Mike Tyson Biography, Height, Age, Wife, Wiki & Net Worth

Mike Tyson is a popular former professional American boxer who played from 1985 to 2005 and had a successful career. Born June 30, 1966, boxer Tyson reigned as the undisputed heavyweight world champion. In addition, he is widely known for his heavyweight champion title as the youngest boxer at just 20 years of age.

Mike Tyson Biography 2020

Tyson’s Imprisonment

Tyson lost his fight in court on November 1, 1990, when a New York civilian jury sided with Sandra Miller for the 1988 bar incident. Then, in July 1991, Tyson was charged with raping Desiree Washington, a competitor to Miss Black American. On March 26, 1992, after almost a year of trial, Tyson was convicted of one count of rape and two counts of deviant sexual behavior. Due to the laws of the State of Indiana, Tyson was sentenced to six years in prison, with immediate effect. Tyson initially mismanaged his stay in prison and was found guilty of threatening a guard during his detention, adding 15 days to his sentence. The same year, Tyson’s father died. The boxer did not request permission to attend the funeral.

During his imprisonment, Tyson converted to Islam and adopted the name “Malik Abdul Aziz”.

On March 25, 1995, after serving three years of his sentence, Tyson was released from the Indiana Youth Center near Plainfield, Indiana. Already planning to return, Tyson has organized his next fight with Peter McNeeley in Las Vegas, Nevada. On August 19, 1995, Tyson won the fight, eliminating McNeeley in just 89 seconds. Tyson also won his next game in December 1995, eliminating Buster Mathis Jr. in the third round.

How is Mike Tyson Known?

-Mike Tyson is known to be the only youngest boxer to have a “World Heavyweight Championship” tag, at the age of   20.

-Tyson was known for his ferocious and intimidating boxing style as well as his controversial behavior inside and outside the ring.

-Mike Tyson was titled with “The Baddest Man on the Planet”, “The Hardest Hitters in Heavyweight History”, and “The Most Ferocious Fighter”.

How did Tyson make his way to boxing?

On March 6, 1985, Tyson made his professional debut in Albany, New York, against Hector Mercedes. Tyson, 18, knocked out Mercedes suddenly. Tyson’s strength, quick fists and notable defensive abilities intimidated his opponents, who were often afraid of hitting the fighter. This gave Tyson the strange ability to level his opponents in a single round and earned him the nickname “Iron Mike”. It has been a successful year for Tyson, but it has not been without its tragedies.

On November 4, 1985, Cus D’Amato died of pneumonia. Tyson was shaken by the death of the man he considered his “surrogate father”. Boxing coach Kevin Rooney resumed coaching D’Amato and, less than two weeks later, Tyson continued on the path D’Amato had traced for him.

He recorded his thirteenth knockout in Houston, Texas, and dedicated the fight to D’Amato. Although he seemed to be recovering well from D’Amato’s death, Tyson’s relatives say the boxer has never fully recovered from the loss. Many attributed the future behavior of the boxer to the loss of the man who had previously immobilized and supported him.

In 1986, at the age of 20, Tyson had a record of 22-0 – 21 from fights won by KO. On November 22, 1986, Tyson finally achieved its goal. Tyson had his first title fight against Trevor Berbick for the “World Boxing Council heavyweight championship”. Tyson won the title by knockout in the second round. At the age of 20 and four months, he broke the Patterson record, becoming the youngest “heavyweight champion” in history.

Tyson’s success in the ring did not end there. He defended his title against James Smith on March 7, 1987, adding the “World Boxing Association” championship to his list of wins. On August 1, he became the first heavyweight to own the three main boxing belts when he won the title “Tony Tucker’s” International Boxing Federation “.

Tyson returned to the ring with British boxer Frank Bruno and hit him in the fifth round, and retain his status as world champion. On July 21, 1989, Tyson again defended his title, eliminating Carl “The Truth” Williams in one round. Tyson’s winning streak ended on February 11, 1990, however, when he lost his champion belt to boxer Buster Douglas in Tokyo, Japan. Tyson, the clear favorite, sent Douglas to the mat in the eighth round, but Douglas returned to the tenth, eliminating Tyson for the first time in his career, Tyson losing his “World Heavyweight Championship”.

Tyson discouraged but not ready to give up, Tyson recovered from the defeat with four consecutive wins; by eliminating “Olympic gold medalist” – and former amateur boxing opponent – Henry Tillman later that year. In another fight, he knocked out Alex Stewart in the first round.

How much is Tyson’s Net Worth?

Mike Tyson when at the peak of his career, had an estimated net worth of $300 million. But as of 2017, after bouts of lavish spending and filing for bankruptcy in 2003, Tyson is reportedly worth only $3 million.  However, his career boxing earnings of $700 million were enough to make him the 14th highest-paid athlete of all time, according to Forbes.

Did You Know?

Mike actually won the first 19 professional boxing bouts by knockout.

Mike likes to eat grilled artichokes and eats a pound of blueberries daily.

In December 2015, his wax statue was included in the Las Vegas-based Madame Tussauds museum and he was seen supporting Donald Trump.

According to Mike himself, he doesn’t dream.

He used to have a white tiger named, Kenya and even a lion named, Omar and he spends about $4000 every month for his Bengal Tigers.

He gets emotional whenever he watches The Notebook (2004).

He desired to become a singer like Teddy Pendergrass secretly.

Mike always prefers tea over coffee. He has also never tasted coffee in his life.