Mike Tyson Reveals the Exact Moment He Lost the Love for Boxing

Published 02/24/2022, 10:00 AM EST

Mike Tyson was an iconic knockout artist back in the 1990s. The heavyweight division needed a star like him in every sense who could accrue millions of fans’ attention towards the ‘Sweet Science’ space. That said, Tyson in no time rose to super-stardom, and he truly relished his time in the ring.

However, after coming back from prison in 1992, Tyson’s love for the sport wasn’t the same. Recently, ‘Iron’ Mike was in a chat with Shannon Sharpe. Here, the latter asked Tyson whether he was the same boxer or the same person after coming back from jail.

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To which Tyson responded, “Pretty much both. Pretty much both, yeah. I looked at boxing totally as a business. Let’s get money, let’s get money, and let’s try to change our life, get married, and all that stuff. I didn’t have the love for it no more. I lost the love for it.”

In 1992, ‘The Baddest Man on the Planet’ was convicted in a case and he was sentenced to six years in prison and four-year probation. However, after serving less than three years in jail, Tyson was released in 1995.

In the same year, he took a couple of fights, beating Peter McNeeley and Buster Mathis Jr.

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In 1996, he met arch-rival Evander Holyfield in the ring and lost via a vicious T/KO in round 11. The duo even re-matched and Tyson was disqualified in this bout for biting Holyfield’s ear. Post that, his career was full of trials wherein he claimed a few wins, a couple of his fights were turned into no contests and he ended up losing a few.

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After fighting for two decades, Mike Tyson hung up his gloves in 2005. He signed off with 50 wins under the wing, and 6 losses in total.

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In his last fight, the ferocious knockout artist lost to Kevin McBride.

Tyson’s career might not have ended the way he wanted. But without a doubt, he remained a true entertainer till his last pro-boxing fight.

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What do you make of Tyson’s above comments?

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Prathamesh Singh Chauhan is a Boxing Author at EssentiallySports. He is a graduate from the International Institute of Sports Management who combines his love for sports, particularly combat sports, and his flair for writing and analysis to help him in his day-to-day work. He has prior professional experience with sporting organizations such as Star Sports, Khelo India, and NBA.

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