In the world of heavyweight boxing, Mike Tyson became the name of one of the enduring legends. This is because during his prime, Mike Tyson was once the title as a true champion as able to put three belts world boxing commission, the WBA, WBC, and IBF.
But who would have thought, the greatness Tyson in the ring not only because of his physical strength alone. Boxer's full name Michael Gerard Tyson aka Malik Abdul Aziz, born in New York City on June 30, 1966 was apparently known to have a special ritual ahead of the fight.
It is a prayer ritual and pronunciation lafaz takbir, "Allahu Akbar" carried out repeatedly. In addition to rigorous training, the boxer nicknamed The Concrete's neck before the fight avid memanjaatkan prayer with self surrender to Allah SWT.
This was done as efforts to stabilize Tyson to be ready physically and mentally when faced with a formidable boxer. That fact can be seen in Youtube video entitled 'Mike Tyson - Muslim - Praying - Takbir'. Only, it was not mentioned in the video with Tyson who will compete.
We know, are very promising career and was quickly able to suck up the attention of boxing fans the world. Unfortunately, due to his actions that made Tyson uncontrolled sometimes have to deal with the authorities.
On 22 November 1986, Tyson was given his first chance to grab the WBC version of the heavyweight title, against boxer Trevor Berbick. Only need two rounds for him to become the youngest heavyweight champion in the world. On March 7, 1987, Tyson against James 'Bonecrusher' Smith and successfully won the WBA title by winning points. After defeating Tony Tucker on August 1, Tyson became the world heavyweight boxing champion true after the successful IBF title.
Later, his name is getting rocketed up to the case of criminality and culminating with the action in the ring against biting Evander Holyfield's ear on June 28, 1997 to make his career falls. After that, the increasing age of Tyson declined to make a performance to end a career in the world of boxing due to his physical strength no longer support.
Sources:
http://www.republika.co.id/berita/dunia-islam/islam-mancanegara/13/06/11/mo7axx-takbir-rahasia-kekuatan-mike-tyson-di-ring-tinju
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