Mike Tyson: height, weight, interesting facts and biography of the boxer

TOP fights

List of fights with results

List of victories and defeats in the professional ring:

Mike Tyson has a lot of victories.

Quotes

About training

“I get up long before dawn and run because I believe no one else does it.”

About fear

“Fear is your enemy and ally at the same time. As long as you control him, everything is great, but he can kill you at any moment."

About the environment

“All that influences you is those around you and the books you read. Therefore, it is important to learn not only to read, but also to understand what they wanted to tell you about.”

Mike's financial status

At the peak of his popularity, Mike was the 14th highest paid athlete in the world. According to Forbes magazine, Mike Tyson earned around 675 ml during his boxing career. dollars. This is a lot of money, but Iron Mike managed to lose it and even became bankrupt with a debt of around 20 ml. dollars. Mike spent money on real estate, cars, and a pretentious life. Huge amounts of money were spent on maintaining what the great athlete had. Mike Tyson spent a lot of money on trials due to rowdy behavior, rape and drugs. In particular, the athlete’s ex-wives sued a lot of money.

After some time, Mike Tyson proved that he learned to get up and go to victory not only in the ring. Having looked at his financial situation, Iron Mike decides to pull himself together and improve the situation for the better. And he succeeded. As of 2022, Mike Tyson has paid off all his debts and currently has more than $3 million in his accounts.

Style Features

Mike Tyson's boxing style is Peek-A-Boo. In addition to him, several other boxers used the development of Cus D'Amato, but Tyson managed to penetrate the unique technique better than others, complementing it with his physical capabilities. The essence of the technique is constant work with a pendulum, with movements along a “zigzag” trajectory.

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In this case, the hands are in front of the face, and the blows are thrown exclusively after dodging and diving. This style suited Mike well as he was a small heavyweight with very fast hands and a good footwork. Iron Mike's favorite punches are hooks and uppercuts. He rarely threw jabs, trying to break his opponent's defense with each blow and knock him to the ground. The only negative that played a cruel joke on Tyson several times was the energy consumption of the technique, but the advantages of “Peak-a-boo” overshadowed all this.

Movies and books

The life story of the popular heavyweight was taken as the basis for several documentaries. This is the mid-90s film "Fallen Champion: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson" and the 2000s works "Beyond Glory" and "Tyson".

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In 1999, the boxer first appeared in a full-length film called “Hit the Bone.” The main characters in the comedy were played by Antonio Banderas and Woody Harrelson. The collaboration with filmmakers turned out to be successful, and in the same year the boxer took part in the filming of the gangster drama Black and White.

In the new century, the athlete delighted fans with the films “Bolivia”, “Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles”, “When People Love Me”. Mike also appeared in Sylvester Stallone's famous sports film Rocky Balboa. The image of a world-famous heavyweight was used in the comedy “The Hangover.”

Ashley Tisdale, Mike Tyson and Jerry O'Connell (still from the movie "Scary Movie 5")

On the set of “Slaughter Revenge,” Tyson was able to work again with Sylvester Stallone, as well as with the inimitable Robert De Niro. In 2022, the champion starred in the film “The Chinese Salesman,” where he played alongside Steven Seagal. In this action movie, the athlete took on the role of a former general named Kabba. Previously, the boxer appeared mainly as himself.

Mike Tyson also acted as the author of the book “Ruthless Truth,” in which he described the details of his own biography, and also introduced readers to unknown facts of his private life. The publication was first published in 2013. 4 years later, the former champion released the work “Iron Ambitions”.

Biography

Mike was born in New York, Brooklyn. In addition to him, there were two more boys and a girl in the family - Jimmy Lee and Rodney with his sister Denise, and his mother, Lorna, claimed that his father was Jimmy Kirkpatrick. Only years later, digging through old papers, the boxer will discover that his mother’s first official husband was Purcell Tyson. Interestingly, the same Kirkpatrick was a pimp who took Mike’s mother to work for him, and the boy was not against this arrangement, because his “father” had status, and this meant a lot to a simple boy from a disadvantaged area.

