Twenty years old. Two rounds. The birth of a monster.
TYSON WINS W.B.C. CHAMPIONSHIP LAS VEGAS, Nev., Nov. 22— Mike Tyson made history tonight. The 20-year-old slugger from Catskill, N.Y., became the youngest heavyweight champion ever when he stopped Trevor Berbick at 2:35 of the second round of a scheduled 12-round bout. In taking away Berbick's World Boxing Council crown, Tyson knocked Berbick down twice, both times in the second round, pounding him so hard that he had Berbick reeling across the ring at the end in a nearly comic loop-de-loop.
Cinematography
Grainy ringside footage, neon Vegas hellscape
Production
Don King's hair steals every scene
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Berbick was the only man to fight both Ali and Tyson, bookending an era.
This fight birthed the 'Iron Mike' mythology that would consume Tyson and America alike.
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