Mike Tyson, was born in New York on June 30, 1966. Tyson is known as one of the best heavyweight boxers of all time.
Mike Tyson was the undisputed world heavyweight champion between 1987 to 1990. At age 20 years and 4 months, he is the youngest champion in history.
Mike Tyson was the first boxer to simultaneously hold the WBA, WBC and IBF boxing titles and also unify them.
Mike Tyson's boxing statistics consider of 58 fights with 50 wins, 44 by KO, 6 losses and 2 no contests.
Mike Tyson earned the nicknames Iron, Kid Dynamite and The Baddest Man on the Planet.
In picture: Tyson with boxing legend late Muhammad Ali
In 1991, Desiree Washington, a Miss Black America contestant, charged that Mike Tyson raped her in an Indianapolis hotel room. He was arrested, tried, convicted, and served three years in prison.
In picture: Mike Tyson with Serena Williams
In his autobiography, Mike Tyson spoke about having sex with different women on a regular basis even when he was in jail for a rape conviction. Mike said: "I was having so much sex that I was too tired to even go to the gym and work out. I'd just stay in my cell all day."
Mike Tyson got married three times - Robin Givens (1988-89), Monica Turner (1997-2003) and finally to Lakiha Spicer in 2009.
In picture: Mike Tyson with Lakiha Spicer
In an interview, Mike Tyson revealed his third wife Lakiha Spicer changed his perspective towards women in life. Tyson was quoted saying, "Without my wife, I'm a savage animal...I look at women differently as I get older. When I was younger, I viewed them as pleasure. Now that I'm older, at this stage in my life, they're my teachers. If a man doesn't have a little bit of fear of his wife, he's not living his life right. That's why I got married three times...because I can't live without a wife."
Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield faced each other in 1996 and 1997 with Holyfield winning the title from Tyson the first time. The second bout was stopped after Tyson bit Holyfield on both ears ending the match in disqualification and a huge controversy which would go down in history. Tyson was fined USD 3 million and was banned from boxing for one year.
In 1998, Mike Tyson made an appearance at WrestleMania 14 as the special enforcer during the match between Stone Cold Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels for the WWE world title.
Mike Tyson had great relationships with artists from other industries such as actors, singers and sports stars.
In picture: Mike Tyson with late rap legend Tupac Shakur.
In 2003, Mike Tyson declared bankruptcy despite earning USD 30 million for his fights and USD 300 million in his boxing career.
Reports state that Jamie Foxx is preparing to play the role of Mike Tyson in an upcoming biopic and preparations have already begun.
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