Michael Gerard Tyson, better known as Mike Tyson or Malik Abdul Aziz, is a former American boxer. Considered by many as one of the greatest boxers of all time.
Michael Gerard Tyson was born on June 30, 1966, in Brooklyn, New York.
Small and shy, Tyson was often the target of bullying. To combat this, he began developing his own style of street fighting, which ultimately transitioned into criminal activity. His gang, known as the Jolly Stompers, assigned him to clean out cash registers while older members held victims at gunpoint. He was only 11 years old at the time. He frequently ran into trouble with police over his petty criminal activities, and by the age of 13, he had been arrested more than 30 times.
Mike went through many difficult days and several conflicts that nearly had to fight. Despite all the setbacks became a legend in the world of Boxing
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. Tyson won his first 19 professional bouts by knockout, 12 of them in the first round.