Mike Tyson: record, next fight and profile →
Programming covering Mike Tyson’s tumultuous life and career is very much still in demand in 2021. ABC News became the latest entity on Monday to jump into the ring looking to tell the story of the “Baddest Man on the Planet” when it announced “Mike Tyson: The Knockout,” a two-part, four-hour documentary series scheduled to air on back-back-back Tuesdays on May 25 and June 1 from 8 to 10 p.m. EST.
Former four time heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield would love to secure a trilogy fight with Mike Tyson. The two sides were in talks to fight each other, but they were unable to reach a financial agreement. Holyfield will now return on June 5, when he faces Kevin McBride in an exhibition clash on the undercard to Teofimo Lopez's mandatory defense against George Kambosos.
Former undisputed heavyweight champion Mike Tyson would like to have at least two exhibition fights this year - against Evander Holyfield and Lennox Lewis. Tyson was upset, by way of an eleventh round stoppage, in his first bout with Holyfield in 1996. In their 1997 rematch, Tyson was disqualified in the third round after he bit off a piece of Holyfield's ear.
Mike Tyson, the youngest heavyweight champion of all time, offered his prediction for how the forthcoming heavyweight unification bout between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury will play out.
The on-again, off-again exhibition match between Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield on Memorial Day weekend in Miami appears to be on again despite a sequence of events that seemingly made the fight unravel in recent days.
Jamie Foxx's long-anticipated Mike Tyson biopic, in which the Oscar-winning actor is set to play the Hall of Fame fighter, is now becoming a reality. Rather than a motion picture, the biopic will roll out as a limited series.
Representatives of Evander Holyfield expressed frustration after Mike Tyson’s representatives refused to accept a $25,000,000 guarantee from Team Holyfield to participate in Tyson v Holyfield 3 at the Hard Rock Stadium to kick off Memorial Day weekend.
Mike Tyson announced this week that he’d be fighting again in an exhibition match on Memorial Day weekend at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. The central piece of information missing from the declaration, however, was his upcoming opponent.
A meeting of the minds between boxing’s biggest superstars of past and present led to an impromptu announcement on Wednesday. Canelo Alvarez and Eddy Reynoso joined Mike Tyson on the former heavyweight champion’s podcast Hotboxin’ as former multi-division UFC champion Henry Cejudo served as co-host and translator for the program. Images of the show being filmed first made waves online March 11.
Former undisputed heavyweight champion Mike Tyson admits that he intentionally held back during his November exhibition clash with Roy Jones. They fought to an eight round draw, with Tyson deciding to re-enter the sport after officially retiring back in 2005.