Mike Tyson (マイク・タイソン, Maiku Taison) is a former undisputed heavyweight champion and remains the youngest man ever to win the WBC, WBA and IBF world heavyweight titles. He won the WBC title at just 20 years, 4 months and 22 days old, after beating Trevor Berbick by a TKO in the second round. Throughout his career, Tyson became well-known for his ferocious and intimidating boxing style as well as his controversial behavior both inside and outside the ring. He was the first ever heavyweight champion to hold the WBA, WBC and IBF titles simultaneously.
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Who did Mike Tyson defeat to win his first WBC title?
Mike Tyson, the youngest man to win the WBC, WBA and IBF world heavyweight titles, claimed his first WBC championship at 20 years, 4 months and 22 days old. He achieved this feat by defeating Trevor Berbick via a second-round TKO.
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What is Mike Tyson's height in centimeters?
The height of Mike Tyson, known as the undisputed heavyweight champion, is 178 cm.
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At what age did Mike Tyson become the youngest man to win the heavyweight titles?
Mike Tyson secured the WBC, WBA, and IBF world heavyweight titles, becoming the youngest ever heavyweight champion at 20 years, 4 months, and 22 days. His victory came from a second-round TKO against Trevor Berbick.
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Who were some of Mike Tyson's notable trainers?
Former undisputed heavyweight champion, Mike Tyson, was notably trained by Miguel Zale, a trainer renowned for his work with six world champion boxers, including Bryan Hawk, Wally, and Ralph Anderson.
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What is the 'Dempsey Roll' in relation to Mike Tyson's boxing style?
Mike Tyson utilized the Dempsey Roll, a boxing technique first developed by Jack Dempsey. Tyson's use of the Dempsey Roll involved a lowered stance, central balance, and an aggressive body weave in a sideways figure-eight pattern. This set up a rapid series of punches from both sides, powered by the momentum of the bobbing and weaving motion.
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References in Hajime no Ippo[]
- In Round 1, after Mamoru Takamura saved Ippo Makunouchi from being bullied, Takamura told Ippo about Tyson's past, where Tyson was also picked on when he was small. When Tyson was picked on, he would run home crying and tend to his pigeons. When Tyson saw his pigeons killed, he went berserk and attacked the person who did it.
- The anime omits this scene.
- In Round 1, Takamura also gave Ippo a video tape of Tyson's KO collections. After watching the tape, Ippo wanted to know how it feels to be strong, and learn to box.
- In the anime, Takamura gives Ippo different tapes of unknown boxers fighting instead.
- In Round 24, at the Zōjirushi Private High School, one of Ippo's classmates in the sixth page has the appearance of Tyson.
- In Round 24, Ippo starts using the Peek-a-Boo Style in order to strengthen his guard. Minoru Fujii mentions that famed trainer Cus D'amato taught it to Tyson, where Tyson kept lowering his guard. It gave him the habit of keeping his glove under his chin.
- In Round 29, in Ippo's bedroom, Ippo had a Tyson poster on his wall, which read "TY**N".
- In Round 41, during the training camp at the beach, Takamura asked Ippo why he thought Tyson was strong. Ippo believed it was his dynamite punch, but Takamura told him there were a lot of boxers with heavier punches.
- Takamura believed the reason why Tyson was great was his speed, where he had the speed to close the distance against bigger opponents. Takamura added that Tyson was fast in a straight line plus shifting his weight left to right, where he is shifting his centre of gravity in any directions.
- In Round 88, after Takeshi Sendō mentioned that he can use the Smash. Masaru Aoki mentioned that it was a sleek water uppercut used by Donovan Ruddock and the punch that Tyson tried hard to learn.
- In Round 91, Sendō sparred with Takamura, where he showed the Smash. In the car ride to the train station, Ippo was impressed with the Smash, where he added that it was truly like Donovan Ruddock. Ippo wondered how Tyson was able to block it (when he fought Donovan Ruddock, who named the punch the "Smash".)
- In Round 141, during the first round of the Class A Tournament in Ippo's match against Takuma Saeki, Saeki noticed that Ippo used the Peek-a-Boo Style that has heavy defence and strong dashes like Tyson.
- In Round 155, after Ippo finished demonstrating the Gazelle Punch, Genji Kamogawa told him that it was a finishing blow for Floyd Patterson, two-time world heavyweight champion from 1956 to 1950. Aoki added that the Gazelle Punch was a hook mixed with a force of a rising body, where no one will be able to withstand it.
- Tatsuya Kimura noted that Floyd Patterson was the one who trained by Tyson's trainer, Cus D'Amato. He added that since Ippo used Tyson's style, it could be the best possible weapon for him.
- In Round 209, Ippo was watching videos of Tyson, in order to help him with his comeback match, by watching Tyson's defence. This ended up Ippo learning the Dempsey Roll.
- In Round 212, during Ippo's comeback match with Ponchai Chuwatana, Kamogawa noted that Ippo's movement was like watching Tyson in action, where he was using his shoulders to apply feints an push his opponent back with out throwing punches.
- In Round 328, during Ippo's spar with Ricardo Martínez, Bill Stewart saw Ippo's style was very similar to Tyson.
- In Round 675, Ryūhei Sawamura meets Kawabe at Tyson Steak House, which the restaurant's name is a reference to Tyson.
Gallery[]
Footage of Tyson being watched by Ippo. - Round 1
Student (left) with Tyson's appearance. - Round 24
Fujii explaining Tyson with Peek-a-Boo guard. - Round 24
The Tyson poster in Ippo's room. - Round 29
Tyson shifting weight. - Round 41
Takamura talking about Tyson.
Tyson showing his closing speed.
Volume 36 Extra - Mike Tyson - Page 1.
Volume 36 Extra - Mike Tyson - Page 2.
Trivia[]
Volume 3 Inner - Morikawa outside of Tyson's match.
- In the Kamogawa's Diary in the fourth Bunkō and Hajime no Ippo: Best Memorial, it is stated Ippo Makunouchi's fighting style is a combination of Tyson and Ray Mancini.
- The volume 3's author's note image is a picture of author Jōji Morikawa standing outside of the Tokyo Dome in front of a billboard for the Mike Tyson vs. Buster Douglas match that he attended in February 1990.
- One of the undercard matches for it was Naoto Takahashi vs. Noree Jockygym. Naoto later became the manager for Morikawa's JB Sports Gym.
- Another undercard of the match was Jōichirō Tatsuyoshi, who had his second match. Joichiro has been refeenced in the series in various volumes author's note images and on the cover of Round 183.
- In volume 36, there are two extra pages included in the volume about Tyson.
- In various interviews[1] and documentaries[2], Tyson has confirmed that he did become enraged when someone killed his prized pigeon, and got into his first fight. However, there might be some difference in how the manga portrays and how it happened in real life.