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• 11.21.08
  Mike Tyson speaks: “I’ve screwed other men’s wives” Mike Tyson News, Miscellaneous | (0)

  Quoted recently by Garth Pearce in the Timesonline.co.uk, Tyson is searching for redemption and admits he has messed up badly in the past. Being brutally honest about his life, one that gives him shame at times, Tyson admitted to abusing drugs and alcohol as well as sleeping with other men's wives. Quoted by the publication, Tyson stated: “I’ve done the lot. Drink, drugs; I’ve screwed other men’s wives; I have been threatened, chased and survived. I’ve been on the streets, in jail and have done things that have not been pretty." Tyson's highs and lows include being broke and rich, to feeling ...
• 06.19.08
  Tyson to Fight in MMA? Mike Tyson News, Rumors | (0)

  LAS VEGAS -- Word on the hot Vegas streets is that Mike Tyson is training again, but for what? The former heavyweight boxing champion and "Baddest Man on the Planet" has long been a source of speculation among MMA fans. A source, who asked to remain anonymous, informed Sherdog.com that Tyson has been quietly "training his ass off" with a prominent strength and conditioning coach in the area. The source also stated that Tyson "is not going to do boxing anymore," but when asked if "Iron Mike" was going to try MMA, the source shrugged, "I don't know, I can't say." In ...
• 06.19.08
  Mike Tyson Training Again? Making a Comeback? Mike Tyson News, Rumors | (0)

  My personal favorite website for Mixed Martial Arts news, Sherdog.com is reporting that Mike Tyson is in some serious training, in which the former boxer is training his butt off with a respected strength and conditioning coach. Sherdog quotes a source, who wishes to stay anonymous, that Tyson has been privately "training his ass off," the source went on to add that Tyson will not be doing boxing anymore. The source was then asked if Tyson was in training to take a stab at MMA? The source would only tell Sherdog, "I don't know, I can't say."
• 06.14.08
  Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield 3 - Tyson/Holyfield III Media Opinions, Mike Tyson News, Rumors | (0)

  How long before the rumors start? How long before some promoter with deep pockets or, more likely, some promoter with pockets that are inside out but who knows how to talk and how to tap dance, gives Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson a call? How long before he or she suggests Tyson-Holyfield III as a way to erase the debts that today seem to have both of them encircled in the kind of way only the IRS and mortgage holders can do? Mike Tyson is presently the subject of a documentary that makes him look like the most forlorn figure in fisticuffs, a ...
• 06.14.08
  Did Mike Tyson Put a Hit out on Gang Members? Mike Tyson News | (0)

  This story broke today from various sources. No word on if any of it is true. Stay tuned. ---------- Mike Tyson put up $50,000 for a "hit" on members of a vicious Brooklyn drug gang who allegedly shot his former bodyguard to death, a witness testified yesterday. Nothing ever came of the contract on the Cash Money Brothers gang, Dwayne "Thor" Meyers testified. The claim came during the trial of Abubakr Raheem, 38, an alleged member of the ruthless gang that controlled the Lafayette Gardens Houses in Bedford-Stuyvesant. Raheem allegedly drove the getaway car in two turf-war slayings, according to prosecutors. Meyers said the former ...
• 06.09.08
  Mike Tyson vs. Kimbo Slice? It Could Happen Pt 2 Mike Tyson News, Opinion | (0)

  After Kimbo Slice’s debut on network television, sports fans on the internet were chatting and posting about a potential Slice-Mike Tyson fight. It’s good for both sports that the casual fan is intrigued by the possibility of this match. It could happen. Here’s why. If Kimbo Slice continues to get the kind of exposure he's gotten since fighting on CBS, and if he continues to win, the public will make it so that people will get very rich off this fight. So, when there is money to be made, things tend to get done. Kimbo’s promoter is Gary Shaw, who got his start ...
• 06.01.08
  Mike Tyson gives IBF Belt to Hero Soldier Mike Tyson News | (0)

  IRON Mike Tyson can be a real big softie – as he proved with this knockout gift to a special South Yorkshire fan. He handed over his signed IBF world title belt to hero soldier Ben Parkinson of Doncaster, who lost both his legs when his Land Rover was blown up in Afghanistan. Tyson fan Ben, aged 24, was lost for words when his boxing idol presented him with the belt before a dinner for 800 people at the Doncaster Dome. Ben, whose family launched a campaign to increase his compensation payout to £285,000, had hoped to be walking for the first time on his new ...
• 05.30.08
  Mike Tyson Hits the Red Carpet at Cannes Mike Tyson News | (0)

  Mike Tyson had a ‘miracle’ moment at the Cannes Film Festival last week, where a documentary about his life received acclaim. Tyson told reporters at a press conference he was reflecting on the miracle of being alive after living “a wild and a strange life. I've used drugs, I've had physical altercations with dangerous people..." he added. The documentary, directed by James Toback, was told from the boxer's perspective and ranges from Tyson's earliest memories to his present predicaments. The film, which uses archive footage of Tyson’s fights, also looks at issues of race and class. During the press conference, the ex boxer said ...
• 05.30.08
  Sony Pictures makes bid for Tyson Documentary Mike Tyson News | (0)

  Sony Pictures Classics is in final negotiations to buy domestic rights to the boxing documentary Tyson. James Toback’s passion project takes a mostly sympathetic look at the troubled life of former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, interspersing archival footage with a series of interviews conducted by the filmmaker. Toback put up funds for the film, and brought Tyson to Cannes to help promote the project. He said he was determined to leave Cannes with a deal, in order to showcase the film on the early fall festival circuit before a release timed around the November elections.
• 05.16.08
  Mike Tyson vs. Kimbo News Mike Tyson News | (0)

  Though Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson (Pictures) still has British bomber James Thompson (Pictures) to contend with at EliteXC's debut with CBS on May 31, it hasn't stopped potential suitors from getting in line for a shot at the Internet legend. Challengers like Strikeforce heavyweight contender Paul Buentello (Pictures) and boxing implant Eric "Butterbean" Esch (Pictures) have publicly voiced their interest in taking on the rising star. But a rumored bout between "Slice" and 41-year-old former boxing champion Mike Tyson is not in the works, despite various Web site reports posted Thursday stating that the once-feared pugilist has verbally agreed to square off ...

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• Mike Tyson speaks: “I’ve screwed other men’s wives”
• Tyson to Fight in MMA?
• Mike Tyson Training Again? Making a Comeback?
• Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield 3 - Tyson/Holyfield III
• Did Mike Tyson Put a Hit out on Gang Members?
• Mike Tyson vs. Kimbo Slice? It Could Happen Pt 2
• Mike Tyson gives IBF Belt to Hero Soldier