Mike Tyson: Documentary| Pigeons| Trainer| Quotes| Children

Mike Gerard Tyson is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2005. Nicknamed “Iron Mike” and “Kid Dynamite” in his early career, and later known as “The Baddest Man on the Planet”, Tyson is considered to be one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time.

Mike Tyson: Documentary| Pigeons| Trainer| Quotes| Children

Documentary:

He reigned as the undisputed world heavyweight champion from 1987 to 1990. Tyson won his first 19 professional fights by knockout, 12 of them in the first round. Claiming his first belt at 20 years, four months, and 22 days old, Tyson holds the record as the youngest boxer ever to win a heavyweight title.

He was the first heavyweight boxer to simultaneously hold the WBA, WBC and IBF titles, as well as the only heavyweight to unify them in succession.

Pigeons:

In his youth, he has revealed, the boxer got into a fight with a bully when they provoked him by picking up one of his pigeons and killing it with his bare hands.

“The guy ripped the head off my pigeon. This was the first thing I ever loved in my life, the pigeon,” Tyson explained… The only joy I had was pigeons.”

Trainer:

Constantine “Cus” D’Amato was an American boxing manager and trainer who handled the careers of Mike Tyson, Floyd Patterson, and José Torres, all of whom went on to be inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.

The following year, Tyson became the lineal champion when he knocked out Michael Spinks in 91 seconds of the first round. In 1990, Tyson was knocked out by underdog Buster Douglas in one of the biggest upsets in history.

Quotes:

• I’m a dreamer. …
• Everyone has a plan ’till they get punched in the mouth. …
• As long as we persevere and endure, we can get anything we want. …
• God lets everything happen for a reason. …
• I want to rip out his heart and feed it to Lennox Lewis.

Children:

Mike Tyson’s daughter lost her life in a tragic treadmill accident… The county sheriff said that upon investigation, it really was a blameless freak accident.

In 2009, four-year-old Exodus somehow got tangled up in the string or cord that hangs from a treadmill, which basically acted as a noose.