Evander Holyfield knows from experience just how dangerous Mike Tyson[tag] was.
‘Iron Mike’ remains the youngest world heavyweight champion in history at the age of 20 years, 4 months, and 22 days old, having worked his way up to the title after winning his first 19 professional fights by knockout, 12 of them in the first round.
He was undisputed champion from 1987 to 1990, and after a shock defeat to Buster Douglas, regained the world heavyweight title again in 1996.
That set up the fight against Holyfield, where Tyson was a big favourite, but ‘The Real Deal’ upset the odds to claim the 11th round knockout win.
That led to a rematch seven months later, which infamously ended by third round disqualification for Tyson after he bit the ear of Holyfield.
