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Mike Tyson to be honored in Brazil 40 years after title win
Mike Tyson is due to be honored in São Paulo, Brazil, at the third Kings Championship on Nov.
21.
Rafael Cordeiro, who has trained Tyson, will present him with a plaque marking 40 years since Tyson became the youngest heavyweight champion.
Tyson was 20 when he knocked out Trevor Berbick in Las Vegas on Nov.
22, 1986, to win the World Boxing Council heavyweight title.
The ceremony recognizes a landmark in boxing history and also brings Tyson to Cordeiro’s event.
Tyson is scheduled to attend a press conference on Nov.
20 and visit the Brazilian Boxing Confederation’s training center the next day to meet children in a community program.
The event will also feature eight MMA bouts and two boxing matches, including a middleweight title fight between Jonathan Machado and Vitor Costa.
Mike Tyson is due to receive a commemorative plaque in Brazil marking 40 years since he became boxing’s youngest heavyweight champion.
Rafael Cordeiro will present the honor at Kings Championship 3 in Sao Paulo on Nov. 21.
Tyson won the World Boxing Council heavyweight title by knocking out Trevor Berbick in Las Vegas on Nov. 22, 1986.
Tyson is scheduled to attend the event’s press conference on Nov. 20 and visit a training center the following day.
The event’s card is set to include eight MMA bouts and two boxing matches.
- Who
- Mike Tyson will be honored by Rafael Cordeiro.
- What
- Tyson will receive a commemorative plaque marking 40 years since he became the youngest heavyweight champion in boxing history.
- When
- Nov. 21; Tyson is scheduled to attend a press conference on Nov. 20.
- Where
- Mauro Pinheiro Multi-Sport Gymnasium in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
- Why
- To mark 40 years since Tyson won the World Boxing Council heavyweight title.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Tyson knocked out Trevor Berbick in Las Vegas to win the World Boxing Council heavyweight title.
Tyson is scheduled to attend the Kings Championship press conference.
Tyson is scheduled to receive a commemorative plaque at Kings Championship 3 in Sao Paulo.
Tyson is scheduled to visit the Brazilian Boxing Confederation’s training center and meet children in a community program.
- Tyson's age at title win
- 20
- Title opponent
- Trevor Berbick
- Title date
- Nov. 22, 1986
- Honor date
- Nov. 21
- Venue
- Mauro Pinheiro Multi-Sport Gymnasium, Sao Paulo
- Event card
- Eight MMA bouts and two boxing matches
What people are saying
Honoring Mike Tyson in Brazil and at my event is an amazing honor for me. Being around him was a unique privilege that allowed me to know the man behind the legend,