McBride vs Tyson

Who won McBride vs Tyson?

Kevin McBride beat Mike Tyson by technical knockout in the 6th round on Saturday 11th June 2005 at MCI Center in District of Columbia.

The scorecards were announced as 57-55, 55-57, 55-57 in favor of winner Kevin McBride.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant there was no weight limit.

McBride vs Tyson stats

Kevin McBride stepped into the ring with a record of 32 wins, 4 loses and 1 draw, 27 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Mike Tyson made his way to the ring with a record of 50 wins, 5 loses and 0 draws, with 44 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Tyson had a slight advantage in power over McBride, with a 88% knock out percentage over McBride's 84%.

Kevin McBride was the younger man by 7 years, at 48 years old.

McBride had a height advantage of 8 inches over Tyson. That also extended to a 9-inch reach advantage.

Both Kevin McBride & Mike Tyson fought out of an orthodox stance.

McBride was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 18 less fights, and made his debut in 1992, 7 year and 9 months later than Tyson, whose first professional fight was in 1985. He had fought 215 less professional rounds, 0 to Tyson's 215.

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Tyson's last 4 fights had come over a period of 20 years, 3 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 years and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 19 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4.8 rounds on average.

What were the odds on McBride vs Tyson?

Kevin McBride was a (+100) underdog going into the contest, while Mike Tyson made his way into the ring at (+100) with oddsmakers.