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      Mike Tyson vs Frank Bruno net worth: Iron Mike equals Brit’s fortune with £7.5million Jones Jr fight and cannabis farm

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      MIKE TYSON’S emotional meet-up with British boxing favourite Frank Bruno will hit our screens in a few days.
      It is 31 years since the two warriors fought in the ring – a one-sided affair that saw Bruno stopped by the referee in the fifth round.

      Mike Tyson and Frank Bruno boxed twice with the American former monster winning both world title clashes but remain friends

      A new programme will air on February 26 on NOW TV and Sky Documentaries that will show how two brutally broken men rebuilt themselves and finally found peace again.
      And the two 50-something year olds have another thing in common – the money in their banks, according to Celebrity Net Worth.
      Here SunSport takes a look at amassed their respective £7.5million fortunes in and out of the ring.
      Mike Tyson
      Iron Mike is believed to have earned at least £415MILLION from his 56-fight career.

      Like many sporting superstars, Tyson spent his money as quickly as he earned it on big expensive houses, flashy cars and even pet tigers.
      In 2003, Tyson was forced to file for bankruptcy, with media at the time reporting he had £20m worth of debt.

      Mike Tyson made a boxing comeback in December when he drew with Roy Jones Jr in an exhibition boutCredit: Getty Images – Getty

      Tyson now runs a multi-million pound cannabis ranchCredit: Instagram

      But the self-titled ‘Baddest Man On The Planet’, who has admitted battling a cocaine addiction since the age of 11, has managed to turn things around.

      Tyson has starred or held minor roles in a number of movies, most notably in The Hangover film franchise.
      He even had his own animated TV show called Mike Tyson Mysteries.
      More recently he produces a podcast called Hotboxin’ With Mike Tyson which is one of the more popular combat sports-related podcasts out there.
      Hinted in that title, Tyson has cannabis to thank for his financial recovery. He runs his own weed ranch called the Tyson Ranch, where he grows and sells his own brand of weed as well as weed-based wellness products.
      Cheat Sheet say the Tyson Ranch sells over £360,000 worth of weed a month, but that Tyson smokes £29,000 worth with his guests.
      And he is believed to have earned £7.5m from his grand return to boxing in December, when he drew with fellow Hall Of Famer Roy Jones Jr in an exhibition bout.

      The 54-year-old can smoke as much as £40,000 worth of weed with friendsCredit: Instagram

      In 1989 a prime Mike Tyson butchered Bruno in their first clash in Las Vegas
      Frank Bruno
      Bruno will go down in history as one of Britain’s best-loved boxers ever.
      After two unsuccessful world title challenges – including the brutal fifth-round stoppage loss to Tyson in 1989, the gentle-giant Londoner finally got his hands on the WBC heavyweight title in 1995 by beating Oliver McCall.
      But six months later he would lost that strap – to old rival Tyson who was making his way back to the top after time in jail after being found guilty of rape.
      Bruno’s £7.5m net worth has been carefully managed from his boxing career, but he has also dabbled in some other ventures.
      In 2017 he told the Sunday Telegraph that he had ‘a few investments running’ in the stock market.
      In that interview he admitted he was ‘paid to bang HP sauce bottles on the table for a TV advert’ during his boxing career.

      Frank Bruno is much loved by the British publicCredit: Louis Wood – The Sun
      Bruno has also starred in pantomimes and done many voice-overs for TV – including his famous catchphrase ‘Know what I mean Harry’.
      He credits having ‘a good accountant’ for keeping his finances in order and has told up-and-coming boxers to ‘save wisely, stay humble and focus on your job ahead of you’.
      But in his book Let Me Be Frank the 59-year-old revealed he was betrayed by ‘someone close to him’ who took £300,000 from his bank account.
      It came in 2003 when he was in a Romford hospital being treated for his bipolar disorder.

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      Mike Tyson reveals Frank Bruno hit him so hard with left hook during first-round of fight he ‘saw a white light’

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      MIKE TYSON has relived the moment Frank Bruno hit him with a bomb so hard it made him see a white light.
      The 22-year-old Baddest Man on the Planet was at his terrifying best when he defended his undisputed heavyweight champion status against the brave Brit in 1989.

      Frank Bruno landed a brilliant left hook on Mike Tyson in their 1989 classic battle.Credit: AP:Associated Press

      Bruno was floored after just 12 seconds of the fight – a flash knockdown he put down to nerves.
      But moments later he connected with a left hook that almost changed the course of boxing history.
      Tyson was hurt for the first time in his career and staggered forward desperately crowding the Englishman and cleverly blocking him before landing more concussive blows.
      The ruthless American recovered and stopped Bruno on his feet in the fifth with a trademark blitz attack.

