Wow, Incredible. When Mike Tyson turned pro, he fought 19 times in 12 months

[SonOfCuba]

Thats just crazy to imagine, he fought as much as 3 times a month his first year in the pros.

Now that was a guy on a mission to make a name for himself quickly.

Fight resume from March 1985 - March 1986

1986-03-10 Steve Zouski
1986-02-16 Jesse Ferguson
1986-01-24 Mike Jameson
1986-01-11 David Jaco
1985-12-27 Mark Young
1985-12-06 Sammy Scaff
1985-11-22 Conroy Nelson
1985-11-13 Eddie Richardson
1985-11-01 Sterling Benjamin
1985-10-25 Robert Colay
1985-10-09 Donnie Long
1985-09-05 Michael Johnson
1985-08-15 Lorenzo Canady
1985-07-19 Larry Sims
1985-07-11 John Alderson
1985-06-20 Ricardo Spain
1985-05-23 Don Halpin
1985-04-10 Trent Singleton
1985-03-06 Hector Mercedes

[Skip Bayless]

it surprised me when i heard that for the first time. he was on a war path

[IronDanHamza]

Jim Jacobs, his manager at the time, had a very old school mentality where he wanted to keep him active and get as many fights as possible into his first 12 months like a lot of the old timers did.

[Tim2daresq]

Nothing but glorified sparring matches.

Not hating, love me some Tyson.

[Daïa]

Tommy Morrisson had the same kind of resume in his 1st year : 19 (18 ko)-0 !

Lewis and both Klitschko fought 12 times theirs 1st years, not bad too.

Now, an active HW fight 6x a year at best.

[Weebler I]

Nigel Benn fought 13 times inside 12 months upon turning pro.

[DreamFighter]

19 is pretty grand for a guy who should have been in high school before summer.

And its 19 early KOs, and more emphatically, the early KOs kept coming when he stepped up at the age of 20.

[greynotsoold]

If you total up the time spent in the ring, it is something like 20 rounds. Less than two rounds a month isn't a lot of time in the ring.

[Russian Crushin]

Good, thats what all fighters should be doing but instead they're sparring in the gym, if that

[Reloaded]

A bum a day is no problem for an elite fighter , you cant fight top comp like this this only once or twice a year , why are young fans are so into numbers on face value , dig into what the numbers mean !