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Michael Gerard Tyson (born June 30, 1966) is an American former professional boxer who competed between 1985 to 2024. Nicknamed "Iron Mike" [4] and "Kid Dynamite" in his early career, and later known as "the Baddest Man on the Planet", [5] Tyson is regarded as one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time. [6]
According to the 1989 biography Fire and Fear: The Inside Story of Mike Tyson, Tyson admitted he punched Givens, stating "that was the best punch I've ever thrown in my entire life." [56] Tyson later claimed the book was "filled with inaccuracies." [57] In 2009, Tyson joked about "socking" Givens on Oprah, which caused laughter in the audience.
James "Buster" Douglas (born April 7, 1960) is an American former professional boxer who competed between 1981 and 1999. He reigned as undisputed world heavyweight champion in 1990 after knocking out Mike Tyson. [1]
Amir Tyson, born Aug. 5, 1997, is Mike Tyson's eldest son and his second child with Monica Turner. He studied broadcasting at American University and is now an entrepreneur and sportscaster.
In 1995, HBO aired Tyson, a television movie based upon the life of Mike Tyson, in which King was portrayed by actor Paul Winfield. In 1997, Ving Rhames played King in a television movie, Don King: Only in America, which aired on HBO. [65] Rhames won a Golden Globe Award for his portrayal of King. [66]
Mike Tyson spoke to something primal in other humans. So, it feels as though there was always an urge to forgive him for his mistakes: the immoral and criminal. In many ways, he is a changed man.
The film is an adaptation of the 1989 biography Fire and Fear: The Inside Story of Iron Mike Tyson by José Torres, a former boxer and former chairman of the New York State Athletic Commission, and depicts events from Tyson's troubled childhood in Brooklyn through his conviction in 1992 for the rape of beauty pageant contestant Desiree Washington.
For years, the "baddest man on the planet" − boxing champ Mike Tyson − has called Las Vegas home. Turns out, he calls Florida home, too. The heavyweight boxing icon, who's scheduled to fight ...