Mike Tyson Names “The Greatest Warrior” in History He Would Love to Fight

Published 06/07/2022, 5:27 AM EDT

The two-time heavyweight champion Mike Tyson is arguably one of the greatest boxers to have ever graced the squared circle. Tyson has faced and defeated incredible fighters. However, there are some people who the legendary boxer would love to fight.

During the Hotboxin’ with Mike podcast, Ryan Garcia and Tyson discussed the greatest fighter ever.

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Who is the greatest fighter, according to Mike Tyson?

On the podcast, Garcia asked the ‘Baddest Man on Planet’ who he would love to fight in history. Although ‘King Ry’ was expecting the name of a boxer as an answer, Tyson surprised him.

Tyson said, “Achilles” was someone he would love to fight. According to him, Achilles was “as close to God as possible.” When asked why Achilles? Iron Mike stated, “He’s the greatest warrior ever.” Tyson also expressed his love and fascination with Roman Gladiators. The fascination comes in part because of his love for history.

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To pay his respects to the greatest warrior ever, Tyson plans on visiting the Achilles’ tomb in Greece. Garcia followed this up by stating that he would love to join Tyson on this journey.

The greatest fighters Tyson has faced

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Tyson has earned the reputation of one of the most intimidating fighters of his generation. However, he has done so by defeating some of the greatest boxers in the sport. Although, he hasn’t defeated all of them. Let’s take a look at these fights.

Tyson faced Michael Spinks, whom he overpowered and knocked out in mere 91 seconds. Additionally, Tyson fought Evander Holyfield many times, once when he infamously bit Holyfield’s ear off. Finally, to everyone’s surprise, Iron Mike got knocked out by the underdog Buster Douglas.

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Darsh Karkera is a Boxing author at EssentiallySports. He is currently pursuing his masters in Clinical Psychology at CHRIST University, Bangalore. According to Darsh himself, the one and only one thing that fuels him, is sports.

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Ajinkya Aswale

Mike Tyson Names “The Greatest Warrior” in History He Would Love to Fight

Who is the greatest fighter, according to Mike Tyson?

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The greatest fighters Tyson has faced