Fact: Mike's punch has a crushing force, according to available data, the tonnage of one of them was about 800 kg, although there are records that the right hook showed on the dynamometer 1800 kg

As a child, the future champion was fat and could not stand up for himself. Only one fight with a local hooligan, over a killed pigeon, opened up new opportunities for our hero - he was accepted into a gang that carried out petty robberies and thefts. At the age of 13, Mike first went to jail, where a fateful meeting awaited him. Mohammed Ali arrived there to talk with the teenagers, after which Tyson firmly decided to start boxing. At one of the special schools he met Bobby Stewart, who coached him from 1978 to 1980.

The mentor realized that the student was beginning to outgrow him, and brought 14-year-old Mike to Cus D'Amato, who taught the young talent his unique fighting style. In 1981, “Iron Mike” had his first amateur fight and ended up with a record of 48-6. To prepare his ward, Cas brought professionals to him for sparring, with whom the young man boxed at the same level and even better.

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Fact: Mike holds the title of US National Junior Olympic Champion, which he won in 1982

Childhood and youth

Michael Gerard Tyson was born in June 1966 in the Brownsville area of ​​New York. His father was Purcell Tyson, but he abandoned the family before his son was born. Michael was the youngest child: the eldest daughter Denise and son Rodney were growing up in the family. In early childhood, Tyson was very vulnerable. He was offended by his peers, the yard boys and even his older brother. He could not stand up for himself and often suffered because of this, coming home with bruises and without pocket money.

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Mike Tyson with pigeons
The only outlet and hobby (by the way, preserved to this day) were the pigeons that Mike bred. And if little Tyson couldn’t stand up for himself, he managed to stand up for his pigeons. This happened after a terrible incident when a yard bully tore off the head of one of his birds in front of Mike. The boy became so enraged that he not only beat the offender, but also managed to force everyone around him to respect him.

From that moment on, Mike Tyson never again let himself be offended. Everyone feared his attacks of anger. When the guy grew up, he no longer resembled that vulnerable black boy who could be humiliated. 10-year-old Tyson fell into a gang of street teenagers who were engaged in robbery. The police soon became interested in the teenager, and at age 13 he was placed in a reform school in northern New York.

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Mike Tyson in his youth
Mike's desire to become a boxer appeared in a special institution. One day, boxer Mohammed Ali dropped by. After talking with him, the boy first thought about a sports career. After all, even then he emerged victorious from any fight. Tyson told his physical education teacher Bobby Stewart, a former boxer, about his desire. He set the guy a condition: to take up his studies and tame his frantic temper. Mike agreed, and changes for the better were not long in coming.

Soon, Stewart's most successful student, Mike Tyson, outgrew his teacher. To continue improving the talent of the young athlete, Bobby sent the guy to another coach. It was the famous Cas D'Amato. After the death of the young man’s mother, he took custody of Mike and practically adopted him, taking him to live in his house.

Mike Tyson training

Tyson's training was non-standard and completely immersed him in the atmosphere of preparation, almost completely excluding time for his personal life. He got up at 5 am to run 7-8 km, after which he went back to sleep until 10 am. Then he had breakfast, went to the hall, where he worked for about two hours, after which he had rest and several snacks, as well as evening classes in the hall. In his free time, he did not go for walks, but watched recordings of fights - life during preparations revolved only around proper nutrition and physical activity. He did up to 500 repetitions on the bars in one training session, worked with iron and strengthened his neck. Well, Cas tried to bring all the instincts of his ward to the peak level.

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Fact: Tyson’s strength is legendary, but there are also exact indicators, for example - in the bench press his best result is 184 kg per time

Tyson as a child: a poor neighborhood, a street gang and the victory of fists

The father left the family before Mike was born, leaving his mother with three children without funds or support. They often laughed at the boy, took away his sweets, and even beat him. He could not answer and give change. There was even sexual abuse in his childhood. But this could not continue for long, since grievances accumulated, and internal strength was gathering and was about to come out.

When Tyson was 11 years old, one guy from a local gang, snatching a white dove from Mike’s hands, brutally killed him. The gathered rage of the future champion began to flow. His brain seemed to have turned off, and every muscle in his body ordered action. The boxer in Tyson has awakened! At that moment, everyone around him suffered from his power. No more ridicule and humiliation. He is no longer a victim. And this is just the beginning, because there is still a whole life ahead.

