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Boxing: Mike Tyson became the youngest heavyweight champion in history on this day in 1986 | GiveMeSport
![I cancelled my own 18th birthday party so I can beat Mike Tyson's record and become youngest ever heavyweight champ | The US Sun I cancelled my own 18th birthday party so I can beat Mike Tyson's record and become youngest ever heavyweight champ | The US Sun](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/6-27-1988-atlantic-city-741027988.jpg)
I cancelled my own 18th birthday party so I can beat Mike Tyson's record and become youngest ever heavyweight champ | The US Sun
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This is "Iron" Mike Tyson in his prime. At 5'10", he was usually much smaller than his opponents in stature. However, he became the youngest heavyweight champion on history at 20 years
![Mike Tyson had arguably the best year of any heavyweight when he fought 13 times, recorded 11 knockouts and became a heavyweight champion Mike Tyson had arguably the best year of any heavyweight when he fought 13 times, recorded 11 knockouts and became a heavyweight champion](https://talksport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/11/NINTCHDBPICT000000998302.jpg?strip=all&w=960&quality=40)
Mike Tyson had arguably the best year of any heavyweight when he fought 13 times, recorded 11 knockouts and became a heavyweight champion
![Thirty years after Mike Tyson became champion, unfulfilled promise is the lasting memory - The Washington Post Thirty years after Mike Tyson became champion, unfulfilled promise is the lasting memory - The Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_1484w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2016/11/21/Sports/Images/GettyImages-726062401467812231.jpg?t=20170517)
Thirty years after Mike Tyson became champion, unfulfilled promise is the lasting memory - The Washington Post
Boxing Life - 🥊 🎂 - Fights: 58 - Wins: 50 - KOs: 44 - Youngest heavyweight champion of all-time - International Boxing Hall of Fame - Third longest unified championship reign in heavyweight history Happy birthday, 'Iron' Mike Tyson! | Facebook
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