Who was your favorite athlete growing up as a kid?

I was a Mike Tyson fan as well. I still vividly remember the night he got knocked out for the first time. It was my freshman year in high school and I went to a school dance that night. I set my VCR to record the fight, and I just expected it to be another tune-up for Mike. I came home that night and watched the fight. I was in complete shock watching Tyson get dropped for the very first time. I remember calling my grandparents of all people to tell them what happened. As a kid, I would watch a lot of Tyson's fights at my grandparent's house because they had HBO. I knew the night that he lost that they no longer had HBO. Because they were so familiar with Tyson, they were the first people I called to tell them about him getting KO'd. Tyson's first loss, Gibson's homerun with the Dodgers, and Magic's announcement are some of the bigger sports memories I have as a kid.