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  1. 1966- . US heavyweight boxer, undisputed
  2. world champion from Aug 1987 to Feb 1990. He
  3. won the WBC heavyweight title 1986 when he
  4. beat Trevor Berbick to become the youngest
  5. world heavyweight champion. He beat James
  6. `Bonecrusher' Smith for the WBA title 1987
  7. and later that year became the first
  8. undisputed champion since 1978 when he beat
  9. Tony Tucker for the IBF title. He was
  10. undefeated until 1990 when he lost the
  11. championship to an outsider, James `Buster'
  12. Douglas. He turned professional 1985. Of
  13. Tyson's first 25 opponents, 15 were knocked
  14. out in the first round.
  15.