“Iron Mike” has become the longest-serving boxing champion.
Former undisputed heavyweight champion Mike Tyson set a historic record in a fight with popular blogger Jake Paul, in which he was defeated by unanimous decision.
The legendary American returned to the ring at the age of 58. This happened almost 40 years after his debut in professional boxing, which took place on March 6, 1985.
Thus, “Iron Mike” became the owner of the longest career among all boxing champions. From his first fight to his last, 14,499 days passed.
This is an absolute record. Tyson surpassed the former world champion in five weight categories Roy Jones Jr., whose career lasted 12,231 days.
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The fight between 58-year-old Tyson and 27-year-old Paul lasted 8 rounds of two minutes. Since this fight had an official status, the result was included in the statistics of both boxers.
After the fight with Paul, Mike entered the updated rating of the BoxRec portal. He is ranked 309th in the list of the best heavyweights in the world and 78th among boxers from the USA, having one star.
After his victory over Tyson, Jake is ranked 106th in the BoxRec world rankings and is 22nd among heavyweights in the United States. The notorious blogger has two stars.
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Note that this was Tyson's first official fight since 2005, when he lost by technical knockout to Irishman Kevin McBride. Now, “Iron Mike” has 59 fights to his credit: 50 wins (44 by knockout) and 7 losses. Two more fights were declared no contest. Paul has 11 wins (7 by knockout) and one loss.
We should add that Tyson and Paul were originally supposed to meet in the ring on July 20, but due to the deterioration of “Iron Mike's” health, the fight was postponed.
Earlier it was reported that the legendary Lennox Lewis reacted to Mike Tyson's defeat by Jake Paul. The blogger himself also commented on his victory over the icon of world boxing.