Photo. Tyson as a child

Most likely, it is this childhood photo of Mike that reflects the turning point in his life. In the eyes one can feel the first, albeit childish, self-confidence, perseverance and aspiration. He doesn’t know yet how exactly everything will work out, but he definitely doesn’t intend to remain at the same level. This is where his biography as a boxer begins.

Debut in boxing and first titles

In March 1985, the Brooklyn native entered the professional ring for the first time, knocking out Hector Mercedes in less than 2 minutes. He quickly became popular because everyone wanted to see his fights - the crazy pace and unprecedented strength delighted the audience. Until September 1986, the guy gave out 27 victories in a row, receiving a title chance in a fight with Trevor Berbick. He was sent to the floor in the second round, and Mike became the youngest world champion. However, no one stopped there, and in the next two fights, he also added the WBA and IBF belts to his WBC title.

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He became the first in boxing history to take all available titles from champions for up to 21 years in a row - this record has not been broken to this day. Afterwards, Tyson dealt with Larry Holmes, James Smith, Carl Williams and others, scoring 9 WBC belt defenses, 8 WBA defenses and 6 IBF defenses.

Fact: Mike's daughter, Exodus, tragically died from a neck injury after becoming entangled in the cables of an exercise machine.

First coach

Tyson was sent to a special school for juvenile delinquents, where he met former boxer Bobby Stewart, who worked as a physical education teacher.

He agreed to train Mike on the condition that he would not violate discipline and improve his performance in other school subjects.

The rush did not come to him right away.

Bobby Stewart was an amateur boxer. He noticed that Mike always craved fame and strived for victory. After a while, Bobby decided that the student had outgrown him and now needed a professional coach.

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As a result, Stewart decided to introduce Tyson to manager and trainer Constantino D'Amato. At that time, he ran the Catskill Boxing Club and taught children from disadvantaged families for free. In addition to boxing, D'Amato taught social adaptation classes, helping unruly teenagers find their place in life.

Loss of title and career decline

On February 11, 1990, Mike Tyson arrived in Japan to fight James Douglas. No one suspected that James, who fell in the 8th round, would still achieve his goal and deprive the exhausted champion of all titles. Having refused a rematch, “Iron Mike” began to get involved in alcohol and stopped showing up for training. However, until 1991, he still fought off 4 more times, twice with Donovan Ruddock, after which he again got into trouble and was arrested for four years.

Fact: Tattoos have a special meaning for Tyson. The “tribal” on his face suggests that this is a real warrior. Images of the revolutionary Mao Zedong and Che Guevara reflect the boxer's admiration for their actions, and the tiger is a symbol of the gang in which he was a member. By the way, Mike loves animals so much that he even got a real, live tiger in his house

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Upon his return, he managed to take the WBC and WBA belts, but only a faded trace remained of the former crusher, and two fights with Evander Holyfield made it clear that Mike would never again be able to show high-level fights. Having fought 1-2 times a year, Tyson retired from the sport in 2005, returning in 2006 for an exhibition performance with Corey Sanders and in 2020, entering the ring with Roy Jones Jr., whose meeting ended in a draw. As a result, he was defeated 6 times (Danny Williams and Kevin McBride were the last), but all this is only part of the big story of everyone’s favorite “Iron Mike”.

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Fact: Roy Jones' manager insured his client's ears before his meeting with Tyson in order to further attract public attention to their confrontation

Health problems

Mike had lung problems since childhood and was hospitalized quite often.

The famous boxer also experienced problems with drinking alcohol, which began after his divorce in 1989. There was a period when he even stopped training. After Mike fought against Douglas, he decided to sign up for treatment.

Mike also had a severe drug addiction in the mid-90s until 2010. In this regard, the boxer had problems with the law, and the result was a severely traumatized psyche. His weight increased dramatically and he experienced great discomfort.

In 2007-2010, Mike Tyson, who is not very tall, weighed 160 kilograms. Therefore, starting in 2009, the boxer decided to become a vegetarian and began to train intensively, thanks to which he lost almost 50 kg.

