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

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  • SonOfCuba
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    #1

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

    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
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    #2
    it surprised me when i heard that for the first time. he was on a war path

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    • IronDanHamza
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      #3
      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.

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      • Tim2daresq
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        #4
        Nothing but glorified sparring matches.

        Not hating, love me some Tyson.

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        • Daïa
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          #5
          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.

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          • Weebler I
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            #6
            Nigel Benn fought 13 times inside 12 months upon turning pro.
            Last edited by Weebler I; 04-11-2013, 05:09 PM.

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            • DreamFighter
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              #7
              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.

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              • greynotsoold
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                #8
                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.

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                • Russian Crushin
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                  #9
                  Good, thats what all fighters should be doing but instead they're sparring in the gym, if that

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                  • Reloaded
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                    #10
                    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 !

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