Mike Tyson, Spike Lee, Ellin to Team Up for HBO Pilot
HBO has placed an order for a pilot loosely based on the early career of former undisputed heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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Mike Tyson: Wladimir Will Blow Haye Out in Two Rounds
In a interview with ESPN, former world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson has dismissed WBA champion David Haye as a threat to Wladimir Klitschko when he squares up to the WBO and IBF belt holder on Saturday night.
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Mike Tyson: Haye, Not Enough Power To Reverse Wlad
HAMBURG – Boxing legend Mike Tyson is backing Wladimir Klitschko to knock-out Britain's David Haye in Saturday's heavyweight unification bout and says the brash Brit lacks the fire-power to claim victory.
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Mike Tyson Remarries in Surprise Las Vegas Bash
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For the second time in two years, Mike Tyson said "I do" to the same woman ... in Las Vegas ... but this time, the "wedding" was MUCH more of a surprise! TMZ has learned ... Tyson and his wife Lakiha invited hundreds of friends to a joint birthday party they threw for each other at the M Resort ... but the b-day party was merely a cover for a secret vow renewal.
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Tyson amends minor wrong to Nick Charles in a major way
There are few things worse than knowing you’ve wronged another person and then realize that it’s too late to make things right.
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Mike Tyson, Buster Douglas Reunion Takes Place
Former heavyweight champions Mike Tyson and Buster Douglas had an unexpected reunion on Friday night in Rising Sun, Indiana. Promoter Nate Tubbs, an ex-fighter and brother of former heavyweight champion Tony Tubbs, has known Tyson since they were in the amateurs and he also worked as one of Tyson's sparring partners. Tubbs is promoting a weekend show at the Grand Victoria Casino, and to help he brought in Tyson and Douglas to take part in a meet and greet with fans.
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Photos: Tyson, Chavez, Tszyu, Stallone - Hall of Fame
CANASTOTA, NEW YORK - Mike Tyson broke down in tears and cut short his speech while Sylvester Stallone proclaimed "Yo, Adrian, I did it!" as the two stars from different fields were inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame on Sunday. Mexican champ Julio Cesar Chavez, Russian-born junior welterweight Kostya Tszyu, Mexican trainer Ignacio "Nacho" Beristain and referee Joe Cortez also were inducted.
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Mike Tyson Finally Gets His Due After Whirlwind Career
On the special occasion of his induction speech into the International Boxing Hall Of Fame Sunday afternoon in Canastota, NY, my thoughts on the seven factors that made Michael Gerard Tyson into the boxing behemoth that was Iron Mike Tyson.
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One Time or a Hundred, Ali-Tyson Result Never Changes
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - It doesn’t operate on a set timetable. Because Leron and I work in the same building but in different departments, our occasional meetings are by chance while grabbing coffee, stopping to chat up a lovely friend or heading to a mandated company gathering at the end of a given month. But regardless of when they occur, the encounters always go the same way. The discussion topic inevitably turns to boxing and my 30-something colleague immediately begins singing the praises of his generation’s signature heavyweight champion – Mike Tyson. It happened again last week. “The guy was a wrecking machine, man. Nobody in the world could stand in there with him at his best,” he chirped. “Did you see what he did to Michael Spinks? The guy was scared to death.” I nodded politely, tossed in a “Yeah, he sure was” in his general direction every now and then, and indulged my pal his recurring worship. Until, that is, he went a little too far. “There’s not a heavyweight champion in history that he wouldn’t have beat.” I was momentarily stunned. But by the time the last syllable fully cleared his lips, I let go with a counter that befits my extra decade of life – and, by osmosis, boxing knowledge.
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Police: Klitschko vs Tyson Debate Ends in Murder, Really
According to multiple overseas reports, and the Associated Press, an argument over the merits of Mike Tyson and Klitschko brothers caused a heated argument that ended in murder. A Russian college teacher stabbed his friend to death, investigators told the AP. Nikolai Makeyev, a teacher in the Siberian city of Tyumen, was having drinks with two other men in his apartment when the argument broke out.
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