WPTS
- July 7	Henry Tillman	Las Vegas, Nevada	LPTS
Syracuse, New York, Empire State Games gold medalr, 91 kg
+ Aug. 17	Ian Berkely	Syracuse, New York	WPTS
+ Aug. 18	Winston Benton	Syracuse, New York	WRSC 3
Lake Placid, New York, Junior National Championships gold medal, 91 kg
+ Aug. 25	Kelton Brown	Lake Placid, New York	WRSC 1
Tampere, Finland, Tammer Tournament gold medal, +91 kg
+ Oct. 18	Pekka Viippo	Tampere, Finland	WWO
+ Oct. 20	Istvan Szikora	Tampere, Finland	WPTS 3:2
+ Oct. 21	Hakan Brock	Tampere, Finland	WPTS 5:0

Professional record

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1985
+ Mar. 6	Hector Mercedes	Albany, USA	TKO 1
+ Apr. 10	Trent Singleton	Albany, USA	TKO 1
+ May 23	Don Halpin	Albany, USA	KO 4
+ June 20	Ricardo Spain	Atlantic City, USA	KO 1
+ July 11	John Alderson	Atlantic City, USA	TKO 2
+ July 19	Larry Sims	Poughkeepsie, USA	KO 3
+ Aug. 15	Lorenzo Canady	Atlantic City, USA	KO 1
+ Sept. 5	Michael Johnson	Atlantic City, USA	KO 1
+ Oct. 9	Donnie Long	Atlantic City, USA	TKO 1
+ Oct. 25	Robert Colay	Atlantic City, USA	KO 1
+ Nov. 1	Sterling Benjamin	Latham, USA	TKO 1
+ Nov. 13	Eddie Richardson	Houston, USA	KO 1
+ Nov. 22	Conroy Nelson	Latham, USA	TKO 2
+ Dec. 6	Sammy Scaff	New York, USA	TKO 1
+ Dec. 27	Mark Young	Latham, USA	KO 1
1986
+ Jan. 11	David Jaco	Albany, USA	TKO 1
+ Jan. 24	Mike Jameson	Atlantic City, USA	TKO 5
+ Feb. 16	Jesse Ferguson	Troy, USA	TKO 6
+ Mar. 10	Steve Zouski	Uniondale, USA	KO 3
+ May 3	James Tillis	Glens Falls, USA	W 10
+ May 20	Mitch Green	New York, USA	W 10
+ June 13	Reggie Gross	New York, USA	TKO 1
+ June 28	William Hosea	Troy, USA	KO 1
+ July 11	Lorenzo Boyd	Swan Lake, USA	KO 2
+ July 26	Marvis Frazier	Glens Falls, USA	KO 1
+ Aug. 17	Jose Ribalta	Atlantic City, USA	TKO 10
+ Sept. 6	Alfonso Ratliff	Las Vegas, USA	TKO 2
+ Nov. 22	Trevor Berbick	Las Vegas, USA	TKO 2
(Won WBC Heavyweight Title)
1987
+ Mar. 7	James Smith	Las Vegas, USA	W 12
(Retained WBC and won WBA Heavyweight Titles)
+ May 30	Pinklon Thomas	Las Vegas, USA	TKO 6
(Retained WBC and WBA Heavyweight Titles)
+ Aug. 1	Tony Tucker	Las Vegas, USA	W 12
(Retained WBC & WBA and won IBF Heavyweight Titles)
+ Oct. 16	Tyrell Biggs	Atlantic City, USA	TKO 7
(Retained WBC, WBA and IBF Heavyweight Titles)
1988
+ Jan. 22	Larry Holmes	Atlantic City, USA	TKO 4
(Retained WBC, WBA and IBF Heavyweight Titles)
+ Mar. 21	Tony Tubbs	Tokyo, Japan	TKO 2
(Retained WBC, WBA and IBF Heavyweight Titles)
+ June 27	Michael Spinks	Atlantic City, USA	KO 1
(Retained WBC, WBA and IBF Heavyweight Titles)
1989
+ Feb. 25	Frank Bruno	Las Vegas, USA	TKO 5
(Retained WBC, WBA and IBF Heavyweight Titles)
+ July 21	Carl Williams	Atlantic City, USA	TKO 1
(Retained WBC, WBA and IBF Heavyweight Titles)
1990
- Feb. 11	James Buster DOUGLAS	Tokyo, Japan	KO by 10
(Lost WBC, WBA and IBF Heavyweight Titles)
+ June 16	Henry Tillman	Las Vegas, USA	KO 1
+ Dec. 8	Alex Stewart	Atlantic City, USA	TKO 1
1991
+ Mar. 18	Donovan Ruddock	Las Vegas, USA	TKO 7
+ June 28	Donovan Ruddock	Las Vegas, USA	W 12
1992-1994 Inactive
1995
+ Aug. 19	Peter McNeeley	Las Vegas, USA	WDQ 1
+ Dec. 16	Buster Mathis Jr	Philadelphia, USA	KO 3
1996
+ Mar. 16	Frank Bruno	Las Vegas, USA	TKO 3
(Regained WBC Heavyweight Title)
+ Sept. 7	Bruce Seldon	Las Vegas, USA	TKO 1
(Regained WBA Heavyweight Title)
- Nov. 9	Evander Holyfield	Las Vegas, USA	TKO by 11
(Lost WBA Heavyweight Title)
1997
- June 28	Evander Holyfield	Las Vegas, USA	LDQ 3
(For WBA Heavyweight Title)
1998 Inactive
1999
+ Jan. 16	Frans Botha	Las Vegas, USA	KO 5
* Oct. 23	Orlin Norris	Las Vegas, USA	NC 1
2000
+ Jan. 29	Julius Francis	Manchester, Great Britain	TKO 2
+ June 24	Lou Savarese	Glasgow, Great Britain	TKO 1
* Oct. 20	Andrew Golota	Auburn Hills, USA	NC 3
2001
+ Oct. 13	Brian Nielsen	Copenhagen, Denmark	TKO 7
2002
- June 8	Lennox Lewis	Memphis, USA	KO by 8
(For WBC, IBF and IBO Heavyweight Titles)
2003
+ Feb. 22	Clifford Etienne	Memphis, USA	KO 1
2004
- July 30	Danny Williams	Louisville, USA	KO by 4
2005
- June 11	Kevin McBride	Washington, USA	TKO by 6
2006-2019 Inactive
2020
^ Nov. 28	Roy Jones Jr	Los Angeles, USA	Exh 8

Summary

Total bouts: 58, Won: 50 (44 inside the limit), Lost: 6 (5 inside the limit), Draw: 0, NC: 2