by genesisdolleryAnd Tyson wasn’t finished, with boxing or with outrages. On October 19, 1998, the Nevada State Boxing Commission restored Tyson’s boxing license. In December of 1998, he pled no contest to a road rage incident and spent a short time in jail the following March. That year he also initiated a $100 million lawsuit against Don King after discovering that his $200 million career winnings had dwindled away, and that in fact he owed $13 million in back taxes. In the summer of 2000, after knocking down an opponent, Lou Savarese, he continued to pound the fighter and even lashed out at the referee. Incredibly, in the post-fight press conference, Tyson revived his cannibal image in remarks addressed to heavyweight champ Lennox Lewis , whom Tyson hoped to meet in the ring some day. “I want your heart. I want to eat your children,” Tyson declared, adding, “I will rip out his heart and feed it to him.”
TYSON: You do become cynical. There’s a lot of Jack Johnson in all of us. But he was a bad man all his life history of mike tyson. The guy was denied for so long . . . He lived in 1908 like we live today. Today, we live and speak our minds and never hold our tongues back to white people. But in Jack Johnson’s day, you could get killed just for looking at a white woman, and Jack Johnson married three of them.
In the almost two decades since his last official fight (he fought an exhibition match against Roy Jones Jr. in 2020), Tyson has battled through deep financial despair, grappled with legal issues, struggled with a cocaine addiction, and suffered the tragic loss of his four-year-old daughter, Exodus, in 2009. But in that same period, Tyson has also become one of the more interesting and unexpected second-chance stories in recent American history—finding family, stability, and cultural acceptance in the process.
Alongside Camille Ewald, he secured legal guardianship over a young Mike Tyson after his mother died. D’Amato became a father-like figure to Tyson and taught him his famous peek-a-boo style of boxing, where a boxer holds his gloves close to his face.
Tyson var känd för sin våldsamma, skrämmande boxningsstil och för sitt kontroversiella uppträdande både i och utanför ringen. Han anses allmänt vara en av de mest hårtslående boxarna genom tiderna och rankades följdriktigt som nr 16 på ansedda boxningsmagazinet The Rings lista över “The greatest punchers of all time” och som nr 1 på ESPN.coms lista över “De mest hårtslående i tungviktshistorien”.
The boxer once considered the most dangerous man in the world could be putting himself in danger by putting the gloves on again. Yet he was quick to respond Sunday when asked why he was going through with his bout against Jake Paul.
It was a bitter blow, but far from a knockout punch. Tyson still had his co-manager, Jimmy Jacobs, D’Amato’s old friend and a legendary trainer in his own right. He had a good team around him, he had that glare, a strong neck that let him take a fair amount of punishment, and fists that seemed unstoppable. Before long they were calling him “Iron Mike,” and not long after that, they were calling him champ.
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Tyson faced undefeated Neven Pajkic to defend the Commonwealth heavyweight title, which he successfully did. In early 2012, he gave up his British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles in order to compete in a world title match.
“He admitted at some point, he said to Desiree Washington, ‘I want to f— you,’” Shaw said. “I looked over at the jury… If you want to see anger on the front of people’s faces the moment after something is said, it was there. Five words changed everything.”
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In seiner nächsten Titelverteidigung, die am 21. März 1988 in Tokio (Japan) stattfand, benötigte Tyson nur zwei Runden, um Herausforderer Tony Tubbs zu bezwingen. Bereits nach 5:54 Minuten war das einseitige Gefecht zu Ende, das als Generalprobe für den im Sommer angesetzten Showdown gegen Michael Spinks dienen sollte. In dieser Zeit musste Tyson nach dem Tod seines Ziehvaters Cus D’Amato drei Jahre zuvor einen weiteren Schicksalsschlag einstecken, als sein bester Freund und Manager Jim Jacobs starb.
Awards: WBC title, making him the youngest heavyweight champion in boxing history, 1986; WBA title, 1987; IBF championship, August 1, 1987; regained WBC championship, 1996; regained WBA championship, 1996.
It was announced in July 2020 that Tyson had signed a contract to face former four-division world champion, Roy Jones Jr., in an eight-round exhibition fight. Mixed martial arts coach Rafael Cordeiro was selected to be Tyson’s trainer and cornerman. The bout—officially sanctioned by the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC)—was initially scheduled to take place on September 12 at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California, however, the date was pushed back to November 28 in order to maximize revenue for the event. The fight went the full 8 rounds, and was declared a draw. The fight was a split draw and the three judges scored the fight as follows: Chad Dawson (76–76 draw), Christy Martin (79–73 for Tyson), and Vinny Pazienza (76–80 for Jones).
