| abstract | - During his short but tempestuous career Tyson transformed himself into a human artillery shell, enabling him to decimate many woolly behemoths, including a token cracker, and he quickly racked up a string of first round demolitions to rival "The Manassa Mauler". During his reign of terror Tyson's handlers alternately kept him suppressed between fights with elephant tranquilizers, which they would withhold and substitute with Nitro during his bouts. After unifying all the world titles he successfully defended his ever-disputed championship nine times before his conchoidal weakness was discovered. His best fights were against former champ Larry Holmes, who was completely shocked when Tyson exploded in his face like an MOAB, as also his public cannibalisation of Evander Holifield. But especially surprising was his final shock defeat at the hands of nillion-to-1 underdog, Buster Douglas, who was the very first boxer to ever throw a punch at Tyson. The famed "Douglas Punch" knocked Tyson out cold, costing him all his championship belts in one stop. later, after passing three month in a coma, Tyson regained consciousness and claimed to have taken a dive. But with his glass-jaw exposed Tyson's successful boxing career was effectively over.
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