Mike Tyson Net Worth

Mike Tyson's Quotes

• When I was in prison, I was wrapped up in all those deep books - that [Lev Tolstoy] crap. People shouldn't read that stuff. When we read those books, what purpose does it serve in this day and time?
• I guess I'm gonna fade into Bolivian.
• [He] called me a 'rapist" and a '"reclulse". I'm not a recluse.
• [6/11/05, on his loss to Irish boxer Kevin McBride] I felt like I was 120 years old. I don't think I have it anymore.
• My career has been over since 1990 . . . When I look at my fans, they don't love me. They love what I do. I'm an entertainer. I'm a performer. I entertain them. That's what I do.

Interesting Facts about Mike Tyson

1. Was involved in a street fight with former opponent Mitchell Green in 1988. In 1997 Green won a lawsuit over the incident and was awarded $45,000.
2. Boxer
3. Bit off a chunk of Evander Holyfield's ear during a heavyweight title bout.
4. In 1991 Desiree Washington, a Miss Black America contestant, charged that Tyson raped her in an Indianapolis hotel room. He was arrested, tried, convicted and served three years in prison.
5. Wife Monica Turner filed for divorce. [January 2002]
6. The Nevada State Athletic Commission voted to deny Tyson a license to box in Las Vegas, thereby effectively pulling the plug on an April 6 pay-per-view bout with Lennox Lewis that was due to air on both HBO and Showtime and could have produced the biggest take for a heavyweight title fight ever. [January 2002]
7. Was soundly defeated by Lennox Lewis via knockout in the eighth round. [June 2002]
8. Titles: 1986: WBC Heavyweight Title 1987: WBA Heavyweight Title 1987: IBF Heavyweight Title 1987: Undisputed World Heavyweight Champion 1996: WBC Heavyweight Title 1996: WBA Heavyweight Title
9. Retired with a record as of 2002: 50-6-0 (44) 2nc.
10. Children by ex-wife Monica Turner: Rayna (b. 14 February 1996) and Amir (b. 5 August 1997).
11. Ex-wife Monica Turner is a pediatric resident at Georgetown University Medical Center.
12. His father, Jimmy Kirkpatrick, reportedly fathered 16 children, 3 of them by Tyson's mother, Lorna Smith Tyson. By the time Mike was born, Kirkpatrick had left her.
13. Admits paternity of an 8-month-old girl born to Kimberly Scarborough of New York. (28 March 1991)
14. Frequently uses the word "ludicrous".
15. Was adopted by Cus D'Amato, boxing genius and trainer of such fighters as Floyd Patterson.
16. Before the game Street Fighter II: V (1995) came to the USA, there were fighters named Mike Bison who was a 6'5" tall boxer, Balrog who was a Spanish assassin with a claw, and Vega who was the leader of Shadowloo. To avoid a possible lawsuit from Tyson, Capcom (the makers of Street Fighter) had a three-name swap between Mike Bison, Balrog and Vega. After the switch, the boxer became Balrog, the Spanish Assassin became Vega, and the leader of Shadowloo became the shortened M. Bison, without a definite clarification as to what 'M' now stood for.
17. His name was dropped from the 1987 classic game Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! (1987) because the contract for his name was about to expire, and he lost to James 'Buster' Douglas. Since he was no longer the champion, and with his contract expiring soon after, Nintendo no longer wanted Tyson. As a result, the game title became "Punch-Out!" and the last fight was against Mr. Dream, rather than Tyson himself, with Mr. Dream having the same abilities and sayings as Tyson.
18. At 13 years old weighed 200 pounds.
19. Not long after his release from prison, he was ready for a massive return. It was the most anticipated comeback in generations. In August of 1995, he beat Peter McNeeley in a matter of seconds - 89, to be exact.
20. He was fined $3 million, and was banned from boxing for one year for biting Evander Holyfield's ear during a bout.