Mike Tyson signed Boxing Glove | Custom Made Black

Authentic Mike Tyson signed Boxing Glove | Custom Made Black glove with silver stitching. Signed by Mike in silver marker.

 

Michael Gerard Tyson (born June 30, 1966) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2005. He reigned as the undisputed world heavyweight champion and holds the record as the youngest boxer to win a heavyweight title. At 20 years, four months, and 22 days old. Tyson won his first 19 professional fights by knockout, 12 of them in the first round. He won the WBC title in 1986 after stopping Trevor Berbick in the second round. Added the WBA and IBF titles after defeating James Smith and Tony Tucker in 1987. This made Tyson the first heavyweight boxer to simultaneously hold the WBA, WBC and IBF titles, and the only heavyweight to successively unify them.

Tyson became the lineal champion in 1988 when he knocked out Michael Spinks in 91 seconds of the first round. He successfully defended his titles nine times, which included victories over Larry Holmes and Frank Bruno. In 1990, Mike Tyson signed boxing glove lost the titles to underdog Buster Douglas; who knocked him out in the tenth round. Attempting to regain the titles, Mike Tyson defeated Donovan Ruddock twice in 1991. but pulled out of a fight with then-undisputed heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield (who had defeated Douglas later in 1990) due to a rib injury.

Boxing Glove signed by Mike Tyson

In 1992, Tyson convicted of rape and sentenced to six years in prison, but released on parole after serving three years. After his release in 1995, he engaged in a series of comeback fights. He won the WBC and WBA titles in 1996, after stopping Frank Bruno and Bruce Seldon. With his defeat of Bruno, Tyson joined Floyd Patterson, Muhammad Ali autographs, Tim Witherspoon, Evander Holyfield, and George Foreman as the only men in boxing history to have regained a heavyweight championship after having lost it. After being stripped of the WBC title in the same year, Tyson lost the WBA title to Evander Holyfield by an eleventh round stoppage. Their 1997 rematch ended when Tyson disqualified for biting Holyfield’s ears.

Also, In 2002, Tyson fought for the world heavyweight title again at the age of 35. Losing by knockout to Lennox Lewis autographs. Tyson retired from professional boxing in 2006, after being knocked out in consecutive matches against journeymen Danny Williams and Kevin McBride. Then, Tyson declared bankruptcy in 2003. Despite having received over $30 million for several of his fights and $300 million during his career. At the time the media reported that he had approximately $23 million of debt.

 

Genuine autograph of Mike Tyson

Tyson, known for his ferocious and intimidating boxing style as well as his controversial behaviour inside and outside the ring. Nicknamed “Iron” and “Kid Dynamite” in his early career, and later known as “The Baddest Man on the Planet”, Tyson considered one of the best heavyweights of all time. Tyson holds the third longest unified championship reign in heavyweight history at eight consecutive defences. As well as, he currently ranks No. 15 in BoxRec’s ranking of the greatest heavyweight boxers in history. Additionally, ranked No. 16 on The Ring‘s list of 100 greatest punchers of all time. No. 1 in the ESPN.com list of “The Hardest Hitters in Heavyweight History”. Sky Sports described him as “perhaps the most ferocious fighter to step into a professional ring”. Furthermore, he has been inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame and the World Boxing Hall of Fame.