Reggie Gross is a hitman serving life in prison who was once knocked out by Mike Tyson
Reggie Gross is the boxer turned gangster who was knocked out by Mike Tyson in under three minutes and is now spending 60 years in prison for triple homicideOne of Mike Tyson’s most spectacular early KOs came at the end of an exciting one-round battle with Reggie Gross – a hitman and mob enforcer now serving life in prison in South Carolina.in 1986 but he made an impression on the 19-year-old phenomenon, coming out firing and catching Tyson with a terrific uppercut.
What Tyson may not have known was that as well as being a talented if underachieving boxer, Gross was also an enforcer for a violent drug gang in his native Baltimore. Just three months after his fight with Tyson on HBO, Gross committed the first of three brutal murders he would eventually be convicted of carrying out as contract killings.
Like many troubled teens, Gross found boxing and discovered he had an aptitude for it. He was 6ft 3in, athletic, could punch, and after a 22-fight amateur career he turned pro in 1982. Under the guidance of respected trainer Mack Lewis, Gross racked up a 14-0 record, initially at light-heavyweight, including a win over future world champion ‘Prince’ Charles Williams.
Gross’s drug addiction and the tragic death of his five-year-old son in a house fire understandably affected his boxing career.
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