Mike Tyson: record, next fight and profile →
Mike Tyson's financial collapse was as ferocious as his style of boxing. After earning more than $300 million over his legendary career, the former heavyweight champion filed for bankruptcy in 2003, and later went to jail for cocaine problems. It would take more than a decade, and a trip through rehab, before Iron Mike would escape bankruptcy.
He was boxing's youngest world heavyweight champion, but Mike Tyson believes the "sky is the limit" for British fighter Anthony Joshua. Former Olympic champion Joshua beat Wladimir Klitschko in the 11th round of a brutal bout in London on April 29, and the 50-year-old Tyson was deeply impressed.
Mike Tyson has said the UAE "could become a main hub for boxing" if the country can attract Anthony Joshua to fight here, such has been the global impact of the heavyweight world champion’s recent success. Joshua saw his burgeoning reputation elevated to superstar status last Saturday night after his thrilling 11th-round stoppage of former world champion Wladimir Klitschko in London.
Joshua’s thrilling stoppage victory over Klitschko last week attracted a crowd of 90,000 to Wembley Stadium in London, along with a huge worldwide televised audience and many have labeled it one of the greatest heavyweight fights in history.
Former heavyweight world champion Mike Tyson on Thursday unveiled plans to launch a boxing fitness franchise named after him. The Mike Tyson Academy will open branches in the Middle East, Africa, Europe and South America.
Anthony Joshua's stunning victory over Wladimir Klitschko has made him the biggest name in world boxing, according to Mike Tyson. Heavyweight Joshua climbed off the canvas to stop Klitschko in front of 90,000 fans at Wembley Stadium last Saturday. Although the WBA, IBO and IBF titles are now Joshua's, Tyson revealed he picked Klitschko to emerge victorious before the fight but believes the Briton's performance displayed all the attributes needed to reign the division for years to come.
Following the announcement of his new boxing school, the Mike Tyson Academy (MTA) in Dubai, legendary fighting champion Mike Tyson will host a gala dinner on May 6 at the JW Marriott Marquis Dubai to reveal the “undisputed truth” about his vision for the academy and the reasons that led him to launch it.
Mike Tyson fought until he was 38 years old, so he understands just how dangerous it’ll be for Wladimir Klitschko to fight Anthony Joshua on Saturday in London. “It’s gonna be an uphill battle, but you never know,” Tyson told Showtime’s Jim Gray during an interview airing as part of the network’s coverage of Joshua-Klitschko. “It’s not gonna be an impossible battle. I’d like to see Klitschko win, but it’s gonna be tough because I saw these highlights of this other guy, Joshua, and he’s knocking guys out everywhere.”
Former undisputed heavyweight champion Mike Tyson has chosen Dubai for an announcement on his latest business venture, the Mike Tyson Academy, it was revealed on Tuesday. The 50-year-old retired boxer will hold a press conference at the Burj Khalifa on May 4 followed by a gala launch on May 6.
Mike Tyson, whose historic boxing career was paused in 1992 by a rape conviction and a three-year prison term, is getting impatient over a promise he says he got from President Donald Trump. Nearing the end of a panel discussion on criminal justice reform with Gov. Chris Christie and former Gov. Jim McGreevey in Jersey City on Thursday, the former world heavyweight champion was asked whether he had anything else to say to Christie.