In a career spanning three decades and ending as he reached his 39th year, Tyson boxed in 58 professional matches between 1985 and 2005.
During that period, Tyson showed his ability to stop opponents in the ring by recording 50 wins and just six defeats, including an incredible 44 victories via knockout.
In back-to-back losses in the 1990s, Evander Holyfield defeated Mike twice, and in a 2002 fight, British fighter Lennox Lewis submitted Iron Mike.
During his professional career, Tyson was also knocked out by Buster Douglas, Danny Williams, and Kevin McBride.
However, Tyson never once identified Holyfield or Lewis as the opponent who could withstand his blows, nor any of these three.
That honor belongs to Jose Ribalta, against whom Mike competed in August 1986 in his 26th fight at the tender age of 20.
In the tenth round of the fight, which took place at the Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Mike prevailed via technical knockout.
With this victory, Tyson made a stunning 26 fights without losing a fight. Before losing his first professional fight in 1990 against Douglas, he had been the unchallenged heavyweight champion of the world from 1987 until that point.
In a 2014 Q&A with Ring TV, Tyson expressed his opinion that Ribalta was the only fighter who could withstand his blows because he thought the opponent had the greatest chin of all the fighters he has fought.
He declared: “I threw everything at Jose Ribalta, and he took it all and kept coming back for more.”
“Jose Ribalta and I were standing side by side. In the clinches, he possessed great strength.”
Originally, Tyson was supposed to take against YouTuber turned boxer Jake Paul on July 20 at Arlington’s AT&T Stadium.
The battle has been rescheduled for November 15 after the 57-year-old experienced a medical scare, which forced the postponement of the contest.
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