Here is a list of Tyson's best fights. For a list of Tyson's losses, refer to "Mike Tyson Losses".
On August 1, 1987 Mike Tyson, the WBA and WBC champion, met Tony Tucker, the IBF champion, in a heavyweight world-title unification fight. Tyson was 21 years old and with a record of 31-0 (27), and Tucker was 28 years old and with a record of 34-0 (29). Tyson won the fight via 12-round unanimous decision and and is crowned the unified WBA, WBC and IBF champion.
On March 7, 1987 Mike Tyson, the WBC champion, met James Smith, the WBA champion, in a heavyweight world-title unification fight. Tyson was 20 years old and with a record of 29-0 (26), and Smith was 33 years old and with a record of 19-5 (14). Tyson won the fight via 12-round unanimous decision and and is crowned the unified WBC and WBA champion.
On January 22, 1988 Mike Tyson met Larry Holmes in a heavyweight (WBA, WBC and IBF) world-title defense fight. Tyson was 21 years old and with a record of 33-0 (29), and Holmes was 38 years old and with a record of 48-2 (34). Tyson stopped Larry Holmes via 4th-round TKO and successfully defended his titles.
On June 27, 1988 Mike Tyson, the WBA, WBC and IBF champion, met Michael Spinks, the The Ring champion, in a heavyweight world-title unification fight. Tyson was 21 years old and with a record of 35-0 (31), and Spinks was 31 years old and with a record of 31-0 (21). Tyson stopped Michael Spinks via 1st-round KO and is crowned the unified WBA, WBC, IBF and The Ring champion.
On June 28, 1991 Mike Tyson faced off against Donovan Ruddock at age 24. He was coming in with a record of 41-1 (36), and Ruddock was 27 years old and with a record of 25-2-1 (18). Tyson won the fight via 12-round unanimous decision.
On May 20, 1986 Mike Tyson faced off against Mitch Green at age 19. He was coming in with a record of 21-0 (19), and Green was 29 years old and with a record of 16-1-1 (10). Tyson won the fight via 10-round unanimous decision.
On July 21, 1989 Mike Tyson met Carl Williams in a heavyweight (WBA, WBC, IBF and The Ring) world-title defense fight. Tyson was 23 years old and with a record of 37-0 (33), and Williams was 29 years old and with a record of 22-2 (17). Tyson stopped Carl Williams via 1st-round TKO and successfully defended his titles.
On March 21, 1988 Mike Tyson met Tony Tubbs in a heavyweight (WBA, WBC and IBF) world-title defense fight. Tyson was 21 years old and with a record of 34-0 (30), and Tubbs was 30 years old and with a record of 24-1 (15). Tyson stopped Tony Tubbs via 2nd-round TKO and successfully defended his titles.
On May 30, 1987 Mike Tyson met Pinklon Thomas in a heavyweight (WBA and WBC) world-title defense fight. Tyson was 20 years old and with a record of 30-0 (27), and Thomas was 29 years old and with a record of 29-1-1 (24). Tyson stopped Pinklon Thomas via 6th-round TKO and successfully defended his titles.
On November 22, 1986 Mike Tyson fought Trevor Berbick in a heavyweight world-title fight for Berbick's WBC title. Tyson was 20 years old and with a record of 28-0 (26), and Berbick was 32 years old and with a record of 31-4-1 (23). Tyson stopped Trevor Berbick via 2nd-round TKO and is crowned the new heavyweight world champion.
