Tyson - Twenty Month Comparison.....

Ok, maybe not the most exciting of threads but a pretty interesting one though IMO.

I'm sure many on here a quite familiar with the career of Mike Tyson, but I was watching a load of his early fights today and had a close look at his record.

Whilst he did fight quite a few journeymen at the start of his career (but then again which fighters don't?!), it is remarkable just how active he was at the start of his career.:bbb

From his first professional fight against Hector Mercedes on the 6th March 1985 he went on to have an astounding 28 fights in the next 20 months, taking him up to the infamous fight against Trevor Berbick on 22nd November 1986!

Thats 28 fights in 20 months! :shock:

During those 28 fights he boxed just 76 rounds, so thats an average of just 3 rounds per fight, another pretty impressive statistic I think.

Of those 28 fights just 2 actually went the distance, with 15 of them ending in the first round, in fact only 8 of them went beyond the 2nd round! :bbb

There were some good names in that list as well; Mike Jameson, Jesse Ferguson, James Tillis, Mitch Green, Jose Ribalta and of course Trevor Berbick.

Now lets not forget that Trevor Berbick could be a real handful, he's no all time great but he was certainly better than many other fighters that have held the heavyweight crown, before or since.

When Tyson faced Berbick he was just a few months past his 20th birthday and had been a professional for just over a year and a half, who else can compare to that?! Compare that to the current crop of heavyweight 'prospects'! :bbb

Another really interesting thing that I noticed when studying his record was the period following the Berbick fight.

In the same amount of time that Tyson had accumulated his first 28 wins he went on to fight only 7 times following the berbick victory, admitedly however this was a higher level of opposition.

The statistic that particularly interested me though involved the two 'parts' of Tyson's career.

As previously mentioned he took just 20 months to have his first 28 fights, it took him nearly 17 YEARS to complete his next 28!

Can anyone else name a fighter who has had such high levels of activity and inactivity in their career? :think

Anyway, I hope someone out there finds this pretty interesting, I certainly did!

Later. :good

 

I should have known you'd come up with a good one!! :good

 

Interesting examples mate :good

Its interesting though how the examples offered so far are from so long ago. Is there anyone from the 'modern' era I wonder? :think