      But, in a new Friday night Sky documentary, Tyson remembers those scary few seconds when South London’s gentle giant almost knocked him spark out.
      “I just went out in the first round and tried to knock him out but he was taking the shots I was hitting him with,” Tyson said.
      “He came back with a couple shots and he was fighting really good.
      “As a matter of fact, he staggered me with a really good shot in the first round.

      Mike Tyson weathered Bruno’s first round storm and roared back to stop the brave Brit with a trademark attackCredit: Getty Images – Getty
      “It was like electricity hit me, I saw a white light.
      “You don’t even know if you are out or not, you think you might be down but you don’t even know.
      “It was like I just walked into a bomb.
      “Bruno was at his best at that time, that was a tough fight for me.”

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      Tyson’s career and personal life unraveled shortly after that win, taking him to prison for a three-year rape charge.
      Bruno would suffer more heartache inside the ropes but he finally became the WBC world champion in 1995 when he beat Oliver McCall at Wembley stadium.
      Just six months after that iconic night for British sport, Bruno rematched Tyson again and was this time savagely stopped inside three rounds.
      The loss drove Bruno into an early retirement that he struggled to handle and led to mental health problems.
      But the 59-year-old national treasure now looks back at all of his wins – and losses – as a wonderful experience.
      “I missed the fighting when I had to retire,” Bruno told SunSport. 

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      “My trainer George Francis said ‘Life after boxing will be your hardest fight’. I didn’t know what he was talking about but as soon as I retired I knew exactly what he meant.
      “When Father Times comes and the doctor tells you to retire, you have to listen. But they were not good times for me.
      “If you stop driving a car every day, you still have to take care of it or it will rust and stop working, you need to keep running and maintaining yourself and I stopped doing that.
      “I had good and bad moments in boxing, suffered defeats as well as wins, but I look back on them as all fun times now.”
      Bruno v Tyson is available on Sky Documentaries and NOW TV from tomorrow, Friday 26th February at 9pm

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      Warren urges boxing fans to remember Frank Bruno as fearless fighter and bona fide world champ despite Tyson defeats

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      FRANK BRUNO’S legacy should be rewritten following the new documentary chronicling his two-fight rivalry with Mike Tyson.
      The 59-year-old Brit was unashamedly beaten twice by the Baddest Man on the Planet and stopped by heavyweight boxing’s last undisputed king Lennox Lewis.

      Frank Warren helped make Frank Bruno a world champion at the fourth time of askingCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd

      Thanks to KO defeats to underrated dangermen James ‘Bonecrusher’ Smith and Tim Witherspoon, Bruno’s reputation was one of a nearly man who always choked at the final hurdle.
      But unlike some of the sport’s most revered hard men – like Roberto Duran and Sonny Liston – Bruno never quit a fight and was always stopped by the ref or his corner when a brutal shot had robbed him of his senses.
      And hall-of-fame promoter Frank Warren – who promoted the tear-soaked 1995 world title win at Bruno’s fourth attempt – hopes the new generation of fight fans now see Bruno for the hero he really was.
      “Frank got a horrible amount of stick, some from boxing fans and some from other fighters, and he seemed to take it all to heart,” Warren told SunSport ahead of his Saturday night BT Sport show.

      “But hold his record up now, go back and watch those defeats – where he was hurt but refused to take a knee or didn’t know the tricks of the trade to buy some recovery time – and you will see a great fighter.
      “I never wanted to go back and watch those losses, they were conclusive and painful for Frank, but it’s easy to forget the punishment he took and how he was too proud to fall over and take a count.”

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      Mischievously, Tyson Fury’s co-promoter added: “If Frank was around now I would fancy him to beat Anthony Joshua.

      “Frank was a big bloke, with a good jab and he could bang. His chin was a bit suspect but we know that so is Joshua’s. It would be very hard to split them.”
      Bruno had a booming right hand that earned him 38 of his 40 wins inside the distance but his own punch resistance was his painful downfall.
      Dark arts like hitting-and-holding and spoiling a bout never came naturally to South London’s gentle giant.
      But eventually he did beat American Oliver McCall for the famous green and gold belt in one of the most iconic – and tear-soaked – nights in British boxing history, that ranks right at the top of Warren’s finest achievements.
      “When Frank was hit on the button his whole body went rigid, his hands dropped and his legs stiffened up,” Warren remembered, “But hardly anyone could survive prime Tyson in those early rounds.

