‘I Said F*ck Michael Jackson’: 13 Years After His Death Mike Tyson Comes Clean on His Hate Towards Late Icon

Published 12/12/2022, 9:30 AM EST

In the latest episode of HotBoxin’ with Mike Tyson, the former heavyweight champion of the world spoke about meeting the King of Pop Michael Jackson after the Michael Spinks fight. With Leslie Jones and guests Cheech & Chong thoroughly laughing, ‘Kid Dynamite’ narrated the tale where Michael Jackson failed to recognize Tyson leading the latter to ‘hate’ him.

According to Tyson, the incident occurred after he faced Michael Spinks. Having been encouraged by Don King, Tyson went to see Jackson perform in his prime. Although Don king and Jackson shared a peace sign, the latter pretended to not know Tyson who was already popular worldwide for his boxing.

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“I’m with Don King. He [Jackson] goes like this [makes the peace sign] to Don King. So I go like this back [makes the peace sign]. Once I do it, he [Michael Jackson] sees me, he puts his hand down. That’s just it,” said Kid Dynamite.

Soon after Tyson went to see Michael Jackson backstage and Jackson’s drummer offered him sticks. As soon as Tyson entered, everyone became busy with him. However, what Jackson told him angered ‘Kid Dynamite’ big time.

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Michael Jackson could not recognize Mike Tyson, who visited the King of Pop after the Spinks fight

Tyson, who in only 91 seconds had just knocked out Spinks, wanted to say ‘hi’ to Jackson before he started performing. However, as soon as Tyson approached him, Jackson said, “Excuse me, Mike, where do I know you from?’ You look familiar. Where do I know you from?” While Jones and others listened to Tyson eagerly, ‘Kid Dynamite’ expressed how Jackson had angered him. “I said f*ck Michael Jackson,” Tyson added by saying.

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“I hate this ni**a. All those years I’m mad at this ni**a, right? Don’t wanna talk to that ni**a, right?” concluded Tyson laughingly. What are your thoughts on Mike Tyson meeting Michael Jackson for the first time? Let us know in the comments below.

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Samrat Sardar is a Boxing writer at EssentiallySports and is currently a postrgraduate student of English literature. A passionate content creator, he has been writing since his high school days, and possesses work experience as a commercial writer for companies such as WordsKraft among others. Samrat believes he fell in love with boxing the day he watched Vasiliy Lomachenko share the ring with Guillermo Rigondeaux.

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‘I Said F*ck Michael Jackson’: 13 Years After His Death Mike Tyson Comes Clean on His Hate Towards Late Icon

Michael Jackson could not recognize Mike Tyson, who visited the King of Pop after the Spinks fight

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