On June 11, 2005, a 38-year-old Mike Tyson (50-5, 44 KOs) and a 32-year-old Irish boxer Kevin McBride (32-4-1, 27 KOs) met in the ring.
Tyson came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 80% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 10 months and 12 days. McBride was on a 7-fight win streak with a 73% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 24 days.
Kevin McBride stopped Mike Tyson via RTD in the 6th round. McBride improves his record to 33-4-1 (28 KOs), while Tyson adds a loss to his record at 50-6.
On July 30, 2004, a 38-year-old Mike Tyson (50-4, 44 KOs) and a 31-year-old British boxer Danny Williams (31-3, 26 KOs) met in the ring.
Tyson came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 81% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year, 5 months, and 8 days. Williams was on a 2-fight win streak with a 76% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 17 days.
Danny Williams stopped Mike Tyson via KO in the 4th round. Williams improves his record to 32-3 (27 KOs), while Tyson adds a loss to his record at 50-5.
On June 8, 2002, a 35-year-old Mike Tyson (49-3, 43 KOs) got a shot at the heavyweight WBC, IBF, and The Ring title held by 36-year-old British boxer Lennox Lewis (39-2-1, 30 KOs).
Tyson came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 82% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 7 months and 26 days. Lewis was on a 1-fight win streak with a 71% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 6 months and 22 days.
Lennox Lewis stopped Mike Tyson via KO in the 8th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBC, IBF, and The Ring heavyweight titles. Lewis improves his record to 40-2-1 (31 KOs), while Tyson adds a loss to his record at 49-4.
On June 28, 1997, Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield met again in an immediate rematch.
Tyson came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 83% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 7 months and 19 days. Holyfield was on a 2-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 7 months and 19 days.
Evander Holyfield defeated Mike Tyson via disqualification in the rematch and successfully defended his WBA heavyweight title. Holyfield improves his record to 34-3, while Tyson adds a loss to his record at 45-3.
On November 9, 1996, the 30-year-old WBA heavyweight world champion, Mike Tyson (45-1, 39 KOs), faced a 34-year-old Evander Holyfield (32-3, 23 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Tyson came in to the fight on a 8-fight win streak with a 84% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 2 days. Holyfield was on a 1-fight win streak with a 65% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 30 days.
Evander Holyfield stopped the champion via TKO in the 11th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and is crowned the new WBA heavyweight champion. Holyfield improves his record to 33-3 (24 KOs), while Tyson adds a loss to his record at 45-2.
On February 11, 1990, the 23-year-old undisputed heavyweight world champion, Mike Tyson (37-0, 33 KOs), faced a 29-year-old Buster Douglas (29-4-1, 19 KOs) in an undisputed title defense fight.
Tyson came in to the fight on a 37-fight win streak with a 89% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 21 days. Douglas was on a 6-fight win streak with a 55% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 6 months and 21 days.
Buster Douglas stopped the champion via KO in the 10th round, winning the first world titles of his career, and is crowned the new WBA, WBC, and IBF heavyweight champion. Douglas improves his record to 30-4-1 (20 KOs), while Tyson adds a loss to his record at 37-1.