From immense raw power to a contentious history with his coach. He has a lot of history. However, his tattoo is his USP, which a fan would recognize even from afar. The question arises, what other tattoos does he have?
On August 13, 2003, Tyson entered the ring for a face-to-face confrontation against K-1 fighter Bob Sapp immediately after Sapp’s win against Kimo Leopoldo in Las Vegas. K-1 signed Tyson to a contract with the hopes of making a fight happen between the two, but Tyson’s felony history made it impossible for him to obtain a visa to enter Japan, where the fight would have been most profitable. Alternative locations were discussed, but the fight ultimately did not take place.
Regardless of personal meaning, one thing is for sure. Tyson embodies strength, wisdom, and freedom – as do many of the other inspirations that he has tattooed on his body–and his tattoos represent who he has been, is now, and will be in the future.
At age 28, Tyson was released from prison on March 25, 1995. He emerged from prison with tattoos of Arthur Ashe and Mao Zedong on his arms. He went to a nearby mosque and met with Muhammed Ali immediately after he left the prison grounds. Though many boxing promoters and managers had courted the fighter in prison, it was Don King who was part of Tyson’s entourage and negotiated a deal with Showtime on his fighter’s first day out from behind bars.
Mike Tyson, the legendary heavyweight boxer, is known not only for his exceptional skills in the ring but also for his distinctive face tattoo. The tattoo, which covers a significant portion of his left eye and cheek, has become an iconic symbol associated with the enigmatic persona of Iron Mike.
Later, in 2006, Tyson visited the memorial museum for Chairman Mao in Tiananmen Square, Beijing. There he paid his respects at the mausoleum and reflected that: “standing in front of Chairman Mao’s remains, I felt really insignificant.”
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He is the titular character in Mike Tyson Mysteries, which started airing on October 27, 2014, on Adult Swim. In the animated series, Tyson voices a fictionalized version of himself, solving mysteries in the style of Scooby-Doo.
The exit of Givens left Don King firmly in control of Tyson. For five years Tyson had destroyed opponent after opponent, but that would soon change. On February 11, 1990, Tyson fought James “Buster” Douglas, a 42-1 underdog. From the very beginning of the fight, there was a different atmosphere. Tyson was sluggish—some claim from anti-depressant medication—and his journeyman opponent seemed to be different also, as if he were not afraid of the man so many others had feared to fight. Tyson knocked down Douglas, but the challenger recovered and ended up knocking out the champion in the tenth round.
Almost as soon as Givens left Tyson’s life, Don King entered. King had waited a long time. For years, Tyson had been making mincemeat of King’s stable of heavyweight champions, and it frustrated the promoter deeply that he had no piece of the champ. King’s first opening came at Jim Jacob’s funeral, which he attended uninvited, loudly condemning Tyson’s managers for such indignities as not having a limo ready for the champ. He had also worked strenuously to bring to light the suspicions of Givens and her mother toward Bill Cayton. And now, with Givens out of the picture, he pounced, offering Tyson the use of his farm in Ohio to recuperate from his disastrous marriage. King also proved useful, moving swiftly to close Tyson’s joint accounts with Givens, just in time to prevent her from transferring over $600,000 into her own account.
Then there was British heavyweight Julius Francis in Manchester, England. Francis had no chance against Mike Tyson and he probably figured, hey, why not capitalize on the situation? To nobody’s surprise, Francis was decked five times in the first two rounds. Iron Mike put him flat on his back in the second round and as he was being counted out by the referee, it was hard not to notice that emblazoned on the soles of Francis’ shoes were the words, “Buy the London Daily Mirror.” I can only suppose that the next day, newspaper sales in London skyrocketed.
“I want to clarify the recent portrayal of an event I attended,” he wrote on Thursday. “Invited for a casual evening out by a friend, I was unaware of the arranged fundraiser and no donations were made by me or on my behalf. As a Muslim and human, I support peace. My prayers have been and continue to be with my brothers and sisters.”