The 58-year-old has lived a very controversial life despite his huge fan base
Iron Mike Tyson is one of the biggest names to ever hit boxing, with those who don’t even watch the sport fearing the reputation of his name. Perhaps only Muhammad Ali exceeds him.
But many stars who do know him don’t actually like him, so who are they and do they have a reason?
It comes after the 58-year-old allegedly told Mayweather to abduct and abuse a woman whilst Mayweather responded by arranging a police raid on Tyson’s house. As a result, the pair no longer talk.
It’s worth nothing there’s not much evidence for the above, and Tyson did slam Mayweather for claiming to be the best ever.
Michael Jordan
The most famous basketballer of all-time might have found himself in a punch-up with Mike Tyson if he played his cars slightly more differently back in 1988 when the drunk boxer started to allege Jordan was sleeping with his first wife, Robin Givens.
There isn’t a clear story on his except the 5ft 10in Tyson freaked out the 6ft 6in Jordan, but neither athlete has actually spoken about it, which is interesting considering Jordan’s reputation for trash-talk.
Don King
King worked with Mike Tyson for so many years but now their relationship has soured and withered into a mess of what it once was as the boxing promoter was regularly in court with his client in the 1990s as Tyson accused him of mismanagement and defrauding him.
King, who isn’t afraid to sue, has remained pretty quiet on Tyson’s words prior to the case being settled in 2004. They last publicly met in 2018 and King attempted to be civil with Tyson at a Boxing Hall of Fame event, but the ex-WBC champion decided to throw water in his face instead showing that he hasn’t warmed with time.
