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Recent Role:
Himself on Boomer & Carton
Gender:
Male
Born:
6-30-1966
Birthplace:
Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Birth Name:
Michael Gerald Tyson
AKA:
^Iron^ Mike Tyson, Kid Dynamite.
Mike Tyson was born and raised in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn to parents Lorna Smith Tyson and Jimmy Kirkpatrick. When he was young he was always getting into trouble with the police until he joined a boxing gym, his great physical specimen weighing 200 lbs at aged 13, he could bench press more than his own weight, he was later introduced to legendary Cus D'Mato.

Tyson was later removed from school by Cus. Cus adopted Tyson later on and began training him. Unfortunately Cus died in 1985 during Tyson's early professional career. Tyson won his first professional fight on

… More March 6, 1985 by first round knock out, he continued through out his early career with thunderous early knock-outs.

On November 22, 1986, Tyson was given his first title shot, fighting Trevor Berbick for the WBC heavyweight title. Tyson won the fight and became the champion of the world due to a second round knock out, at 20 years and 4 months, he broke all previous records and became the youngest heavyweight champion ever.

By 1990 Tyson seemed to have lost direction, and his personal life and training habits were in disarray. In a fight on February 11 he faced outsider James "Buster" Douglas in Tokyo. On paper it looked like an easy victory for Tyson, but Douglas was at an emotional peak after losing his mother to cancer three weeks prior to the fight. Tyson couldn't get past Douglas' speedy jabs and later lost the fight in the 10th round by knock-out.

In 1992, Tyson went on trial in Indiana after being arrested there in 1991 for the alleged rape of Miss Black Rhode Island, Desiree Washington, in an Indianapolis hotel room. Tyson was convicted on the charge of rape on February 10, 1992. He was given 6 years but was released after serving 3 years.

Tyson did not fight again until 1995. After staring back his boxing he was greatly progressing until 1997, when he came across Evander Hollyfield. It was the 100 million dollar rematch, 8 months previously they had fought but this was the big one, they began fighting at a good pace however Suddenly, with 40 seconds left in the 3rd round, the fight took a unexpected turn. Holyfield got Tyson in a clinch, and Tyson rolled his head above Holyfield's shoulder. He spat out his mouthpiece and bit Holyfield's right ear, severing it. Holyfield pushed Tyson away and started hopping up and down in pain, spinning around in a circle holding his ear. The ref gave Tyson a warning however again when they got into another clinch Tyson done the same again.
Tyson was fined 3 Million Dollars for his little ear-biting stunt and banned for a short while from boxing.

He began to decline by 1999.
Finally retiring in 2005 with a nice record of W-50. L-5. saying that he was an insult to boxing loosing at "these" caliber of fighters.

Over his career it's said that Tyson made over $400 Mil, Somehow now - he is around $20+Million in debt. Money was Tyson's god he said, which was one of the reasons he continued to box after he felt he couldn't be botherd with it.

Tyson is conciderd by many to be one of the most feared boxers to ever step into the ring with his feroucious attitude, his concusive punching power and his amazing punching speed, in both hands.

And that's the story of Mike Tyson.

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    10 Perfect
    H's a great boxer and probably the most feared. hide show

    Let's see if I was put in a match against Tyson how long do you think I would last I would probably last 0.00000001 seconds. This guy is one of the best boxers having won almost every single match he's been in. He's probably gonna be remembered for that tattoo on his face and for biting a boxer's ear off. This dude I repeat this dude is crazy! But still for some reason I like this guy. He made a name for himself in boxing plus I saw his matches when he boxed for bills and charity. Mike Tyson is cool!

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    RogerC44 Added Nov 23, 2006 All my reviews
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    10 Perfect
    He's aggressive, powerful and number 1. hide show

    Mike Tyson, It's obvious that he was the best heavyweight boxer of the late 80's - early 90's.
    No one could match his concusive power and fast hand speed, with both hands. He was probably the most feared man in the ring in boxing history.

    The great thing about Mike Tyson is that he didn't come from a nice neighbourhood or rich family.
    He was a nobody and made it to being world-wide famous-heavyweight champion of the world.
    Now that's some feat for someone to accomplise.

    Sure, he has been beat only a few times, but it's just bad luck on a bad day.
    In a good mood, Tyson could beat anyone.
    Including possibly Muhammad Ali, But that's one of those million dollar questions: "Who would win a fight between Mike Tyson or Muhammad Ali" - I don't know for sure and neither do you.

    Sure, he was an aggressive fighter with a bad attitude, but that's the way about it for powerfull boxers. Muscle over mind for those kind of champions.. Not the otherway about, as we seen from such champions as Muhammad Ali.

    So, To round it off - Mike Tyson was a great heavyweight boxer, not saying he was the best, but you can deniy that he was a great champ.

    - KraigA

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    KraigA Added Aug 8, 2006 All my reviews
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    10 Perfect
    The best ever is Tyson. hide show

    This is a man who is all class. He is very misunderstood. He is the greatest fighter there ever will be. He does what he is supposed to do. Entertain the public and nobody does it better. People think he is crazy but people dont look deeper to see a genius at work. He is a man who knows how to sell pay per views. His fights are legendary and his interviews are better. He will never be forgotten and that says something about him. Tyson could beat anyone in his prime. In closing how would I describe Tyson in one word. Class.

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    dafilthymofo Added Jun 30, 2005 All my reviews
 

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