On February 25, 1989, Mike Tyson (35-0, 31 KOs), the undisputed heavyweight world champion, holding the WBA, WBC, IBF, and The Ring belts, defends his undisputed championship against British challenger, Frank Bruno (32-2, 31 KOs).
Mike Tyson is coming in to the fight on a 35-fight win streak with a 88% KO rate; his last fight was a 1st round KO victory over Michael Spinks, 7 months and 29 days ago. Frank Bruno is on a 4-fight win streak with a 91% KO rate, with his last fight being a 8th round TKO win over Joe Bugner, 1 year, 4 months, and 1 day ago.
This should be a confident win for Mike Tyson at 99-1 winning odds. Frank Bruno really doesn't have much to present against Tyson.
Mike Tyson stopped Frank Bruno via TKO in the 5th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBA, WBC, IBF, and The Ring heavyweight titles. Tyson improves his record to 36-0 (32 KOs), while Bruno adds a loss to his record at 32-3.