      Frank Warren wants new British boxing fans to remember Bruno as a bona fide world championCredit: Reuters

      “We took him to watch Oliver McCall beat a very old Larry Holmes in Las Vegas in his first defence and hatched our plan at ringside there and then. 
      “When Frank finally got that win back at Wembley Stadium, over the full distance with a lot of his contemporaries ringside, it was wonderful because he had been through the mill.
      “When his arm was lifted, the whole place went crazy and we had fireworks for him, it was very emotional.
      “We booked an open-top to parade around London for the next day and of course it p***** down with rain but everyone still came out to see Frank, it was brilliant.”
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      Frank Bruno ‘very sad’ to see Mike Tyson’s plight and believes under his ‘bad-boy’ image was ‘humble & very good’ person

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      IT IS 25 years on from the fight that ended Frank Bruno’s career — but he has now learned to love former foe Mike Tyson.
      Iron Mike — the Baddest Man on the Planet — halted the British hero’s six-month WBC heavyweight title reign by battering him into retirement in March 1996.

      Mike Tyson pictured during his 1989 win against Frank BrunoCredit: AFP – Getty

      Frank Bruno in his loss against Mike Tyson in the 1996 rematchCredit: Getty Images – Getty

      It was the second defeat inflicted on him by Tyson in Las Vegas, the first coming seven years earlier.
      But Bruno, 59, claims the pair are bound together by brotherly love after he flew to meet him in the USA for a new Sky documentary.
      Bruno told SunSport: “It was sad watching what happened to Mike after he retired — but I had my own situation going on for a lot of that time too.
      “Back then, people with mental health problems did not really come forward to talk about it.

      “So it was very sad with Mike. Because underneath the bad-boy image, the massive puncher, he is not a nasty guy — he is a very good and humble person.
      “It’s just a shame when you get in the ring with him that he turns into an animal!
      “If you think I have been through a hard time, you need to check out Mike and see what he has been through. But now he is happy.
      “I don’t feel any malice towards Mike, I feel far more like a brother to him.”

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      The sibling-like rivalry between the pair goes back 40 years, to when a 19-year-old Bruno was taken on a tour of US gyms — and sparred with a wayward teen dragged off the mean streets of Brooklyn to live and train in the Catskill mountains in New York.
      That early meeting with the quiet, lisping 15-year-old — who was being morphed into history’s youngest heavyweight champion (20) by trainer Cus D’Amato — meant Bruno, unlike most of Tyson’s victims, was never afraid of the human tornado.
      With his trademark booming laugh, Bruno added: “If someone pulled a gun on me and held it to my head, yes I would be scared.
      “If a crocodile walked up my garden path and into my bedroom, I would be s***ing myself.
      “But going in the ring with Mike Tyson was OK.”
      Until Bruno finally became a world champion in 1995 by beating American Oliver McCall at Wembley Stadium, plenty of fans wrote him off as a glass-jawed nearly man who had more catchphrases than title wins.

      Mike Tyson and Frank Bruno filmed a Sky documentary

      Frank Bruno has now learned to love former foe Mike Tyson
      He admits the doubters hurt him more than he let on — but he also knows his never-say-die style has secured his status as a national treasure.
      Bruno explained: “Sometimes you have to lose to really win.
      “I won it the hard way, nothing came on a plate.
      “Looking back now, it might have been nice to not have Mike Tyson right there waiting for me around every corner!
      “But I am still just thankful for getting that title finally — and for all the fans who supported me through those years.”
      Bruno v Tyson is available on Sky Documentaries and NOW TV from tomorrow at 9pm.

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      Mike Tyson vs Frank Bruno documentary: UK start time, TV channel and live stream for TONIGHT’s film

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      MIKE TYSON and Frank Bruno’s legendary feud has been made into a blockbuster documentary.
      The film will show a brand new interview between Iron Mike and Bruno, as the boxing greats catch up on their memorable two fights.

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      Frank Bruno was twice stopped by Mike Tyson
      When is Bruno vs Tyson documentary?
      The Sky documentary Bruno v Tyson is released TONIGHT, February 26.
      The new film will be available to watch from 9pm on Sky Documentaries and Now TV.
      If you miss the original broadcast, Sky customers can watch back on demand at any time.

      Tyson was victorious in their first fight by fifth-round stoppage in 1989 and won their second bout inside three rounds in 1996. Both fights took place in Las Vegas.
      It was the final fight of former world champ Bruno’s illustrious career.

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      What have they said?
      Ben Hirsch, director: “Frank was keen to do the documentary not just for entertainment purposes, but because there was unfinished business.
      “They hadn’t had a proper chat since their second fight. Tyson ended Frank’s career.

