MIKE Tyson burst onto the boxing scene and was immediately dubbed “The Baddest Man on the Planet”.
18-year-old Tyson took the boxing world by storm with his explosive style and lethal punch earning him the nickname “Iron Mike”.
What happened to boxing legend Mike Tyson?
Mike Tyson had a boxing career that still stands out as one of the best in the sport to this day.
He still holds the record as the youngest world boxing champion, having won his title at the age of 20-years-old.
When he burst onto the scene two years prior to this, he quickly cemented himself a reputation as a knockout specialist.
He became WBC world champion in 1986, sadly a year after his trainer Cus D’Amato had died of pneumonia at the age of 77.
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Tyson soon added the WBA and IBF titles to his WBC crown, making him the undisputed champion of the world.
In 1990, he suffered his first defeat when he lost to James “Buster” Douglas in Tokyo.
His boxing career was put on hold in 1991 when he was sentenced to six years in prison for a sexual assault.
When he returned to the ring in 1996 he won the WBC and WBA titles with wins over Frank Bruno and Bruce Seldon.
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The two-time heavyweight champion lost successive fights to Evander Holyfield in 1996 and 1997 before a crushing defeat to Lennox Lewis in 2002.
Two further back-to-back defeats against Danny Williams and Kevin McBride led to Mike Tyson calling time on his boxing career in 2005.
Tyson retired with a record of 50 wins and 6 losses, with 44 of these victories coming by knockout.
He went on to star in Hollywood films The Hangover and The Hangover Part 2, starring alongside Bradley Cooper and Zach Galifianakis.
Mike Tyson has six children, Mikey Lorna, Rayna, Amir, Miguel, Milan, and Morocco.
The former world champion has been married three times.
Firstly married to Robin Givens from 1988 to 1989, he went on to marry Monica Turner from 1997 to 2003.
Currently, he is married to Lakiha Spicer and has been since 2009.
Where is Mike Tyson now?
Since retiring from boxing, Tyson has had a number of ventures.
Becoming an actor saw him feature in many TV shows and films, often in cameo roles and has also starred in biographic films about his career.
He went on a tour performing on stage in a show called Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth where he tells his life story.
Tyson went on to set up his own boxing promotions company called Iron Mike Productions.
In 2016, cannabis was legalised in California and the following year, Tyson opened “Tyson Ranch” and has since overseen the growth of his multi-million dollar cannabis empire
As a result of his pastime, the former boxer ventured into the podcast business with “Hotboxin’ with Mike Tyson”.
The popular podcast still airs to this day.
He also acts as an angel investor to a number of companies.
Most recently, he has expanded his business empire by opening a coffee shop in Amsterdam called Tyson 2.0.
What is Mike Tyson’s net worth?
Mike Tyson, 56, is estimated to have accrued over $300million throughout his boxing career, but ended up losing it all.
Forbes claim his total career earnings could even have been as high as $685million.
Currently, his net worth is believed to be in the region of $15m.
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