“He Killed Himself in Prison”: Days After Threatening Logan Paul, Mike Tyson Reminded of Scary Encounter in Resurfaced Interview

How many boxers could claim to lead a personal life that is as colorful, replete with incidents, as their professional journey? Probably a handful. One name who often tops the chart is Mike Tyson. His life, since he dashed on the boxing screen nearly forty years ago, be it professional or personal, has been widely known. Through the ebbs and flows of life, he collected stories—some heart-rending, some comical, and a few even spooky.

While he talked about becoming a nightmare to Logan Paul in recent times, an old interview with Tyson seems to have gained a new lease on life. The youngest Heavyweight champion was a guest on the legendary television show Jimmy Kimmel Live. A short clip of the show appeared on YouTube yesterday. It begins with Tyson’s advice against drug abuse.

Therein, Kimmel talked about his upcoming show, Undisputed Truth 2, at MGM. He asked whether it included new stories from his life. Tyson replied, “There are all new stories. They are during the part when I am due to retire and some parts after I retire, and it’s some really bizarre stories. It’s going to be a little raunchy too….” The host immediately asked for one story that he could share.

When Mike Tyson met a (not so) nice guy

Mike Tyson narrated how he met a guy at a gym in Phoenix, Arizona. He said, “I go to [an] interview. This is a sports writer. So I have my people call me up. Say, you’ve got a reporter. Meet him at the gym in Phoenix. So I meet him at the gym. I am talking to the guy. The guy is [a] really small guy, but really nice guy. [So] I am talking to him, and so, two days go by, [and] three days go by.“

Then one fine day, he found the police surrounding the gym. When he enquired, they showed him a photo of him standing beside the person he met a few days earlier. The officials asked whether he knew the person, to which the Heavyweight champion replied, “Well, Sir, I don’t know. I was promoting a fight if I must have said something to him. If I offended him, I am sorry. I didn’t mean to do that.“

The officer then responded that it wasn’t the case. The person admired Mike Tyson saying, “No, he liked you, Mr. Tyson. He didn’t like the 28 people that he shot and the eight that he killed. He was the baseline shooter from Phoenix, Arizona. Dale Hausner. Yeah, he killed himself in prison.“ Jimmy Kimmel immediately recognized the person. The audience could be heard, shaken up by the bizarre incident from the life of one of the greatest boxers ever.

Talking about scariness, when asked during the show Pro Wrestling Bits about how he’d fare if pitted against Logan Paul, Tyson replied, “I would kick his f*****g a**, yes I  would do it. Even though I love him, though.” That’s not something far off from the truth. Die-hard fans still remember his performance during Wrestlemania 14. Many believe he pepped up the sagging fortunes of WWE when the promotion was going through a rough patch.

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