Mike Tyson: Untold Controversies, Comebacks & 2024 Revelations You Never Saw Coming

Fill in some text 1. Youngest Heavyweight Champ at 20 Tyson became the youngest WBC/WBA/IBF heavyweight champion in 1986, a record unbroken for 38 years

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