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American boxing legend Mike Tyson revealed “the most terrifying boxer ever”, which can crush his opponents with a series of destructive punches.
Tyson is so far the youngest heavyweight world champion over the ages, as he was only 20 years old when he beat Treenor Birby to win the title in 1986.
During its peak, Tyson, nicknamed the most fierce “iron” Mike on the planet, was the 59 -year -old, he admitted that he was not even scary as much as his American compatriot Sony Leson.
“Listen, Sony Leson is the most terrifying boxer ever … Leson came to St. Louis and Chicago, and the police said to him:” Hear, you cannot come, “Tyson said in the Big Bodcast program with the former American basketball star, Sony Leson is the most terrifying boxer ever …
“He hit four policemen, broke one of them, and took his pistol, even though they were hitting him with a stick on his head, there is no boxer like him that he is a monster.”
From the world of crime to glory
Leson was involved with a gang that committed the crimes of theft and armed robbery, which led to 5 years in prison in 1950 when he was in his twenties.
After his release in 1952, Leson began his amateur boxing career, and then turned into professional boxing after only one year.
Leson became a heavyweight champion for the first time after beating Floyd Patterson in 1962, and won the second battle after a year.
Then Muhammad Ali Clay – Kassius Clay at that time – faced in 1964 and lost twice in front of the greatest boxer in history.
50 years ago Today Ali Took 1 Minute 44 Seconds to Knockout Sonny Liston pic.twitter.com/mcnd5jbe1l
– Overly Manly Man (@overlymanlymann) May 25, 2015
The last battle he fought in 1970 was against Chuck and Yanner, the American heavyweight hero who inspired the Rocky Balboa character that actor Sylvester Stallone embodied.
Just 7 months later, his wife, Geralddine, found a dead boxing legend in their home in Las Vegas, surrounded the ambiguity of Leson’s death, but officially died due to heart failure and lung congestion.
#Thisday 62 years ago:
The Feard and Dreded Sonny Liston (34-1) Again Destroyed Former Champion Floyd Patterson (38-2) Inside One Round in Las Vegas, To Ensure His First Defense of the World Heavyweight Championship …#Boxing #history #OTD pic.twitter.com/0uv9drfg6– Kt_Boxing 🥊 (@kt_Boxing) July 22, 2025