World Heavyweight Champions

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 119. Chapters: Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, Jack Johnson, Lennox Lewis, Larry Holmes, Jack Dempsey, Tommy Burns, Joe Frazier, Rocky Marciano, Sonny Liston, Michael Spinks, Joe Louis, John Ruiz, Floyd Patterson, Evander Holyfield, Max Schmeling, Gerrie Coetzee, Jersey Joe Walcott, James J. Jeffries, Riddick Bowe, Vitali Klitschko, Tommy Morrison, Tim Witherspoon, Ray Mercer, Max Baer, Nikolai Valuev, Shannon Briggs, Ruslan Chagaev, Greg Page, Corrie Sanders, Michael Bentt, Ingemar Johansson, Frank Bruno, James J. Braddock, Bob Fitzsimmons, James J. Corbett, John L. Sullivan, Primo Carnera, James Smith, Herbie Hide, Ezzard Charles, Jess Willard, Jimmy Ellis, Tony Tubbs, Jack Sharkey, Henry Akinwande, Bruce Seldon, Mike Weaver, John Tate, Ernie Terrell, Michael Dokes, Francesco Damiani, Marvin Hart. Excerpt: Michael Gerard "Mike" Tyson (born June 30, 1966) is a retired American boxer. Tyson is a former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world and holds the record as the youngest boxer to win the WBC, WBA and IBF world heavyweight titles, he was 20 years, 4 months and 22 days old. Tyson won his first 19 professional bouts by knockout, with twelve of them occurring in the first round. He won the WBC title in 1986 after defeating Trevor Berbick by a TKO in the second round. In 1987, Tyson added the WBA and IBF titles after defeating James Smith and Tony Tucker. He was the first heavyweight boxer to simultaneously hold and only Heavyweight to individually unify the WBA, WBC and IBF titles. In 1988, Tyson became the lineal champion when he knocked out Michael Spinks in the first 91 seconds of the fight. Tyson successfully defended the world heavyweight championship nine times, including victories over Larry Holmes and Frank Bruno. Tyson lost his titles to 42-to-1 underdog James "Buster" Douglas on February 11, 1990, in Tokyo, Japan, ...