

Mike Tyson is a family man, and he enjoys spending most of his off time with his wife and kids. In total, the former heavyweight king has six children, and he’s close to each one of them. After retirement, Tyson vowed to spend extensive time with his family and he does that to a fair extent.
However, there’s a bizarre practice Tyson follows at his home when his kids bring in their friends.
A few days back, ‘Iron’ Mike was in a chat with Shannon Sharpe where spoke about this quirky rule followed in his family.
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He said, “Sometimes I come in and my kids and their friends are watching some of my fights. ‘Hey, we can’t do that in here, okay?’ Chill out, we gotta be on human mode here.”
“Because sometimes that’s the fight I may have caught my or something else, cursed at somebody, oh god!”
In his boxing prime, Mike Tyson was the most dominant, ferocious, and intimidating heavyweight. He began his professional run in 1985, thus never turning back. Battling enough adversities and opponents, Tyson became the heavyweight champ at 20, pinning himself as the youngest man to do so.
His journey to fame was real quick, but Tyson always remained close to umpteen controversies in and outside the ring.
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From biting Evander Holyfield’s ear to engaging in a brawl with Lennox Lewis in the press conference, Tyson was always a highlight in the sport.
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Mike Tyson redefined the heavyweight era by rolling out highlight like knockouts. ‘The Baddest Man on the Planet’ walked in with prolific power to smother his opponents.

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LAS VEGAS, NV – NOVEMBER 9: Mike Tyson talks with the media after he was defeated by Evander Holyfield for the WBA Heavyweight tittle at the MGM Grand Garden on November 9, 1996 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Holyfield won the fight with a TKO in the 11th round. (Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images)
That said, at the time of his retirement, Tyson’s KO ratio stood at 75.86% as he bagged a total of 44 T/KO wins, out of his 50 total.
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In all, Tyson went out as one of the most accomplished heavyweights of all time. Although his concluding years weren’t certainly the best, Tyson still finished on a high note.
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Even today, his performances speaks for themselves and there’s no doubt as why he was the best.
What do you make of Tyson’s above comments?
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