The most significant battles

Tyson's history contains many exciting stories of jaw-dropping knockouts, dominance and star-studded opponents. But, unfortunately, the most high-profile and significant fights in his career, for the most part, ended in defeat. This in no way diminishes Mike's accomplishments, but rather reminds us all that even the best can fail.

Absolute Champion: fight with Tony Tucker

This confrontation is unique in that champions who have not had a single defeat in their careers compete in the ring. For the first time in the history of boxing, the absolute heavyweight champion was determined, and not only 3 belts were at stake, but also “0” in the column of the athletes’ impeccable records. Tucker was not going to exchange blows with Tyson, despite the fact that his arm span exceeded him by 30 cm. Mike injured his hand during the fight and for the first time began to work exclusively with jabs, rarely delivering power blows. However, the endless clinches from Tony and the aggressive manner of the meeting from Tyson led to the fact that the judges unanimously gave the latter victory, making him the youngest “king” of the heavyweight division in history.

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Duology with Evander Holyfield

In 1996, after resuming his career, “Iron Mike” met with someone who had long dreamed of beating a famous opponent - Evander Holyfield. Being an underdog, Evander endured a “hurricane” in the first half of the fight and gradually began to build up his advantage. Despite the “unintentional” head blows that opened cuts on Mike’s face, the referee did not deduct points from the challenger, and this resulted in a defeat for Tyson, because he was never distinguished by endurance, and upon his return his form already left much to be desired.

After 7 months, they were brought together in an immediate rematch. And as Mike himself later admitted, he was intoxicated during the fight. As soon as Holyfield began to put pressure on him, Tyson bit him on the ear, and then repeated it again, for which he was disqualified (the fine for the bite was $3 million). In October 2009, on one of the TV shows, “Iron Mike” asked Evander for forgiveness and they concluded a “peace agreement.”

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Ultimate Failure: Beatdown by Lennox Lewis

In the summer of 2002, after a series of scandals and trials, Tyson got the opportunity to fight for the WBC, IBF and IBO belts, against the no less experienced Lennox Lewis, proven by hard battles. At the beginning of the fight, Mike showed himself well, but from about the 3rd round, his “engine” began to work worse, and Lewis got the opportunity to do whatever he wanted with his counterpart. Clinching, shooting at long range - there was no hint of worthy resistance. And the right hook at the end of the 8th round forced our hero to stop completely. However, their meeting attracted almost 2 million online views, which became another record in boxing history.

Fact: Alexander Emelianenko was a couple of steps away from fighting Tyson. At the same time, Mike himself claimed that Fedor is his favorite fighter, and he would be glad to meet the brother of the MMA legend, or their former teammate, Sergei Kharitonov

The end of the career of a great boxer

Tyson's career began to decline after his first defeat to Evander Holyfield. The boxer reduced the intensity of training and the number of fights in the professional ring. Now he chose weaker opponents for himself, but despite this, victories were difficult for him. In 1999, Mike almost lost to Francois Botha, an athlete from South Africa.

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When Mike Tyson and Lenox Lewis met in the arena, this confrontation became one of the highest-grossing matches in the history of sports. The amount collected was almost $107 million. Tyson did not prepare well enough and from the third round he began to lose on points. In the fifth round, Iron Mike began to miss dangerous blows, and in the eighth he was knocked down.

Tyson's last fight took place 3 years later. His opponent was a little-known boxer at that time, Kevin McBride from Ireland. The bookmakers bet on Iron Mike, but in the fifth round he began to show signs of fatigue due to poor physical conditioning. In the sixth round, the main contender for victory unexpectedly fell and declared that he could not continue the fight. After this defeat, Mike retired.

Tyson's filmography includes more than 50 different shows, television series and feature films, where he starred in episodic roles. Among them, the autobiographical documentary “Tyson” stands out, in which even such details as his date of birth and early childhood are revealed.

Interesting facts and achievements

“Iron Mike” has dozens of awards and titles to his name. He broke many records that no one can surpass to this day. The list of facts and achievements of Tyson may be endless, but here we will collect the most interesting and incredible of them. First, let's look at some fun facts.

