Before its
claimed that Escalera took an easier road than
Tyson, look at the bare facts:
Escalera
was 18-0 (18) after ten months and eighteen days,
whereas Tyson needed twenty-three days more to
reach the same tally. “Tito” even won a fight more
in less time!
The
combined record of Tyson´s first eighteen
opponents is 152-101-5, for an average of 8,4 wins
and 5,6 losses.
Include win
number nineteen and it is 177-110-5 for Tyson´s
foes, with an average of 9,3 wins and 5,7 losses.
Escalera,
from Puerto Rico but based in Florida, beat
opponents with a combined record of 249-146-7 in
his first eighteen, the average being 13,8 wins
and 9 losses.
In the
nineteen fights he has won to out-do Tyson in
knockout-victories inside a year, his adversaries
were a combined 289-162-7, averaging 15,2 wins and
8,5 defeats.
In one
statistic the legend from Brooklyn were slightly
more effective than the UBO world champion:
In eighteen
victories Tyson needed 34 rounds to get the jobs
done, Escalera 45 rounds. In nineteen it was 37
for Tyson and 48 for Escalera.
Escalera is
scheduled to return on November 4 against former
WBA world title-challenger Jonathan Guidry
(19-1-2) as part of his new deal with Don King.
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