Youngest Champion (WBC), Undisputed Champion, $20 Million Dollar Payday, Marriage, Destruction of Holmes, and Sphinx.

Less than two years later, and, after racking up 27 consecutive wins, Tyson signed to fight Trevor Berbick for the World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight title. ......... ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Nov. 22, 1986 -- After less than six minutes in the ring, Tyson, at the age of 20, cemented his place in history as the youngest man ever crowned heavyweight champion. ................ ......

Not content with stopping at one title, Tyson's mission was to unify the heavyweight division and provide the world with its first undisputed heavyweight champion since Muhammad Ali a decade before.

March 7, 1987 -- Tyson accomplished the second leg of his mission , with a 12-round decision victory over James "Bonecrusher" Smith to add the World Boxing Association (WBA) belt to his growing collection. ..

June 21, 1987 -- A parking lot attendant says Tyson tried to kiss a female employee and struck the male attendant. He is charged with misdemeanor assault and battery and assault with a deadly weapon, and pays $105,000 to settle the case.

Aug. 1, 1987 -- Finally, less than five months later, his dream was complete. Tyson became the undisputed world heavyweight champion by outpointing Tony Tucker to claim the International Boxing Federation (IBF) belt, thus unifying the titles.

Oct. 16, 1987 -- Knocks out Olympian Tyrell Biggs in the 7th round in Atlantic City to retain heavyweight title. Tyson's post fight interview he stated, "He was screaming like my wife." "I could have knocked him out in the third round but I wanted to do it slowly, so he would remember this night for a long time."..........................................

 

Feb. 9, 1988 -- Actress Robin Givens and Tyson are married in New York.Tyson dated supermodel Naomi Campbell and Miss America Suzette Charles but wound up marrying actress Robin Givens. k

March 20, 1988 -- Tyson makes his Tokyo Japan debut at the TokyoDome and knocks out number 2 ranked Tony Tubbs to retain the world heavyweight title.

May 88 -- Tyson went on to make 6 successful defenses of his unified titles. Tyson defeated everyone in his path including former champion Larry Holmes. Tyson meets former champ Larry Holmes 55-3, in Trump Plaza in New York. Tyson knocked Holmes down 4 times. The referee stopped the fight in the 4th round. .... ...............................

June 21, 1988 -- Billed as "ONCE AND FOR ALL". Tyson met Olympian, former world champion Michael Sphinx. The ring walk and announcements lasted longer than the 91 second destruction of Spinks. Tyson pummeled Sphinx with a right hand to the body from which Sphinx could not get up to beat the ten count.

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For his 91 second destruction of Sphinx. Tyson earned more than $20 million, which, at the time, was the largest sum ever paid to an athlete. 91 second equals $219,780 per second! Tyson is pictured here on the cover of S.I.

The fight was attended by three of Tyson's girlfriends, to include former Miss America Suzette Charles, supermodel Naomi Campbell and actress Robin Givens.

June 27, 1988 -- Tyson sues manager Bill Cayton to break his managerial contract.

July 27, 1988 -- Settles Cayton suit out of court, reducing Cayton's managerial share from one-third to 20 percent of purses.

Aug. 23, 1988 -- In the early morning hours of August 23, 1988, Mike Tyson stopped by Dapper Dans, a Harlem clothing store. Mitch Green happened to be in the area and an argument ensued, in which Green threw a punch and Tyson responded with a straight right landing on the bridge of Green's nose; requiring five stitches. The bare knuckle punch resulted in a fracture to Tyson's hand causing a postponement of his scheduled first fight with Frank Bruno. ...................................

Sept. 4, 1988 -- Tyson is knocked unconscious after driving his BMW into a tree. Three days later, the New York Daily News reports the accident was a "suicide attempt" caused by a "chemical imbalance" that made him violent and irrational.

Sept. 30, 1988 -- Givens says in a nationally televised interview that Tyson is a manic-depressive and that she is afraid of him. Tyson sits meekly next to her. Tyson stated later, "Anyone with a grain of sense would know that if I punched my wife I would rip her head off. It's all lies. I have never laid a finger on her."

Oct. 2, 1988 -- Police go to Tyson's Bernardsville, N.J., home after he hurls furniture out the window and forces Givens and her mother to flee the house.

Oct. 3, 1988 -- Givens and her family go public with tales of beatings by Tyson. Givens files for divorce and slaps a lawsuit on Tyson.

Oct. 7, 1988 -- Givens files for divorce.

Oct. 14, 1988 -- Tyson countersues Givens for divorce and annulment.

Oct. 26, 1988 -- Tyson becomes partners with ex-convict, bookie, manslaughterer, 22 arrests the devil himself "Don King.".....

Dec. 12, 1988 -- Sandra Miller of New York sues Tyson for allegedly grabbing her, propositioning her and insulting her at a nightclub. A jury later finds Tyson guilty of battery, fining him $100.

Dec. 15, 1988 -- Lori Davis of New York sues Tyson for allegedly grabbing her buttocks while she was dancing at the same nightclub on the same night as the incident with Miller.

Feb. 14, 1989 -- Tyson and Givens fly together on Steve Wynn's lear jet and are divorced in the Dominican Republic.

Feb. 25, 1989 -- Following an eight month layoff, Tyson went on to post wins over European Champion mandatory challenger Frank Bruno. During the postfight Tyson remarked, "How dare these boxers challenge me with their primitive skills?""It makes me angry. They're just as good as dead.".. ................................................

April 9, 1989 -- Accused of striking a parking attendant three times with an open hand outside a Los Angeles nightclub after the attendant asked Tyson to move his Mercedes-Benz out of a spot reserved for the club's owner. The charges are later dropped due to lack of witness cooperation.

" I look at him (Tyson) and I see nothing, just something I have to destroy". Tyson knocked out Carl "The Truth" Williams in 93 seconds of the first round. ..

 

Tyson became one of the most recognizable athletes in the world and the most dominant figure in boxing. ,,,

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