Mike+Tyson!

media type="custom" key="22530136" Michael Gerard Tyson was born June 30th 1966 in Brooklyn New York, he is 46 years old. He is a retired boxer. Tyson has 8 kids. He has been married 3 times. Tyson is 5ft. 10in. (178cm) Also he has three nicknames for example, Kid Dynamite, Iron Mike and The Baddest on the Planet. Tyson has three boxing records. He has also fought 58 times. Lastly, Michael Gerard Tyson is what this biography is about.

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Mike’s dads name is Jimmy, he abandoned the family when Tyson was 2. Jimmy fathered 16 other kids including Mike, Denise and Rodney. It was probably a tough time for Lorna, Tyson’s mom. Lorna died when Mike was 16 years old. After Tyson and his siblings went separate ways. In 1991, Tyson’s sister Denise died of a heart attack. Mike also has a brother named Rodney. Rodney is 5 years older than Tyson. Mike has stated "I never saw my mother happy with me and proud of me for doing something, she only knew me as being a wild kid running the streets, coming home with new clothes that she knew I didn't pay for. I never got a chance to talk to her or know about her."

Mike has 8 kids and a wife. Tyson's been married to Lakiha Spicer since 2009. Mike and Lakiha have had two kids together. The newest baby boy and their 2 year old daughter Milan. Mike married Lakiha 10 days after his 4 year old daughter Exodus died from her neck getting wrapped up by a hanging cord from a treadmill. His son D'Amato is the oldest. His other kid's names are, Mikey Lorna, Miguel Leon, Milan, Morocco, Rayna, Amir and Exodus who died.

media type="custom" key="22345276" Tyson was born in Brooklyn New York City. He has a brother Rodney, who is 5 years older than him. Denise, his sister who died of a heart attack at age 25 in 1991.

Tyson’s father abandoned his family leaving his mother Lorna Smith Tyson to care for them on her own. The family lived in Bedford New York until they ran out of money then moved to Brownsville when Tyson was 10 years old.

In his childhood, Tyson lived in and around high-crime neighborhoods. His first fight was with a bigger kid who had pulled the head off one of Tyson's. Tyson kept getting caught making minor crimes and fighting people who made fun of his high-pitched voice and lisp. By the age of 13, he had been arrested 38 times. He ended up at the Tryon School for Boys in Johnstown, New York. Tyson's boxing skills was discovered there by Bobby Stewart, a juvenile detention center counselor, who used to be a boxer. Stewart thought Tyson would be a great boxer and trained him for a few months before introducing him to Cus D’Amato.

Cus D’Amato became his legal guardian and boxing manager when Tyson’s mother died. At the time, Tyson was 16 years old.

Cus D’Amato took Tyson out of the school. Kevin Rooney also trained Tyson, and he was sometimes helped by Teddy Atlas, although he was fired by D'Amato when Tyson was 15. Rooney eventually took over all training duties for the young boxer.

Tyson's brother is a doctor’s assistant in the trauma center of the Los Angeles County University of Southern California Medical Centre. He has always been very supportive of his brother's career and was often seen at Tyson's boxing matches in Las Vegas, Nevada. When asked about their relationship, Mike has been quoted saying, "My brother and I see each other occasionally and we love each other," and "My brother was always something and I was nothing."

Mike Tyson dropped out of high school in grade 10 and never graduated.

media type="custom" key="22345058" Tyson has had some pretty intense crimes. In 1991, the year his sister Denise died, he raped a 18 year old girl, Desiree Washington in Indianapolis at a hotel. For that, he served 3 years in jail. In 1988, Tyson crashed his car into a tree and ended up getting a $200 speeding ticket. That same year, Robin Givens said Mike Tyson was beating her up. After that they ended up getting divorced. Tyson told the police Anyone with a grain of sense would know that if I punched my wife I would rip her head off. It's all lies. I have never laid a finger on her.

Lastly, Tyson was disqualified from a fight with Evander Holyfield after biting a piece of his his ear off.

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Amateur Career:

Tyson won gold medals at the 1981 and 1982 Junior Olympic Games, defeating Joe Cortez in 1981. Also defeating Kelton Brown in 1982. Brown's corner threw in the towel in the first round. Tyson holds the Junior Olympic record for quickest knockout 8 seconds. He won every fight at the Junior Olympic Games by KO. This is Mike Tyson and Kelton Brown in 1982!

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Tyson was the youngest heavyweight boxer to win the WBA, WBC and IBF titles at 20 years, 4 months and 22 days. Tyson won the WBC title in 1986 defeating Trevor Berbick by a TKO in the second round. A year later he won the WBA and IBF titles after defeating James Smith and Tony Tucker. Tyson became "the man who beat the man" when he knocked out Michael Spinks in 91 seconds. In 1990, Tyson lost his titles to James "Buster" Douglas, by a KO in round 10. In 1991 he attempted to get back the titles defeating Donovan Ruddock twice. Tyson successfully defended the world heavyweight championship 9 times. In 1996, he won the WBC and WBA titles back after defeating Frank Bruno and Bruse Sedlon by KO. After the WBC title was taken away by Tyson, he lost his WBA crown to Evander Holyfield in November 1996 by an 11th round TKO. Their 1997 rematch ended when Tyson was disqualified for biting Holyfield's ear.

media type="custom" key="22530206" Mike Tyson is not just a boxer, he's a actor too. Mike Tyson has acted in 11 movies called, The Hangover, The Hangover Part 2, Co2, Tyson, Chavez, Rocky Balboa, The Outsiders, When Will I Be Loved?,

Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles, Black and White and Play It to The Bone.



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On the front page of USA Today (American newspaper) on June 3th 2005 Tyson was quoted as saying: "My whole life has been a waste – I've been a failure." He continued: "I just want to escape. I'm really embarrassed with myself and my life. I want to be a missionary. I think I could do that while keeping my dignity without letting people know they chased me out of the country. I want to get this part of my life over as soon as possible. In this country nothing good is going to come of me. People put me so high; I wanted to tear that image down."

Shortly after that article Tyson retired from boxing. Since then he has become a better person and starred in movies. He also opened Mike Tyson Cares Foundation to give kids a place to go for help with healthcare, shelter, school and other help that kids may need.

One of Mike Tyson's quotes from now: "I'm not the same person I was when I bit that guy's ear off."