Mike Tyson Bio, Age, Career, Net Worth, Family & More

Who is Mike Tyson?

Mike Tyson bio, age, career, net worth, family & more-Former American professional boxer, Michael Gerard Tyson was born on June 30, 1966, in Brooklyn, New York City in the United States of America.

Summary of Mike Tyson's Biography

Full Name: Michael Gerard Tyson
Place of birth: Brroklyn, New York City, USA
Age: 57 years old
Height: 5ft 7 inches
Weight: 100kg
Net Worth: $10 million
Wife: Lakiha "Kiki" Spicer
Children: 7
Instagram: @miketyson

Mike Tyson nationality

Tyson was born in Brooklyn, New York City in the United States of America. He is an American citizen.

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Mike Tyson age

Tyson was born on June 30, 1966, hence he is currently 57 years of age as of the time of filing this report.

Mike Tyson net worth

As of 2024, Mike Tyson is believed to have a net worth estimated to be about $10 million. He is believed to have amassed his impressive net worth from his long years of boxing from 1985 to 2005. He also garners some of his wealth from his acting career as he has made several appearances in top-rated movies.

Mike Tyson height and weight

Tyson stands at a height of 5ft 7 inches or 178 centimeters/1.78 meters tall and weighs about 100kg according to an online report.

Mike Tyson educational background

Tyson dropped out of high school as a junior, hence there isn’t much to be said about his educational background. However, he was awarded an honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from Central State University in 1989.

Mike Tyson career

One of the best heavyweight boxers of all time, Tyson was dubbed “Iron Mike” and “Kid Dynamite” during his early career. He went on to become renowned as “the Baddest Man on the Planet” after that.

From 1987 to 1990, he was the unchallenged heavyweight champion of the world. Twelve of Tyson’s 19 professional knockout victories came in the opening frame.

At the age of twenty-one years, four months, and twenty-two days, Tyson won his first heavyweight title, making him the youngest boxer in history to do so. He was the first heavyweight boxer to hold the WBA, WBC, and IBF titles concurrently, and the only one to do it consecutively.

The next year, Tyson defeated Michael Spinks in the opening round in 91 seconds to claim the title of lineal champion. In 1990, one of the biggest upsets in boxing history occurred when underdog Buster Douglas knocked out Tyson.

Tyson was found guilty of rape in 1992 and given a six-year prison sentence, although he was released on parole after three years.

Following his release in 1995, he fought his way back into the spotlight, winning back the WBA and WBC titles in 1996 to join the elite group of boxers who have come back from losing a heavyweight championship including Floyd Patterson, Muhammad Ali, Tim Witherspoon, Evander Holyfield, and George Foreman.

In the same year that he lost the WBC belt, Tyson was stopped in the eleventh round by Evander Holyfield to win the WBA title.

After biting Holyfield’s ears during their 1997 rematch, one bite was infamously forceful enough to take off a chunk of his right ear and Tyson was disqualified. He competed for the world heavyweight championship in 2002, but Lennox Lewis won via knockout.

In addition to his aggressive and frightening boxing style, Tyson was well-known for his contentious actions both inside and beyond the ring. He claimed that Sonny Liston, the boxer who is thought to be the most fearsome guy in boxing history, was an inspiration.

He was number one on ESPN’s list of “The Hardest Hitters in Heavyweight History” and sixteenth on The Ring magazine’s list of the 100 best punchers of all time with a knockout-to-win percentage of 88%.

He was called “perhaps the most ferocious fighter to step into a professional ring” by Sky Sports. Both the World Boxing Hall of Fame and the International Boxing Hall of Fame have inducted him.

On June 11, 2005, Tyson pulled out of a close fight against journeyman Kevin McBride before the seventh round had started. According to him, he fought McBride for financial gain, had no expectation of winning, was out of shape, and was tired of boxing as a serious sport, according to the 2008 documentary Tyson.

Tyson declared he would give up boxing after suffering defeats in three of his previous four contests, citing a lack of enthusiasm for the sport.

Tyson fired all of his employees in 2000 and hired new accountants, who produced a statement revealing he had $3.3 million in debt at the beginning of the year but had made $65.7 million.

In December of 2007, Tyson, who has a lengthy legal history, was arrested and subsequently charged with narcotics possession and driving while intoxicated. In December of that same year, Tyson entered a guilty plea in an Arizona court, admitting to using cocaine on that day and being addicted to it.

In his 2013 autobiography Undisputed Truth, Tyson acknowledged that he had passed doping tests by using his ex-wife Monica Turner’s pee. Turner and he were wed from 1997 to 2003. For the same purpose, he also used the urine of his newborn.

It was announced in March 2024 that Tyson would return to the ring on July 20, 2024, at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, against Jake Paul in a heavyweight match.

Mike Tyson family and siblings

Tyson was born to Jimmy Kirkpatrick and Lorna Smith. He has three siblings; his elder sister Denise Tyson(who died in 1990), his elder brother Rodney, and his half-brother, Jimmie Lee Kirkpatrick.

Mike Tyson wife

Tyson has been married three times and divorced twice, leaving him with his third marriage. He is currently married to Lakiha “Kiki” Spicer, his longtime girlfriend who is currently 32 years of age.

Mike Tyson children

Tyson has seven children from his three relationships. The names of his children are; Miguel Leon Tyson, Mikey Lorna Tyson, Exodus Tyson, Amir Tyson, Ramsey Tyson, Milan Tyson, and Morocco Tyson.

Mike Tyson religion

Growing up Catholic, Tyson has claimed that he converted to Islam prior to going to jail and that he didn’t try to change the media’s inaccurate account of his conversion. It was purportedly reported that he took on the Muslim name Malik Abdul Aziz while incarcerated, however, other sources refer to him as Malik Shabazz. Contrary to what people may think, Tyson never took the Islamic name.

In July 2010 and December 2022, respectively, he completed the Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca with DJ Khaled, a Muslim American from Palestine.