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Eisele, Andrew (2007). "50 Greatest Boxers of All-Time". About.com. Archived from the original on July 7, 2011 . Retrieved June 17, 2010. Tyson's rise from childhood delinquent to boxing champ put him at the center of the media's attention. Met with sudden fame, Tyson began partying hard and stepping out with various Hollywood stars. In the '80s, Tyson set his sights on actress Robin Givens. The couple began dating, and on February 7, 1988, he and Givens married in New York.

Tyson's second marriage was to Monica Turner from April 19, 1997, to January 14, 2003. [217] At the time of the divorce filing, Turner worked as a pediatric resident at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, D.C. [218] She is the sister of Michael Steele, the former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland and former Republican National Committee chairman. [219] Turner filed for divorce from Tyson in January 2002, claiming that he committed adultery during their five-year marriage, an act that "has neither been forgiven nor condoned." [218] The couple had two children; son Amir and Ramsey who self-identifies as non-binary. [220] Holley, David (September 16, 2005). "Tyson a Heavyweight in Chechnya". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on September 2, 2017 . Retrieved July 21, 2017.The Top 12 All-Time Most Intimidating Fighters In Boxing History". The Fight City. March 29, 2018 . Retrieved July 18, 2023. In his 2013 autobiography Undisputed Truth, Tyson admitted to using the urine of his then wife Monica Turner to pass doping tests. He was married to Turner from 1997 to 2003. He also used his baby's urine for the same purpose. [149] Exhibition bouts Mike Tyson's World Tour On August 13, 2003, Tyson entered the ring for a face-to-face confrontation against K-1 fighting phenom, Bob Sapp, immediately after Sapp's win against Kimo Leopoldo in Las Vegas. K-1 signed Tyson to a contract with the hopes of making a fight happen between the two, but Tyson's felony history made it impossible for him to obtain a visa to enter Japan, where the fight would have been most profitable. Alternative locations were discussed, but the fight ultimately failed to happen. [143] In 2012, Tyson said the incident inspired him to stop using cocaine. But he’s recently admitted that staying sober has been an ongoing struggle, according to Essence. He Went To Jail For Raping An 18-Year-Old Woman On June 12, 2011, Tyson was inducted to the International Boxing Hall of Fame alongside legendary Mexican champion Julio César Chávez, light welterweight champion Kostya Tszyu, and actor/screenwriter Sylvester Stallone. [175] In 2011, Bleacher Report omitted Tyson from its list of top 10 heavyweights, saying that "Mike Tyson is not a top 10 heavyweight. He killed the fighters he was supposed to beat, but when he fought another elite fighter, he always lost. I'm not talking about some of those B-level fighters he took a belt from. I'm talking about the handful of good boxers he fought throughout his career." [176]

Best Known For: Mike Tyson is a former heavyweight boxing champion who's served jail time and known for biting Evander Holyfield's ear during a 1997 fight. Mike Tyson refereed one match at WrestleMania 14 and later on wrestled in a tag-team match on WWE Raw where he betrayed his partner, Chris Jericho. For these efforts, he was inducted in the WWE Hall of Fame in 2012. He has his a video game called Mike Tyson's Punch Out! named after him. Inducted to the International boxing hall of fame in 2011. Yet money can’t buy happiness — and two out of three of Tyson’s marriages ended in divorce. Mike Tyson Married Multiple Times McIntyre, Jay (September 1, 2014). " "Iron," Mike Tyson– At His Sharpest". Boxingnews24.com. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014 . Retrieved September 26, 2014. Kevin Rooney often trained Mike Tyson with the help of Teddy Atlas,but Cus D’ Mato dismissed Teddy Atlas when Tyson turned 15. So, at last, Kevin Rooney became the mentor of the young boxer. Mike Tyson’s Amateur Boxing CareerMike Tyson on his one-man Las Vegas act: Raw, revealing, poignant". USA Today. Archived from the original on September 13, 2014 . Retrieved September 12, 2014. Tyson denied all the accusations and said that whatever happened between them was consensual, and there wasn’t any pressure from his side. I cannot tell why exactly I acted like I did, other than to say when the butting occurred and I thought I might lose because of a severely — of a cut above my eye, I just snapped.” In November 2013, Tyson stated "the more I look into the churches and mosques for god, the more I start seeing the devil". [229] But, just a month later, in a December 2013 interview with Fox News, Tyson said that he is very grateful to be a Muslim and that he needs Allah in his life. In the same interview Tyson talked about his progress with sobriety and how being in the company of good people has made him want to be a better and more humble person. [230]