Mike Tyson Trivia is going to be interesting to any fan of boxing, because any complete knowledge of the sport would be incomplete without some Mike Tyson quiz knowledge included, as he is surely one of the most recognizable and formidable heavyweights to have entered the ring in the last several decades. To start with, did you know that Tyson’s full name is Michael Gerard “Mike” Tyson, but that he has also gone by the name Malik Abdul Aziz? Are you also familiar with Tyson’s famous monikers under which he has been billed under for promotions of his high selling boxing matches, such as “Iron Mike” “Kid Dynamite” and “The Baddest Man on the Planet”?
As a boxer, Mike Tyson trivia is going to be mostly about the statistics surrounding his boxing career, and these are some of the most impressive. His first 19 fights he won, all by knockout. 12 of those fights were ended within the first round. Another fact that is important to realize is that Tyson was one of the great unifier of the heavyweight titles of the world, and he did in fact become the undisputed heavyweight champion in the late 1980s. His dethroning came at the hands of James “Buster “ Douglas, in one of the most famous and extreme upsets in the history of professional boxing as we know it today. The fight took place in Tokyo in 1990, and ended with Tyson getting knocked out in the 10th round.
Mike Tyson trivia unfortunately contains facts that extend beyond his boxing career. Criminal charges and controversy have been a large part of Tyson’s later life, although there was a certain amount of crossover into his boxing career with less than savory facts as well. For example, did you know that in 1997 Tyson would be involved in one of the most famous events in professional sports when in a rematch against Evander Holyfield, Tyson bit off a piece of Holyfield’s ear. As a result of this event, Mike Tyson would have his boxing license revoked and be unable to fight for over a year after the incident, in addition to being fined millions of dollars for his infraction which was generally considered to be one of the most flagrant displays of unsportsmanlike conduct in any kind of sport in modern sporting history. Tyson would fight again later in life, but after the Holyfield fight his career was all but finished, but he would finish with an outstanding record, recording only 6 professional losses.
WBC Heavyweight Title Match: Mike Tyson vs. Trevor Berbick (November 22, 1986.)