      “Frank wanted to close this chapter of his life. He was really keen to catch up with Tyson to talk.
      “It was like two old friends – they were completely natural with each other.
      “Because they were talking to each other, they opened up more honestly. I think they both see themselves in the other.
      “For the majority of their chat we just sat back and let them talk. It’s their story, they know it best.
      “They had a very natural, honest conversation.” More

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      Mike Tyson admits toughest fight of his life has been with his ‘torture chamber’ mind and ‘staying in control’

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      MIKE TYSON has revealed the hardest fight of his life has been with his own self-destructive mind.
      Boxing helped take a bullied, lisping boy and turn him into a ruthless snarling heavyweight monster, the youngest world champion in history.

      Mike Tyson and former rival Frank Bruno met for a special documentary

      Tyson, who has suffered with addiction and who served three years in jail for rape, which still he denies, admitted that his biggest problem has been his self-destructive mindCredit: AFP – Getty

      But Tyson’s emotions and mental stability were never developed as much as his punching power and his life disintegrated shortly after mentor Cus D’Amato died.
      Brutally honest Tyson still vehemently denies the rape charge he served three years for, in between world title reigns.
      But he does admit to Caligula-levels of drink and drug abuse, orgies of all kinds, spells in ten different mental health facilities and the blowing of a £300million fortune.
      In a new Friday night documentary charting his brutal two-fight rivalry and loving friendship with Frank Bruno, Tyson told Sky: “I have the title of the ‘Baddest Man on the Planet’ and that is really funny to me.

      “I am just one of those scary fighters but I come across as ferocious because it is my fear.
      “It’s like fire, you can use it and command it and have it warm you. But if you let it get out of control it can kill you and everything around you.
      “I don’t think about much but my mind is a torture chamber. It is not my friend.
      “So I have to control it in order to have any stability in my life. And that is my biggest problem to date, staying in control.”

      Tyson, pictured with Eddie Murphy and promoter Don King, is one of the most famous athletes everCredit: Getty – Contributor
      Tyson grew up confused and abandoned by his biological father and neglected by his addiction-battling mother.
      At some stage during his childhood he has confirmed to being the victim of sexual abuse.
      Later in life, when under the spell of boxing svengali Don King, Tyson’s behaviour spiralled out of control.
      Breaking into a zoo in a bid to fight a gorilla, biting a chunk out of Evander Holyfield’s ear and bizarrely threatening to eat rival Lennox Lewis’ (at the time unborn) children were some of his tamest escapades.
      “I was a totally different person back then, it seems like a million lightyears away,” the star of the Hangover films smiles. “I cannot even believe who I have become now.
      “We are going to be so many things before we die, when we get to the end we realise ‘this is the person who I want to be when I leave’.
      “Life has been about learning lessons and re-educating myself.
      “The hangers-on leave when you have nothing left to give them, as soon as you hit rock bottom they leave.”

      Tyson and Bruno fought twice for the heavyweight title, with the American winning both boutsCredit: Getty Images – Getty
      Despite his rollercoaster life, Tyson remains an almost mythical figure and retains the attention of each new generation.
      There is no malice toward any of the people he feels betrayed him and he wants no pity from even his most dedicated fans.
      He does however hope Bruno – who also battled crippling mental health problems after the retirement Tyson inflicted in their rematch – can enjoy his Autumn years.
      “We are all crazy,” the cannabis lover grinned. “Frank Bruno went into one mental health facility, I’ve been in around 10 of them.

      “This is just what we have to go through sometimes.
      “I don’t feel sorry for anybody because I know that these are the journeys we all have to go on.
      Choking back tears, he said: “And I don’t want anyone feeling sorry for me either.
      “I know that the people over in England love Frank Bruno and he should take advantage of that.”
      Bruno v Tyson is available on Sky Documentaries and NOW TV from tomorrow, Friday 26th February at 9pm

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      Emotional Mike Tyson chokes back tears and says he ‘doesn’t want anyone feeling sorry’ for him over mental health battle

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      EMOTIONAL Mike Tyson choked back tears as he revealed the hardest fight of his life has been with his own self-destructive mind.
      Boxing helped take a bullied, lisping boy and turn him into a ruthless snarling heavyweight monster, the youngest world champion in history.

      Mike Tyson and former rival Frank Bruno met for a special documentary

      Tyson, who has suffered with addiction and who served three years in jail for rape, which still he denies, admitted that his biggest problem has been his self-destructive mindCredit: AFP – Getty

      But Tyson’s emotions and mental stability were never developed as much as his punching power and his life disintegrated shortly after mentor Cus D’Amato died.
      Brutally honest Tyson still vehemently denies the rape charge he served three years for, in between world title reigns.
      But he does admit to Caligula-levels of drink and drug abuse, orgies of all kinds, spells in ten different mental health facilities and the blowing of a £300million fortune.
      In a new Friday night documentary charting his brutal two-fight rivalry and loving friendship with Frank Bruno, Tyson told Sky: “I have the title of the ‘Baddest Man on the Planet’ and that is really funny to me.

