Mike Tyson

CTL-E-5680 · Person · other · 1966–present

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Combined Graph record U-06963 · provenance: build store (JSON graph), record CTL-E-5680.

Mike Tyson (born Michael Gerard Tyson, June 30, 1966, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American former professional boxer who became, at 20 years and 4 months, the youngest heavyweight champion in boxing history. Raised in Brownsville, Brooklyn, and sent to reform school upstate, he was taken in by trainer Cus D'Amato, turned professional in 1985, and knocked out Trevor Berbick in November 1986 to win the WBC title; by 1987 he had unified the WBC, WBA and IBF belts, and his 91-second knockout of Michael Spinks in June 1988 made him undisputed champion and the most feared fighter of his era. He lost the title to Buster Douglas in Tokyo in 1990, was convicted of rape in 1992 and served three years in prison, regained the WBC and WBA titles in 1996, and was disqualified for biting Evander Holyfield's ears in their 1997 rematch. He retired in 2005, returned for a 2020 exhibition against Roy Jones Jr. and a sanctioned 2024 bout against Jake Paul that Netflix reported reached 60 million households, and is the subject of the 2026 Netflix docuseries TYSON (CTL-E-5635) — a record this graph minted before the man himself. His professional record stands at 50 wins (44 by knockout), 7 losses and 2 no contests.

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• Also known as: Michael Gerard Tyson, Iron Mike, Kid Dynamite, The Baddest Man on the Planet

Notes

STAGED 2026-10-16 (747 Program, Priority Gaps — Wave 5) — not merged; awaits founder merge go. Gate A: no PERSON match in the live graph (3,381 entities) under exact, normalized, alias, or token-containment screening, 2026-10-16; the only 'tyson' hit in the graph is the Work record CTL-E-5635 (alias 'TYSON'), which does not home the person — the Wave 4 packet named him a further gap on the same ruling. Vital status: LIVING — active in October 2026 (docuseries premiere October 13, 2026; announced Mayweather exhibition reporting). Conflict shown, not blended: sources written before November 2024 state a 50–6 record; the record follows post-2024 sources at 50–7, the seventh loss being the sanctioned Paul bout. The 1992 conviction is carried as a documented fact in the description and facts, sourced to Wikipedia, HISTORY and the Columbia Encyclopedia — not summarized away. Project ID: PPL-001 per wave precedent (staged 'CULTGRAPH' ID is not registered). MEDIA LAYER (staged 2026-10-16; full per-asset PHOTO-001 records + embed specs in the packet's staged JSON, Drive packet folder): map = N/A (Person records carry no map slot under the media-layer rule; maps attach to places and institutions.) | visual_assets = HELD: No file-page-level PHOTO-001 license verification completed at staging; slot held rather than filled with an u | chart = FILLED (CTL-created SVG built only from this record's sourced facts and statistics; CTL-branded palette (black / deep ) | video = FILLED | audio = HELD (No CTL-owned or rights-cleared matching-entity audio exists at staging; broadcast fight audio and the subject')

Referenced by

• Anwar Jibawi — collaborated with → this record
• Evander Holyfield — related to → this record
• Larry Holmes — related to → this record
• Michael Spinks — related to → this record
• TYSON (2026 documentary series) — depicts → this record

Sources

• Wikipedia, 'Mike Tyson' — cross-checked October 2026 (birth June 30, 1966, Brooklyn; Berbick win and youngest-champion age; 1988 Spinks knockout; 1990 Douglas loss; 1992 conviction and three years served; 1996 title regains; 1997 disqualification; record 50 wins / 44 KOs / 7 losses / 2 no contests) [primary for this record] (primary source · build store)
• HISTORY (A&E Television Networks), 'Mike Tyson bites off part of an opponent's ear' (June 28, 1997) and Tyson biography coverage — Douglas upset February 11, 1990; conviction February 10, 1992; Holyfield fights 1996–1997 (build store)
• Columbia Encyclopedia, 'Tyson, Mike' (via FactMonster) — reform school and D'Amato; 1986 title at 20; Douglas first loss; 1992 conviction; 1996 WBC regain (build store)
• Martin Cid Magazine, 'Mike Tyson and the long business of selling his own wreckage' (October 2026) — 2020 Jones exhibition; November 15, 2024 Paul bout and Netflix's 60-million-household figure; TYSON docuseries premiered October 13, 2026; record stated as 50 wins, 44 KOs, 7 losses, 2 no contests (build store)
• CultureTechLens graph record CTL-E-5635, 'TYSON (2026 documentary series)' — the in-graph Work whose depicts edge this mint unblocks (build store)

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