Mike Tyson Net Worth, Career And Biography

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Mike Tyson Net Worth
Mike Tyson Net Worth

Celebrated Name:Mike Tyson
Birth Name:Michael Gerard Tyson
Birth Date:June 30, 1966
Age:54 years old
Birth Place:Brownsville, Brooklyn New York
Gender:Male
Nationality:American
Height:5 ft 10
Weight:109kg
Sexuality:Straight
Marital Status:Married
 Spouse (Name):Robin Givens  (1988 – 1989); Monica Turner  (1997- 2003); Lakisha “Kiki” Spicer (2009 – present)
Children7
Dating(Name):N/A
Profession:Retired Professional boxer
Net Worth:$3 Million
Last Updated:2022

 

Mike Tyson is a well-known American professional boxer who started his career in 1985 and retired in 2005. He won the title of heavyweight champion at just 20 years old making him the youngest boxer to ever achieve that. He is the only boxer worldwide to hold and unify the WBC, IBF, and WBA titles simultaneously.

His first professional fight was by knockout winning 12 of them in the first round. His WBC title was in 1986 after defeating Trevor Berbick and he defeated Tony Tucker and James Smith in 1987 earning the IBF and WBA titles.

The following year, he defeated Michael Spinks after just 91 seconds and earned the lineal Champion. After this, he defended his titles defeating boxers like Frank Bruno and Larry Holmes.

However, he lost the title when Buster Douglas defeated him in a match. In 1991, with the hopes of reclaiming his titles, he had victory in his match with Donovan Ruddock two times and later withdrew from a fight with Evander Holyfield because he was injured in a rib.

Mike Tyson Early Life

Mike Tyson was born Michael Gerard Tyson to Purcell Tyson and Lorna Mae Smith in Brooklyn, New York on the 30th of June, 1966. He has 2 siblings, an elder brother, Rodney, and an elder sister, Denise (deceased). Although his biological father is a Jamaican man named Purcell, he was raised by Jimmy Kirkpatrick whom he recognizes as his father.

Purcell met Lorna in 1959 and he abandoned the family after Lorna had a baby, Mike. Tyson’s mother raised the family on her own while Kirkpatrick was living the street life. He passed away in 1992.

When Mike was just 10 years old, the family moved to Brownsville because of an increment in finances. At the age of 16 years, Tyson was training as a boxer with a trainer by the name of Cus D’Amato who became his legal guardian when his mother passed away suddenly.

As a child, he lived in a neighborhood with a high rate of crime. His first experience with fighting was with a much older youth after the latter removed the head of one of Mike’s pigeons. He was caught committing petty crimes when he was younger and by the time he was 13 years, he had already been arrested 38 times.

As for education, he attended Tryon Schools for Boys in New York where he was discovered as a boxer by a former boxer, Bobby Stewart. Mr. Stewart trained Tyson for a few months and later introduced him to Cus D’Amato.

After some time, he dropped out of high school, and then in 1989, he got a doctorate from Central State University in humane Letters.  He was also trained as a young fighter by Kevil Rooney and Teddy Atlas.

Mike Tyson Career

His first fight was in 1981 when he fought with Joe Cortez and won a gold medal. The following year, he was also victorious in his fight with Kelton Brown and won another gold medal. As an amateur, he also fought with Henry Tillman twice but lost.

On the 6th of March, 1985 he was in his first professional match in Albany, New York. He fought with Hector Mercedes and was victorious via technical knock-out. His first year playing professional fight was how he rose to stardom. Out of 28 fights, Mike won 26 via knockout (KO) or technical knockout (TKO).

He started fighting with powerful contenders like David Jaco, James Tills, Jesse Ferguson, and Mitch Green. His huge success attracted much attention from the media and was named the next great heavyweight champion.

As his career progressed, his trainer D’Amato died in 1985 and there were speculations that his death paved the way for most of the troubles Tyson went through in his life and career. The next year, he fought with Jesse Ferguson and was declared victorious after his opponent was disqualified.

The match was televised on ABC Sports. He also fought with the then-world title challenger Marvis Frazier knocking him unconscious after thirty seconds into the fight.

Additionally, he became the youngest boxer ever in history to win the heavyweight championship on the 22nd of November, 1986.

Mike Tyson’s fame & fortune began to increase with the development of his career. As a boxer, he has received many accolades and is known for his speed, strength, coordination, timing, and incredible accuracy. This man is known all over the world as one of the greatest boxers of all time.

Age, Weight, and Height

Mike Tyson was born on the 30th of June 1966 and as of the writing of this article, the professional boxer is 54 years old. He is 5 ft 10 tall and also weighs about 109kg.

Mike Tyson Net Worth

Mike Tyson net worth is approximately $3 million. The boxer had acquired about $700 million throughout his career. He lost most of his fortune in most of his scandals. He was convicted of rape in 1992 and after his retirement, he spent most of his money lavishly.

According to Forbes, his $700 million earnings throughout his career made him the 14th highest-paid athlete globally. In 2003, he filed for bankruptcy as he was $23 million in debt. His divorce settlement of $9 million, unpaid taxes in the United States of $13.4 million, and also unpaid British taxes of about $ 4 million dollars.

Mike Tyson Personal Life

Mike Tyson has been married three times. His first marriage was held in 1988 to actress, Robin Givens, and the marriage ended in 1989. Givens alleged that Tyson was violent toward her.

Furthermore, she said he had mental instability. In an interview, the actress said her marriage to him was “torture, pure hell, worse than anything I could possibly imagine”. Later on, the boxer admitted in a book that he once punched Robin Givens saying that was the best punch I’ve ever thrown in my entire life”.

Their marriage had no child and there were allegations of miscarriage from Givens even if Tyson denied it. While they were still married, they both lived together in a mansion in New Jersey.

On the 19th of April, 1997, he got married to Monica Turner and the marriage lasted till 2003. Monica filed for divorce on the grounds of adultery on Mike’s part. Their union was blessed with two children, Amir and Rayna.

Tragedy struck Mike Tyson when his daughter, Exodus was found tangled in a card from a treadmill in her mother’s house. She later died from her injury in a hospital the next day.

A few days after her death, the boxer walked down the aisle with his girlfriend, Lakisha Spicer in a private ceremony in Las Vegas. They both have a daughter named Milan and a son named, Morocco.

Mike Tyson also has a mental condition called bipolar disorder. In 2013, he admitted that he is struggling with alcoholism and is in sobriety.

The boxer has seven children, Exodus (deceased), Gena, Morocco, Miguel, Lorna, Mikey, D’Amato Kilrain, Rayna, and Amir with several women.

Conclusion

That is all there is about the retired boxer, Mike Tyson’s net worth, personal life, family, and journey to stardom. It can be said, come rain come shine, that this man has indeed built a legacy and made a name for himself as one of the unusual world’s greatest boxers.

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