Mike Tyson is the best

[Dirt E Gomez]

He beat everybody of the 80s.

Not gonna' lie, I didn't read anything in your post past that part. He did beat many people though, his wife included.

[Yogi]

24-3 is his record he lost twice to tillman and once to craig

Mystyal, I have a listing of a bunch of amatuer fights of Tyson's which were compiled by a very good friend of Cus D'Amato, Reg Gutteridge, who also claims to be Tyson's very first biographer (who watched Tyson since the age of 14). And on that amateur record of Tyson's there were five losses in total that were listed;


Dec. of 1982: Al Evans LRSC-3 (US Amateur Championships in Indianoplis)

Mar. of 1983: Craig Payne LPts-3 (National Golden Gloves Championships in St.Louis)

Nov. of 1983: Kimmuel Odum LDisq (US Amateur Championships in Colorado Springs)

Jun. of 1984: Henry Tillman LPts-3 (US Olympic Trials in Fort Worth)

Jul. of 1984: Henry Tillman LPts-3 (US Olympic Box-Offs in Las Vegas)


Like I said, there's a total of five losses listed on it and there's also more than 24 amateur wins listed, as well...A quick count of the number of wins listed on here is 30.

[Verstyle]

Mystyal, I have a listing of a bunch of amatuer fights of Tyson's which were compiled by a very good friend of Cus D'Amato, Reg Gutteridge, who also claims to be Tyson's very first biographer (who watched Tyson since the age of 14). And on that amateur record of Tyson's there were five losses in total that were listed;


Dec. of 1982: Al Evans LRSC-3 (US Amateur Championships in Indianoplis)

Mar. of 1983: Craig Payne LPts-3 (National Golden Gloves Championships in St.Louis)

Nov. of 1983: Kimmuel Odum LDisq (US Amateur Championships in Colorado Springs)

Jun. of 1984: Henry Tillman LPts-3 (US Olympic Trials in Fort Worth)

Jul. of 1984: Henry Tillman LPts-3 (US Olympic Box-Offs in Las Vegas)


Like I said, there's a total of five losses listed on it and there's also more than 24 amateur wins listed, as well...A quick count of the number of wins listed on here is 30.

i'll do even better. I'll ask kevin rooney since I jus emailed him and im going to see him this month in new york.

[Verstyle]

and also when he was coming up thats what they said his record was. could be wrong though but I will see

[THE REAL NINJA]

and also when he was coming up thats what they said his record was. could be wrong though but I will see

i bet you 50 mil he had more then 3

[Yogi]

i'll do even better. I'll ask kevin rooney since I jus emailed him and im going to see him this month in new york.

I'm pretty sure Rooney took over from Atlas in 1982, which would've meant he was in Tyson's corner for all five of those losses...You should ask him specifically about the Evans & Odum losses, though, just to jog his memory.

And this isn't the first time I heard about or saw the Odum fight listed, as that loss used to be mentioned periodically in the boxing magazines back in the late 80's.

[Verstyle]

i bet you 50 mil he had more then 3

**** that.ahahaha. never said I was a boxing historian now.

[Verstyle]

I'm pretty sure Rooney took over from Atlas in 1982, which would've meant he was in Tyson's corner for all five of those losses...You should ask him specifically about the Evans & Odum losses, though, just to jog his memory.

And this isn't the first time I heard about or saw the Odum fight listed, as that loss used to be mentioned periodically in the boxing magazines back in the late 80's.

but if thats the case how come ppl didnt ever hype up those losses like they did the other 1's? they used to always talk about his three losses and I always see them in boxing websites

[THE REAL NINJA]

**** that.ahahaha. never said I was a boxing historian now.

lol i have a few of his am's he lost around 4 or 5 that i know of Henry Tillman i think beat him 3 times maybe 2

[THE REAL NINJA]

but if thats the case how come ppl didnt ever hype up those losses like they did the other 1's? they used to always talk about his three losses and I always see them in boxing websites

they did tillman and tyson beat his you know ...wtf 1 site has him with 3 this has 6 i think this is the real 1 .....Amateur highlights
1981
Jun --- --- KO 1 U.S. Jr. Olympic Champion Heavyweight
Nov? Ernie Bennet L 3 Rhode Island

1982
Jun Jonathon Littles KO 2 U.S. Jr. Olympic Tourney, Heavyweight Salem, OR
Jun Don Cozad KO 1 U.S. Jr. Olympic Tourney, Heavyweight Salem, OR
Jun 26 Kelton Brown KO 1 U.S. Jr. Olympic Tourney, Heavyweight Salem, OR
--- Kilbert Pierce W 3 USA/ABF Region 1 Tourney Boston, MA
Dec 12 Al Evans LK 3 Binghampton, NY

1983
Mar Andrew Stokes KO 3 National Golden Gloves Super Heavy Albuquerque, NM
Mar Mike Bardwell KO 1 National Golden Gloves Super Heavy Albuquerque, NM
Mar Warren Thompson W National Golden Gloves Super Heavy Albuquerque, NM
Mar 26 Craig Payne L 3 National Golden Gloves Super Heavy Albuquerque, NM
Aug 14 Olian Alexander W Ohio State Fair National Invitational, 200 lbs
Aug 27 --- --- --- US (Under 19) Champion �lb Gold Medalist
Dec 10 Kimmuel Odum L DQ 2 United States Championship Tournament

1984
--- Orbit Pough KO 1 US (Under 19) Champion �lb Gold Medalist
--- Derek Isaman W 3 National Golden Gloves
--- Richard Johnson KO National Golden Gloves
--- Johnny Williams KO National Golden Gloves
--- Rocky Pepeli KO National Golden Gloves
--- Jonathan Littles KO 1 National Golden Gloves 201-lb Gold Medalist
Jun 8 Avery Rawls W 3 United States Olympic Trials 201-lb Fort Worth, TX
Jun 9 Henry Milligan KO 2 United States Olympic Trials Fort Worth, TX
Jun 10 Henry Tillman L 3 United States Olympic Trials, Silver Fort Worth, TX
Jul 6 Olian Alexander [?] United States Olympic Box-offs 201-lb Las Vegas, NV
Jul 7 Henry Tillman L 3 United States Olympic Box-offs 201-lb Las Vegas, NV
Oct Opponent ? Finland