Fun fact about Mike Tyson: Tyson won his first 19 fights by knockout, 12 in the first round.

Frank Bruno was similar and won his first 21 fights all by knockout before he himself was knocked out in his 22nd fight by James Bonecrusher Smith.I remember seeing a video of that fight with the British commentator saying that, that was the end of the Frank Bruno story. How wrong he was to write off Bruno after one loss.

 

Vitali Klitschko won the first 27 fights by knockout (100%), but the statistics (especially the statistics of the beginning of his career) do not in themselves say everything about the quality of boxers.

 

Malik Scott!

 

Tyson would bury Wilder and tank his right hand

 

Yeah but one of the first times he faced a live body he had to go 5 plus with Jesse Ferguson. But of course Ferguson was a very tough opponent to take on after less than one year as a pro. Clayton did a very good job of keeping Tyson busy while significantly upping the quality of opposition quickly. He did a worse job with Tommy Morrison feeding him stiffs and shot fighters, than putting him in with Mercer.

 

Maybe it was technically a dq but Tyson felled Ferguson with one hellacious uppercut which broke Jesse's nose. Then Jesse went into a shell barely throwing back. It was for all intents and purposes a tko