• Mike is vegan. During one period, he ate exclusively spinach and celery, which is why he lost almost 60 kg of weight. Later, the athlete expanded his diet and recovered;
• Contains about 2000 birds, which he adores since childhood;
• At the age of 13, I pressed a barbell weighing 100 kg;
• Mike's neck, in girth, is 42 cm;
• He is the father of 8 children from 3 wives;
• Appeared in five dozen films, including “The Hangover” and documentaries about himself;
• Mike Tyson's money is a tool for acquiring “wants”. In his heyday, he was known as a terrible spender, buying millions worth of jewelry for no particular reason. As a result, this led him to bankruptcy, despite earning $400 million throughout his career;
• Having divorced his first wife (a model), they continued to communicate and, visiting her without warning, Mike found Brad Pitt there;
• In 2008, the boxer had an accident when he rammed the gates of a checkpoint, and in January 2021, rumors about a similar incident appeared online again, but they were not confirmed. Mike found out about this from a call from a friend who was worried about his condition;
• Instead of going to the cinema, Tyson visited the hall where they showed recordings of boxing matches - 20 thousand films, ranging from the first films shot on camera to the fights that were relevant at that time.

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Now let's mention Tyson's achievements. We wrote about championship titles earlier, but here we present a list of those nominations that distinguish the legend from the rest:

• He holds the title of the youngest world champion, and will also receive certificates twice, for the largest number of quick knockouts - 9 in the first round;
• Inducted into the International and World Boxing Hall of Fame;
• He has the titles of “The Most Violent Man in Sports”, “The Strongest Knockout”, “The Highest Paid Boxer” and many others;
• 12 times included in the ranking of the best heavyweight boxers of the year;
• The only heavyweight to defend his belts 6 or more times in a row.

Of course, Mike has many awards, in the form of “Sportsman of the Year” and the like, but these are not as important titles as the others.

Fact: In the film “The Chinese Salesman,” Tyson clashed with Steven Seagal, albeit in make-believe, but the fight turned out to be very spectacular

Personal life

The great boxer was married several times. His first wife was actress Robin Givens. The marriage of the famous boxer and actress did not last long, about 1 year. It was marked by a large number of scandals and caused great psychological trauma to Mike. The divorce also cost a hefty sum - $10 million. Then Tyson married two more times. The chosen ones were Monica Thorner and Lucky Spicer. With his second wife, Mike had a daughter, Raina, and a son, Amir. Mike cheated on his wife and led a wild lifestyle, which logically led to divorce. After this, Tyson began to live with his mistress, who gave birth to his daughter Exodus, but her fate was tragic. She accidentally hung herself on a loop from a rope that was attached to the exercise machine.

In 2009, at the age of 42, the legendary boxer got married again. From this marriage he has a son, who was born in 2011. Mike also has illegitimate children: Miki, Lorna, Deamata and Kilrain.

PS

Personally, I racked my brains for a long time and tried to find the truth about the training regimen, the number of circles and exercises. The most logical thing is to ask Mike Tyson himself or his trainers.

In my article I collected all the options that were found. I'm sure there are many more variations of Tyson's training. I have no doubt that there are those who have recorded some kind of space training based on rumors and myths. I gave an example at the very beginning with an impact force of 1000 kg.

Business in Mike's life, authorship, acting and politics

To improve his financial situation, Mike Tyson began writing books. In 2014, the athlete published his autobiography “Ruthless Truth,” and in 2022 the book “Will of Steel. How to strengthen your character."

Since 2009, Mike began acting in films. The following films were released with his participation:

In addition to writing and acting, Mike was involved in politics. In 2016, the champion supported Donald Trump in the presidential election in Cleveland. As history shows, not in vain.

In 2022, Mike discovered a new type of business, namely farming. Accompanying this was new laws in the state of California to legalize the cultivation of cannabis. Boxer purchased 20 acres of land in the Mojave Desert and began growing it for medicinal purposes. His business partners were Jennifer Wood, Jay Strommen and Robert Hickman.

Since 2022, boxer Mike Tyson began appearing in bookmaker advertisements. We can confidently say that the fees there are not small at all. In advertising, you want to watch his facial expressions again and again. This is how strong people go to improve their lives no matter what happens in life.

