WATCH: When Mike Tyson Entered God Mode and Became Untouchable in the Ring

Mike Tyson ruled boxing in the 1990s. ‘The Baddest Man on the Planet’, with his unreal knockout power, rapidly climbed the ladders of the heavyweight division. A huge chunk of Tyson’s fans loved him for the one-punch knockout power he displayed. However, he hardly got credit for his impeccable defense.

Recently, ESPN Ringside put a video on social media. In this video, Tyson can be seen showing off his slick head movements and defense.

Tyson possessed a ‘Peek-a-Boo’ boxing style. He kept his hands in front and moved rapidly inside the squared circle. With this iconic style, ‘Iron’ Mike worked extensively on his head movements.

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He often used to bend a bit in order to attack his opponent’s body with hooks or target the chin with uppercuts. However, when his adversaries threw a barrage of punches, Tyson often used to divide his body load by moving his legs and weaving left and right.

Tyson’s exhaustive style confused many opponents and hardly anyone could catch him while he was mobile. While showing off his defense, Tyson used to move ahead slowly and steadily to cut the gap to land his devastating power punches.

In which fights did Mike Tyson show his flawless defense?

Mike Tyson had many memorable bouts that are remembered even today. However, there were a few fights wherein ‘Iron’ Mike showed his out of box defense, along with crucifying power.

In his second fight against Frank Bruno, Tyson dodged many of his rival’s power-packed right hands with swift head movements.

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In his fight against Robert Colay, ‘Iron’ Mike bent twice, moving left and right to avoid getting hit before landing a cracking left shot to finish the fight. Apart from this, Tyson, in his fight against Michael Johnson, dodged two heavy blows to land a power-packed body shot.

There are many more fights wherein Tyson proved to be an absolute genius with his defense. The boxing world will truly never have a star like him.