On at the present time in 1986, Mike Tyson turned boxing’s youngest heavyweight champion with a second spherical technical knockout towards Trevor Berbick.
With the victory, Tyson wrested the WBC title from Berbick. The bout came about on the Hilton Lodge in Las Vegas, NV. These in the US may catch the motion reside on HBO. In the UK, it was broadcast on ITV.
On the thirty eighth anniversary of this conflict, Massive Combat Weekend goes down reminiscence lane to relive Tyson’s dominance.
Mike Tyson Turns into Youngest Heavyweight Champion On This Day
Tyson vs. Berbick Recap
Tyson started the battle aggressively, instantly going after his opponent. His peek-a-boo type pressured Berbick to interact as properly. The reigning champion had a little bit of early success, touchdown a proper hook and a proper to the physique that noticed Tyson maintain for a while. After that, nevertheless, it was one-way visitors. “Iron Mike” landed a number of onerous photographs to the pinnacle for the rest of the spherical. Berbick practically went to the canvas, however stayed on his ft to make it out of spherical one.
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Tyson landed an overhand proper seconds into spherical two. It despatched Berbick flailing backwards, permitting “Iron Mike” to land hooks that despatched the WBC champion to the canvas. Berbick instantly obtained up however was very clearly on shaky legs.
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He would maintain on in an try and keep away from additional injury, nevertheless it did little to forestall the onerous photographs from Tyson. An enormous left hook despatched Berbick down a second time. Although he tried to stand up, his flailing across the ring brought on referee Mills Lane to wave off the battle.
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Surpassing Floyd Patterson
By defeating Berbick, Tyson turned a heavyweight champion at simply 20. Beforehand, Floyd Patterson was the youngest, defeating Archie Moore in 1956 at age 21. To at the present time, Tyson stays boxing’s youngest heavyweight champion. It’s a document that can be troublesome to interrupt.
