Mike Tyson names hardest puncher he faced

The legendary Mike Tyson, known arsenic "Iron Mike", successful his vocation entered the ringing with a ample fig of heavyweights known for devastating blows, but present helium discovered 1 who, successful his opinion, was supra each others. Tyson started nonrecreational boxing astatine the property of 18 successful 1985 and precise rapidly showed that helium is simply a superior challenger successful the heavyweight division. 

His commencement was impressive; successful the archetypal 19 matches, helium knocked retired 12 opponents already successful the archetypal round.

In November 1986, helium made boxing past erstwhile helium stopped WBC champion Trevor Berbick successful the 2nd circular successful Las Vegas, becoming the youngest satellite heavyweight champion of each time. 

He soon added the WBA and IBF belts, defeating James Smith and Tony Tucker, and became the implicit champion a fewer days aft his 21st birthday. Tyson had a full of 59 nonrecreational fights, and present helium openly said who was his toughest opponent.

Mike shared his views

Tyson said connected The Big Podcast with Shaq: 

“Razor Ruddock. There are a batch of powerfulness hitters, but it’s besides astir psychology. It’s each astir psychology. (Evander) Holyfield, yeah, and a batch of different guys deed hard, but the cardinal is they couldn’t hit. You tin ticker me, spot me, but successful my premier I didn’t instrumentality a batch of punches. That was the goal, you know.”

Tyson and Ruddock fought doubly successful 1991, a fewer months apart. The archetypal combat ended successful Tyson’s stoppage, portion helium won the rematch by unanimous decision. 

Tyson made it wide however overmuch helium appreciated Ruddock: 

“There are a batch of powerfulness hitters, but it’s besides astir psychology.”

Ruddock finished his vocation with a grounds of 40 wins, 6 losses, and 1 draw, 30 of which were by knockout. An awesome fighter, a superior puncher and a existent challenger, Donovan "Razor" Ruddock remains successful Tyson's representation arsenic the strongest puncher helium ever stepped into the ringing against.