Mike Tyson's boxing career may have begun at 18, but the heavyweight champion to-be was knocking out grown men when he was just 12, according to one of his early coaches
According to one of Mike Tyson's early trainers, the boxer possessed frightening power from a young age and was already knocking out professional fighters at 12. Tyson's professional debut came at 18 against Hector Mercedes in 1985, and within two years, he was the unified world heavyweight boxing champion. However, he started fighting at a much earlier age. His former coach, Teddy Atlas, told RingTV.
fought Mike Tyson and Jake Paul stands no chance of beating him READ MORE: Will Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson be cancelled? What we know ahead of the fight 'As far as most pure, God-given talent, raw, from the earliest stage that you saw, it would have to be a 12-year-old Tyson—who was 190 lbs but no fat,' Atlas explained. The boxing coach fondly remembered Tyson's first time in the gym, where he immediately made an impression. 'He had to impress me and Cus.
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