Broadcaster Jim Gray, author of the book ‘Talking to GOATs’, dedicates the first chapter to the stories of Mike Tyson. The narrative spans Tyson’s humble beginnings in Brownsville to the controversial clashes with Evander Holyfield. Notably the infamous bout in Las Vegas. Among the intriguing anecdotes shared by Gray is a tale preceding Tyson’s quest for redemption.

This was on the night before his rematch against ‘The Real Deal’ in 1997. Everybody knew Tyson was too high on adrenaline before his fight against Holyfield, and for that reason, he was warned by his promoter Don King to not do anything rash. However, something rash did happen.

Jim Gray remembers the story of Mike Tyson crashing his car

The long-anticipated showdown between Evander Holyfield and the WBA and WBC heavyweight champion, Mike Tyson, materialized on November 9, 1996, which was then followed by the ugly 1997 rematch between the two. In the latest SHOWTIME Sports farewell video, Jim Gray and Mike Tyson reminisced about those days looking over at the MGM Grand from the balcony of a hotel room. While reminiscing back to the night when Mike Tyson received his $30 million dollar check from Don King for the fight, Gray reminded him of what happened soon after.

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Gray said, “Remember the night before the first Holyfield fight? You came to pick up your cheque from Don King, that $30 million cheque. We walked out into the parking lot and Don said to you, ‘Mike, please don’t do anything f***ing stupid tonight.’” It’s to be noted that in the video, Gray describes the incident as having happened before the first fight. However, in his book, he mentioned that this incident took place before the rematch between the two Titans which happened in 1997.

In the video, he asked Tyson what happened later. Tyson replied, “I crashed my car. Yeah, I know, things happen.” The car that was crashed was the brand-new Lamborghini. Gray revealed in his book that Tyson may have faced a loss of around $1000 to his $350,000 car. Still, Gray stated how, despite barely crashing his car, he gave it away to the security guard. In the video, Tyson replied, “Well, I bet he was happy.” This was, however, not the first time Tyson gave his car away after a car crash. Eight years ago, a similar thing happened.

Tyson gives away his car to Port Authority police officers

In an unexpected turn of events on May 13th, 1988, heavyweight champion Mike Tyson found himself involved in a car accident, crashing his $180,000 silver Bentley convertible into a parked car in lower Manhattan. When two Port Authority police officers offered assistance, Tyson, plagued by bad luck with the car, decided to give it away. He revealed years later, ”I’ve had nothing but bad luck and accidents with this car.”

Although initially refusing, the officers eventually accepted the Bentley, securing it in a private garage in Jersey City. The Manhattan District Attorney’s office opted not to prosecute. The Port Authority conducted a review for any administrative infractions. Notably, Tyson didn’t remain without wheels for long. As his assistant manager, Steve Lott, later revealed that Don King promptly bought a white Rolls-Royce Corniche for him the next day after the accident.

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So, there was something that was not quite right whenever Tyson drove his vehicles in the night. And he always didn’t want to drive the same car again if it crashed. At least that’s what it seems like with all these instances. What are your thoughts about this? Tell us in the comments section.

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