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"Just as Mike did for the heavyweight division in boxing, Tupac Shakur did for hip-hop. He was a game changer," she said. "They both understood each other for being two individuals that were highly misunderstood. So I think that it was inevitable for them to become friends."

Although Mike eventually calmed himself and continued his studies, there were more setbacks to come. He began to train for the Olympic trials, but he hardly looked promising. He even lost, which seems so far attached from the image most of us have in our heads of a young, hungry, determined Mike Tyson. D'Anamato and Tyson agreed that it was time to take a different route. At the age of 18, Mike Tyson turned pro.

Plans for a rematch fell through, so Douglas' first title defence was against No. 1 contender Evander Holyfield. An overweight Douglas, weighing 14.5 pounds (6.6 kg) more than in the Tyson fight, was knocked out by Holyfield in the third round. Douglas retired after the fight. Six years later, he launched a comeback after almost dying in a diabetic coma and won a few fights against journeyman opposition. He fought for the last time in 1999. Despite rumours of a rematch with Tyson throughout the 1990s, they never faced each other again.

Few celebrity figures have brought on more controversy than Mike Tyson. One of the most impressive and celebrated boxers in history, Tyson served as the undisputed world heavyweight boxing champion from 1987 to 1990, and remains the youngest boxer to ever win the heavyweight title, earning the belt at only 20 years old. Shortly after his title reign came to a close, following a two-week trial that monopolized the attention of the media across the world, Tyson was found guilty of rape in 1992 and sentenced to 10 years in jail. He was inevitably released in March 1995, but came under fire again in 1997 when he infamously bit part of Evander Holyfield's ear off during a boxing match. As of late, Tyson has desperately tried to clean up his act and earn redemption, which makes him quite the compelling figure for a limited series.

So how did he manage to pass the sport's mandatory drug tests before his bouts? "I had to use my whizzer, which was a fake penis where you put in someone's clean urine to pass your drug test," he wrote in his biography, Undisputed Truth (via The Telegraph).

och "Jag vill slita ut hans hjärta och mata Lennox Lewis med det. Jag vill döda människor. Jag vill slita ut deras magar och äta deras barn." Otaliga är de så kallade "one-liners" den av livet märkte boxaren delat med sig av: " kallade mig en "våldtäktsman" och en "enstöring." Jag är inte en enstöring." och "Du är smart för sent och gammal för tidigt." är bara två andra exempel. Allt kring Tyson och hans uttalanden har dock inte varit våldsamt eller tragiskt, han har också vräkt ur sig mer godhjärtade meningar som

As for their relationship as brothers? It's practically non-existent. When he was asked how often they see each other, Tyson responded, "Not much. It's the really sad part about my family. We don't have a close connection. Too many demons, too much pain."

Love him or loathe him, ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson is an icon and one of the most fascinating sporting figures of our time. In this no-holds-barred autobiography, Tyson lays bare his demons and tells his life story of mike tyson: from poverty to stardom to hell and back again

A truly professional person will do what he has to do regardless of the obstacles he has to face. No matter what he feels inside, no matter what he’s going through or what others say, he’ll do the things that he has to do.

"I fight for those people: all the oppressed, depressed, alcoholics, drug addicts. I fight to give them hope every day so they can wake up in the morning and know there’s somebody out there fighting for us."

The intent with this game all along was to just keep it called Punch-Out like the popular arcade version. The first version, or "Gold Version", released for the Famicom in Japan did not include Tyson at all. The final boss in this game was Super Macho Man – not sure if they were aware of Randy Savage or not yet…

On July 9, 1997, the Nevada State Athletic Commission revoked Tyson’s boxing license in a unanimous vote and fined the boxer $3 million for biting Holyfield. Several months later, Tyson was dealt another blow when he was ordered to pay boxer Mitch Green $45,000 for a 1988 street-fighting incident.

"I’m the best ever. I’m the most brutal and vicious, the most ruthless champion there has ever been. No one can stop me. Lennox is a conqueror? No! He’s no Alexander! I’m Alexander! I’m the best ever. I’m Sonny Liston. I’m Jack Dempsey. There’s never been anyone like me. I’m from their cloth."

Mike Tyson first tried cocaine at the age of 11 and continued to abuse the illicit drug for many years. During his heyday, the dynamic pugilist was unmatched and unstoppable, and, little did we know, he was high on drugs most of the time.