Some Boxing Facts

Mike Tyson probably took more punches in his shock 1990 defeat by James "Buster" Douglas than all the punches he had taken previously. Sugar Ray Robinson's career record stood at 201 fights, 174 wins, 19 losses, 109 knockouts, 6 draws and 2 no-contests. (thats fucking amazing) Mike Tyson wasn't deemed good enough by the selectors to fight in the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984. Mike Tyson earned around £12 million for his 91 second knockout of Michael Spinks in June 1988-that worked out at £132,000 per second! Riddick Bowe is the only fighter to have held all four world title belts-IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO. Sugar Ray Leonard won a record of five world titles from 1979 to 1988 including the WBC welterweight, the WBA light-middle, the WBC middleweight, the WBC super middleweight and the WBC light heavyweight titles. Heavyweights Tim Witherspoon and Evander Holyfield are still on track to claim thier third World Heavyweight Championship. Mike Tyson has already earned $65 million for just two comeback fights and a successful world title challenge against former WBC champion Frank Bruno. George Foreman was so disgusted with his loss against Muhammad Ali in the "Rumble in the Jungle" in Zaire in 1974 that a few months later he took on five opponents in one day and knocked them all out! Joe Frazier only made the Tokyo Olympics as a replacement for Buster Mathis who had pulled out with a broken hand. He then went on to win the gold medal! Marvin Hagler was unbeaten for nine years up until 1987 when Sugar Ray Leonard came out of retirement and beat him on a split decision. As well as being the youngest man ever to win the World Heavyweight Championship Mike Tyson was also the youngest man to lose it. Famous Holywood actor Jack Nicholson attended every single bout of the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles! South African heavyweight Courage Tshabalala had an amateur record of 72 wins, 1 loss, and 69 first round knockouts. German Heavyweight Axel Shultz has had three unsuccessful world title shots almost within the space of a year.