Mike Tyson celebrates 60th birthday: Flashcore ranks his 10 best knockouts in boxing

[h2]10) Michael Johnson (5 September 1985, Atlantic City, New Jersey)[/h2][p]In one of the most explosive and brutal performances of his early career, a 19-year-old Tyson ended the fight in exactly 39 seconds of the first round.  After Johnson survived a left hook to the ribs, Tyson left him no time to recover and delivered a vicious right hand that ended the fight instantly.[/p][h2]9) Carl Williams (21 July 1989, Atlantic City, New Jersey)[/h2][p]Tyson needed only 93 seconds to blow away Williams and improve his record to 37-0. After evading a left jab, Tyson countered with a devastating left hook that caught Williams squarely on the jaw. Although Williams managed to get up and looked ready to continue, referee Randy Neumann stopped the fight in controversial circumstances. [/p][embed guid="f6b10f06-2c9a-44d0-8442-9f4cc3fd857e" url="https://x.com/KOJournals/status/1814950201473290663" social-type="twitter" /][h2]8) Clifford Etienne (22 February 2003, Memphis, Tennessee)[/h2][p]After the fight was nearly cancelled after Tyson unveiled his facial tattoo, he - in his return to the ring following his devastating loss to Lennox Lewis - needed only 49 seconds to knock out Etienne. Tyon early on missed with a left hook, but immediately followed up with a devastating right hand that sent Etienne to "dreamland".[/p][h2]7) Francois Botha (16 January 1999, Las Vegas)[/h2][p]Following his 19-month suspension for biting Evander Holyfield's ears in a disqualification loss, Tyson returned to the ring against Francois Botha but seemed out of shape during the first four rounds before he caught Botha with a clean right hand to the chin, which the South African couldn't recover from.[/p][embed guid="a9edec2f-f279-4cc6-8e26-47303f46a402" url="https://x.com/search?q=Tyson%20botha&src=typed_query&f=top" social-type="twitter" /][h2]6) Tony Tubbs (21 March 1988, Tokyo)[/h2][p]In his first fight in Tokyo before he lost to Buster Douglas, Tyson looked like Godzilla as he tore apart Tony Tubbs in the Japanese capital. After a moderately competitive opening round, Tyson immediately upped the pace in the second and caught Tubbs with a devastating left hook that forced him to collapse on his back [/p][h2]5) Larry Holmes (22 January 1988, Atlantic City, New Jersey)[/h2][p]Holmes, the Hall of Fame former world champion, was way past his prime and probably never should have been in the ring as Tyson slaughtered him in a personal mission to avenge his idol, Muhammad Ali, after the ageing Ali had been comfortably beaten by Holmes in 1980. [/p][embed guid="bfab7463-518d-4613-95de-57f89ced4aa2" url="https://x.com/KOJournals/status/2051859520562114912" social-type="twitter" /][h2]4) Marvis Frazier (26 July 1986, Glens Falls, New York)[/h2][p]Tyson needed only 30 seconds, the fastest knockout of his career, to destroy Frazier, the son of former heavyweight world champion Joe Frazier. Tyson, who entered the ring with a flawless 24-0 record (22 KOs), unloaded a lightning-fast combination of brutal punches and finished off with a right uppercut as referee Joe Cortez intervened to stop the fight. [/p][h2]3) Henry Tillman (June 16, 1990, Las Vegas)[/h2][p]Four months after Buster Douglas, in sensational fashion, had brought Tyson's unbeatable aura to an abrupt end, Tyson took terrifying revenge against Henry Tillman, who had otherwise twice conquered Tyson in the amateur ranks and cost him a spot on the 1984 US Olympic team.[/p][embed guid="7f223961-ffe0-4773-bdf8-afdaf91b3a34" url="https://x.com/KevinE47717910/status/1753463297897078940" social-type="twitter" /][h2]2) Trevor Berbick (22 November 1986, Las Vegas)[/h2][p]At 20 years, four months, and 22 days old, Tyson became the youngest heavyweight world champion, knocking out Trevor Berbick in the second round at the Las Vegas Hilton. After Berbick had already been hit by a blistering four-punch combination near the end of the first round, Tyson finished off the job with a devastating left hook.[/p][h2]1) Michael Spinks (27 June 1988, Atlantic City, New Jersey)[/h2][p]Only three days before his 22nd birthday, Tyson put aside the frustrations of his mounting personal problems outside the ring to retain the undisputed title by blowing away the then-undefeated Spinks in just 91 seconds. After Spinks had initially survived a devastating left uppercut, Tyson caught Spinks with a sweeping, powerful right to the jaw, which effectively ended the fight. [/p][embed guid="274eed0e-5f37-4593-bdfd-45070cd378ff" url="https://x.com/search?q=Tyson%20spinks&src=typed_query" social-type="twitter" /]