Mike Tyson

Some Lesser Known Facts About Mike Tyson

• Does Mike Tyson smoke?: Yes

• Does Mike Tyson drink Alcohol?: Yes

• Michael Gerard “Mike” Tyson also known as Malik Abdul Aziz because of his conversion to Islam.

• Purcell Tyson was his biological father, who was from Jamaica. But he considered Jimmy Kirkpatrick as his father.

• In 1959, Jimmy Kirkpatrick moved to Brooklyn, where he met Tyson’s mother, Lorna Mae (Smith) Tyson. According to Mike Tyson, “My father was just a regular street guy caught up in the street world”.

• Trainer Cus D’Amato looked after him and trained him to be a boxer. Later Tyson said, “I never saw my mother happy with me and proud of me for doing something: she only knew me as being a wild kid running the streets, coming home with new clothes that she knew I didn’t pay for. I never got a chance to talk to her or know about her. Professionally, it has no effect, but it’s crushing emotionally and personally”.

• In an Interview with detail Magazine, he disclosed about his first fight that was with a bigger youth who had pulled the head off one of Tyson’s pigeons. He used to fight with those who ridiculed his high-pitched voice and lisp.

• He was arrested 38 time by the age of 13.

• His skills and ability to be a good boxer were first recognised by Bobby Stewart (Former Boxer).

• As a young boxer, he refrained from sex for 5 years to be the World Champion. He thought that sex would make him weaker.

• Tyson remained in controversy for biting an ear of Evander Holyfield in 1997.

• He has got the great affection for the Pigeons. He likes pigeon-racing.                                                                            

• Tyson has faced rape allegation in his life, in 1991, Miss Black America Contestant charged him of rape. For this he was arrested then sentenced for 6 years but released after 3 years.

• In 2012, Tyson was inducted into WWE Hall of Fame by Triple H and Shawn Michaels.

• He loves tigers, he spends around $4000 every month for his Bengal Tigers.