Going back several fights, Mike Tyson had developed alopecia, a condition that manifested itself with a bald spot on the ...

Mike Tyson was sent crashing toward the canvas by a powerful punch during sparring. At the peak of his powers, the Brooklyn ...

The heavyweight division, historically, is both the most lucrative and forgiving weight class in boxing. It is where ...

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“Iron” Mike Tyson is an iconic two-time world heavyweight champion who put the boxing world on alert in the mid 1980’s when he wiped out the entire division at the age of 21. In the first 37 ...

When Tyson, who knocked Joe Cortez out in 8 seconds when he was 15, faced Smith, he did more than simply survive the devastatingly powerful punches of the ‘Bonecrusher’, but fought to a points win, ...

James ‘Bonecrusher’ Smith, Mike Tyson and Larry Holmes are all legends of heavyweight boxing. Smith shared the ring with plenty of the very best heavyweights of the 1980s and 1990s despite the fact ...

Smith wouldn't hold onto it for long though as he was battered from pillar to post by a 20-year-old Tyson in his first defence. 'Bonecrusher' eventually hung up his gloves in 1999 with a 44-17-1 ...

Instead, trained by all-time great Emile Griffith, Bonecrusher, instructed to start ... we fans now had a Smith Vs. Mike Tyson’s fight to look forward to. We will never know how a well ...

Well, not exactly “Bonecrusher.” Roughly half an hour later ... why expect anything more? In the end, all Tyson-Paul promised was spectacle, and in the end, that’s all we got.

Nicknamed ‘Bonecrusher’, Smith, at six feet and four inches tall, literally towered over Tyson on paper (the latter stood at five feet and 10 inches). Meanwhile, Tyson headed to the fight with a 28-0 ...

Tyson won the WBC title in 1986, breaking Floyd Patterson’s record as the youngest heavyweight champion ever. In 1987, the hard-hitting Brooklynite outpointed WBA champ James “Bonecrusher ...