      “I am just one of those scary fighters but I come across as ferocious because it is my fear.
      “It’s like fire, you can use it and command it and have it warm you. But if you let it get out of control it can kill you and everything around you.
      “I don’t think about much but my mind is a torture chamber. It is not my friend.
      “So I have to control it in order to have any stability in my life. And that is my biggest problem to date, staying in control.”

      Tyson, pictured with Eddie Murphy and promoter Don King, is one of the most famous athletes everCredit: Getty – Contributor
      Tyson grew up confused and abandoned by his biological father and neglected by his addiction-battling mother.
      At some stage during his childhood he has confirmed to being the victim of sexual abuse.
      Later in life, when under the spell of boxing svengali Don King, Tyson’s behaviour spiralled out of control.
      Breaking into a zoo in a bid to fight a gorilla, biting a chunk out of Evander Holyfield’s ear and bizarrely threatening to eat rival Lennox Lewis’ (at the time unborn) children were some of his tamest escapades.
      “I was a totally different person back then, it seems like a million lightyears away,” the star of the Hangover films smiles. “I cannot even believe who I have become now.
      “We are going to be so many things before we die, when we get to the end we realise ‘this is the person who I want to be when I leave’.
      “Life has been about learning lessons and re-educating myself.
      “The hangers-on leave when you have nothing left to give them, as soon as you hit rock bottom they leave.”

      Tyson and Bruno fought twice for the heavyweight title, with the American winning both boutsCredit: Getty Images – Getty
      Despite his rollercoaster life, Tyson remains an almost mythical figure and retains the attention of each new generation.
      There is no malice toward any of the people he feels betrayed him and he wants no pity from even his most dedicated fans.
      He does however hope Bruno – who also battled crippling mental health problems after the retirement Tyson inflicted in their rematch – can enjoy his Autumn years.
      “We are all crazy,” the cannabis lover grinned. “Frank Bruno went into one mental health facility, I’ve been in around 10 of them.

      “This is just what we have to go through sometimes.
      “I don’t feel sorry for anybody because I know that these are the journeys we all have to go on.
      Choking back tears, he said: “And I don’t want anyone feeling sorry for me either.
      “I know that the people over in England love Frank Bruno and he should take advantage of that.”
      Bruno v Tyson is available on Sky Documentaries and NOW TV from tomorrow, Friday 26th February at 9pm

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      Jake Paul trains for Ben Askren fight with Evander Holyfield as heavyweight legend lines up Mike Tyson trilogy

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      JAKE PAUL soaked up the boxing knowledge of heavyweight legend Evander Holyfield as he trains to fight Ben Askren.
      The YouTuber posted a small clip of himself and Holyfield in the ring, receiving some feedback from the retired two-weight champion.

      Jake Paul soaked up the boxing knowledge of boxing legend Evander Holyfield

      Jake Paul pictured training with two-weight world champ Evander Holyfield

      He was then tagged in an Instagram post uploaded by the American icon, who wrote: “Good luck @jakepaul on your upcoming fight.”
      Paul, 24, has two knockouts in as many fights since turning over in 2020, beating ‘AnEsonGib’ on his debut and then ex-NBA star Nate Robinson.
      His third fight will come on April 17 against ex-UFC welterweight Ben Askren, 36, a renowned grappler who has never boxed professionally.
      Robinson, 36, was brutally beaten last November on the undercard of Mike Tyson’s comeback.

      Tyson, 54, returned to face fellow great Roy Jones Jr, 52, and the pair boxed to a draw over eight exhibition rounds.
      Iron Mike is now in talks with Holyfield, 58, who is planning a comeback trail of his own.
      Tyson was twice beaten by his great rival, firstly in 1996 and then a year later, which will infamously be remembered as the night Holyfield’s ear was bitten off.
      The pair have since patched things up and even formed a friendship, but they will put that aside for a proposed trilogy bout.

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      They are still in talks, with a mega-money rematch in Dubai touted.
      Triller, who staged Tyson’s exhibition with Jones and Paul’s last and next fight, have first and last refusal on the bout.
      Holyfield, who last fought in 2011 but officially retired in 2014, has been training since the start of 2020.
      And he recently linked up with ex-heavyweight ruler Wladimir Klitschko, 44, who hung up his gloves after defeat to Anthony Joshua, 31, in 2017.

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