Mike Tyson names the scariest boxer of all time

In his prime, Mike Tyson was known arsenic 1 of the astir unsafe men to measurement into the ring. The assemblage remembers him for his unthinkable speed, explosiveness and breathtaking knockouts. His communicative began successful 1985, and soon helium reached the presumption of a superior heavyweight challenger. He achieved his archetypal 19 victories by knockout, which successful itself was a connection to the satellite of boxing.

The precise adjacent year, successful 1986, helium became the youngest satellite heavyweight champion, knocking retired WBC champion Trevor Berbick successful the 2nd circular of the combat successful Las Vegas. With that, helium entered past with a grounds that inactive stands today. Just a period aft turning 21, helium added the WBA and IBF titles, defeating James Smith and Tony Tucker.

Who Tyson sees arsenic the top fearsome fighter: Interesting name

Although galore considered him the astir fearsome fighter, 58-year-old Tyson claims contiguous that determination is idiosyncratic adjacent much dangerous. As a impermanent with Shaquille O'Neal connected The Big Podcast with Shaq, "Iron Mike" had nary qualms:

"Listen, Sonny Liston is the scariest combatant that ever lived. Sonny Liston would travel into town, accidental from St. Louis to Chicago, and the constabulary would archer him, 'Look, you can't come,' and he'd sound retired 4 cops, interruption their jaws, instrumentality their guns, bushed him implicit the caput with clubs... There's nary combatant similar Sonny Liston. Sonny Liston is simply a monster!"

Liston held the rubric from 1962 to 1964, until helium was stripped by a young Muhammad Ali. An effort astatine a rematch the pursuing twelvemonth ended unsuccessfully. In his career, helium had lone 4 losses with 50 wins, 39 of which were by knockout.

His beingness extracurricular the ringing was filled with problems: connections with the transgression milieu, galore arrests and yet a mysterious decease connected December 30, 1970. Even today, determination are galore theories and stories astir what truly happened that night.