Boxing legend Mike Tyson has seen his fair share of altercations and beefs. The former heavyweight champion was notorious for getting involved in fights outside the ring and threatening his opponents before the fights.

Moreover, these feuds dated back to Tyson’s teenage years as he revealed an incident where he got involved with the Mafia.

Mike Tyson reveals an altercation with the Mafia

The former heavyweight champion revealed an incident that occurred when he was 15 years old where he got into trouble with The Mafia and even got a gun pulled to his head.

“But listen when he put the gun to my head to listen, this is a good one. I’m fifteen years old and this guy. I don’t know how old he is twenty-six. He pulled the gun,” said Tyson.

Moreover, Tyson also added that the guy did not shoot him and that he would’ve pulled the trigger if he had the gun. “He didn’t even shoot me, so that tells you how tough he is he pulled a gun on me and didn’t shoot me. If I pulled one god knows bullets are not going in the air you know.” He added

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Lastly, Tyson gave the guy credit, albeit, he stated that he was supposed to kill him with his ‘mafia uncle’ but failed to do so. “He‘s a tough guy, I’ll give him credit, he wants to be tough, everybody thinks he a tough, he supposed to be killing me with him and his mafia uncle. I don’t know since I was sixteen you know they’re supposed to be getting me and doing something I guess but I’m still here you know I’m still here,” he concluded.

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Even though Tyson was just 15 years old Tyson still managed to stay composed in a situation that would be horrifying to many. This showed that The Baddest Man On The Planet was the real ‘tough guy’ rather than the mafia boss.

How Tyson’s childhood made him ‘tough’

Iron Mike was subjected to a childhood that was far from normal. His father was a poor destitute who left Tyson and his mother when he was just a kid. This led to Tyson growing up without a father, which developed a violent nature in him. Throughout his childhood, Tyson got in many altercations with street gangs and often ended up in juvenile detention centers.

However, Iron Mike would find solace when he took up boxing, as was able to channel his violent nature into the sport, making him one of the most fearsome boxers of all time.

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