Who won Nielsen vs Tyson?

Mike Tyson beat Brian Nielsen by on Saturday 13th October 2001 at Parken in Copenhagen.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Mike Tyson.

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

Nielsen vs Tyson stats

Brian Nielsen stepped into the ring with a record of 62 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 43 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Mike Tyson made his way to the ring with a record of 48 wins, 3 loses and 0 draws, with 42 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Tyson had advantage in power over Nielsen, with a 88% knock out percentage over Nielsen's 69%.

Brian Nielsen was the older man by 1 year, at 57 years old.

Nielsen had a height advantage of 5 inches over Tyson. That also extended to a 6-inch reach advantage.

Both Brian Nielsen & Mike Tyson fought out of an orthodox stance.

Nielsen was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 12 more fights, and made his debut in 1992, 7 year and 5 months later than Tyson, whose first professional fight was in 1985. He had fought 193 more professional rounds, 408 to Tyson's 215.

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