Lennox Lewis had everything to become the best in history. But he beat opponents who were on the decline

But this place is the most ambiguous. On the one hand, Lewis had everything to be considered a standard heavyweight: punch, technique, IQ, and quite excellent speed. In this component, he can compete with both Louis and Ali. But Lennox won all his big victories when his rivals were in decline, not even so - at a very serious twilight of their career. We are, of course, talking about Holyfield and Tyson. Yes, he also defeated David Tua, but instead of the expected battle, Lennox simply ran away from a too monotonous puncher.

Not at all peak Vitali Klitschko gave Lewis such a beating that it is unknown how everything would have turned out in the ring if not for the terrible injury of the Ukrainian. The whole world demanded revenge, but Lewis simply called himself the best and walked off into the sunset. So legends, and even more so guys with claims to be one of the best, don’t leave at all. And in terms of upsets in fights with McCall and Rahman, he is not inferior to the failures of Vladimir Klitschko. Yes, he took revenge, but this does not change the fact that Lennox does not deserve a place in the top five heavyweights in history.

It seems that this is why he never became his own in the USA, to say the least. He still gets booed when he appears at various fights. It’s no coincidence that boxing fans can’t be fooled.

Bottom line

Be that as it may, it is believed that the boxer bench pressed a maximum of 184 kg. Believe it or not is everyone's business.

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And also read: How Mike Tyson trained his neck → Why do boxers jump rope? How many push-ups do special forces do and what standards do they need to meet?

George Foreman became world champion at 45 years old. Heavyweights have not broken this record yet

Big George's position is one of the most controversial in this top. Some will probably say that he deserves to be higher, and others will probably say that he does not deserve to be in the top ten. He is as controversial as his entire career, which is more like a roller coaster. But Foreman, perhaps, threw the most fiery fights in the history of the heavyweight division, with all due respect both to the best of other eras, and in the era of the great trio: Ali - Frazier - Foreman. And if he confidently defeated Joe Frazier twice, then he definitely deserved a rematch with Ali. After all, “Rumble in the Jungle” is rightfully among the favorites in history. It seems, from this perspective, Frazier is just lucky to have fought The Greatest three times.

He retired from boxing for ten years, built a church in his native Houston, created a youth center, and traveled around the country to collect donations. What did he not do? And then he returned and became a world champion at the age of 45! This record was broken only by Bernard Hopkins, but remains unconquered among fellow heavyweights. One word - legend. And just a good person. How could you put it lower?

Joe Louis could have been the leader of the rating, but everything was ruined by the Second World War

The main boxer in history before the advent of Ali and an absolutely standard heavyweight. He reigned on the throne for the longest time - 11 years, 8 months and 7 days, during which time he held 26 successful title defenses, four times the best fighter of the year (only Mohammed had more). In 2003, The Ring magazine ranked Louis first on its list of the greatest punchers in history. Only these dry numbers should convince absolutely everyone that second place is firmly behind him.

Joe could very well be number one. But the entry of the United States into World War II made its own adjustments. On January 9, 1942, Louis successfully defended his title against Buddy Bear. He sent all the collected funds in the amount of 47 thousand dollars to the Navy Charitable Foundation and the next day he volunteered for the rank and file of the US Army. Before the end of the war, he fought two more battles, but after that he was no longer a terrifying machine for achieving victories.

In 1948, he first announced his retirement, but due to financial problems he returned, losing first to Ezzard Charles and then to Rocky Marciano. In the interval between these fights, Louis entered the ring as in his best years - every two or three weeks. That makes it even more sad how such a great boxer of the era ended. The tax authorities continued to pursue the legend even after everything he did for his homeland: in order to somehow make ends meet, he was forced to work as a judge at boxing and wrestling tournaments, and to meet guests at the Caesars Palace casino in Las Vegas. At this time, he had already become addicted to drugs and even ended up in a psychiatric hospital.

Tyson Fury is incredibly cool even with all his drinking sprees. In 5 years it could be much higher

We leave this place for the current king of the heavyweight division. Yes, with a small advance, but he is in such respectable company. With all the sprees, with all the demons that Tyson continues to fight to this day, how cool he is in the ring. How perfectly he controls his, to put it mildly, not ideal body.

The confidence remains: if Tyson had been more serious and even more diligent in training, he could have made it into the top 5. But... Let's wait these 5 years. Perhaps this is exactly how everything will be.