He was the first heavyweight boxer to simultaneously hold the WBA, WBC and IBF titles and the only heavyweight to individually unify them.įriends Library is largest private circulating online internet books library withĪ collection of over 100000 titles. In 1987, Tyson added the WBA and IBF titles after defeating James Smith and Tony Tucker. He won the WBC title in 1986 after defeating Trevor Berbick by a TKO in the second round. Tyson won his first 19 professional bouts by knockout with 12 of them occurring in the first round. Mike Tyson is a former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world and holds the record as the youngest boxer to win the WBC, WBA and IBF heavyweight titles at 20 years, 4 months and 22 days old. If you think you know all about Mike Tyson, read this book and think again. Co-written with Larry Sloman, author of Antony Keidis's best selling memoir Scar Tissue, this is a visceral and unputdown-able story of a man born and raised to brutality, who reached the heights of stardom before falling to crime, substance abuse and infamy.įull of all the controversy and complexity that you would expect from a man who delighted as much as he shocked, this is a book that will surprise people and reveal a fascinating character beneath the exterior of violence. In this, his first autobiography, Iron Mike Tyson pulls no punches and lays bare the story of his remarkable life and career.
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