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Gökhan Saki's heavyweight combinations explain the "Turkish Tyson" nickname

Boxing Game's career retrospective follows the compact kickboxer through towering opponents and a championship tournament in Istanbul.

Why this story? The video is running at 70,877 views a day, 7.7 times its usual pace (9,233).

He Hits Like Mike Tyson! The Turkish MONSTER Who DESTROYED Giants - Gokhan SakiHe Hits Like Mike Tyson! The Turkish MONSTER Who DESTROYED Giants - Gokhan Saki

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  1. 0:01Saki's speed and combinations establish the contrast with his taller heavyweight opponents.
  2. 4:06Against Paul Slowinski, the retrospective highlights Saki's body work and heavy combinations.
  3. 7:27The career account reaches Saki's K-1 semifinal against Alistair Overeem.
  4. 11:30The Istanbul tournament chapter begins with Saki facing Nathan Corbett.
  5. 14:04The championship story reaches Saki wearing the Glory belt.

Saki supplies the speed. Against taller heavyweights, Gökhan Saki's fast combinations give Boxing Game's retrospective its central contrast: the smaller man delivering the heavier-looking exchanges.

The video has added roughly 71,000 views in a day, almost eight times its usual daily pace. That accounts for about half its total audience so far, six days after publication.

Despite the Mike Tyson comparison in the title, this is a kickboxing documentary, assembled from archive match footage and narration. It follows the Dutch-born Turkish fighter through bouts with Melvin Manhoef, Paul Slowinski and Alistair Overeem before reaching his Glory light heavyweight championship path.

The early Slowinski section makes the video's premise particularly clear: Saki works against the taller opponent with combinations and body punches. Later, the focus shifts to Istanbul, where Nathan Corbett and Tyrone Spong stand between him and the tournament title.

Tyson is already a major presence in Boxing Game's archive, including a young-Tyson retrospective with more than ten million views. Here, the nickname introduces a different fighter's career rather than another chapter of Tyson's own.

Among the comments, viewers return to memories of K-1 and the force of Saki's punches. The retrospective gives those memories a route through the bouts, ending with his Glory belt.

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The facts
Subscribers
404,000 ▲ 6,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days
5,106,620
Channel views, pace per day
275,483 (on a normal day: 855,827)
Video published
October 28, 2026
Video views so far
141,537 (6 days online)
Video views, pace per day
70,877 (on a normal day: 9,233)

The numbers

The Saki retrospective is accelerating even while Boxing Game's overall daily views are below their usual level.

views per day, this video
typical day
9,233
now
70,877
subscribers
404,000
▲ 6,000 in the last 7 days
total views
222,283,061
views per day
275,483
typical day: 855,827
the video
views
141,537
likes
1,203
comments
78
days online
6
subscribers: this channel and similar channels
Fight Lab
490,000
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459,000
As of November 3, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube
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