News - Mike Tyson

Police are investigating conflicting accounts of an airport scuffle between Mike Tyson and photographer that resulted in both men being booked and released on suspicion of misdemeanor battery. The former heavyweight boxing champion and photographer Tony Echevarria, 50, want to press charges of misdemeanor battery against each other, police said read more ...

On Saturday night at Treasure Island Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, legendary former undisputed heavyweight champion Mike Tyson was reunited with announcer Jim Gray, who won an Emmy for his interview with Tyson following the infamous ear-bite fight with Evander Holyfield on June 28, 1997. “I’ve been working on myself,’’ Tyson told Gray on Showtime. “I’m in the mood of being truly grateful of my life. I realize I have nothing to be mad at. I never dreamed I’d be living at this time read more ...

Tyson has joined the broadcast team to add color commentary to King’s “Halloween Thrilla” fight card Saturday (Oct. 31) from Treasure Island Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. The exciting five-fight undercard will be offered globally on pay per view for $5.99 at www.DonKingTV.com beginning at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT/10 p.m. GMT. The legendary former undisputed heavyweight champion, whose greatest years were spent with King read more ...

Klitschko defends his crown against Arreola on September 26 at Staples Center in California. Arreola is a heavy underdog in the fight. He plans to come out swinging in the first round and few anticipate the fight going the distance. There are questions marks about Arreola's stamina and ability to last in a tough fight for twelve rounds. Arreola has never gone past the eight round in his pro career read more ...

Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson was married over the weekend in Las Vegas according to USA Today. Iron Mike exchanged vows with Lakiha Spicer at La Bella Wedding Chapel at the Las Vegas Hilton. The ceremony took place just two weeks after the tragic death in Phoenix of his four-year-old daughter from a previous relationship. It’s the third marriage for the 42-year-old Tyson read more ...

Sad to report that 4-year-old Exodus Tyson passed away a little before noon this morning. Boxnews.com.ua staff extends our thoughts and prayers to the Tyson family read more ...

A freak accident in the home of former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson has left Iron Mike’s 4-year-old daughter Exodus is in critical condition at a Phoenix hospital. According to MyFoxPhoenix.com, she was playing my herself on a treadmill and was found by her brother hanging from the machine’s powercord. Tyson, who was out of town at the time, has since arrived at the hospital read more ...

Mike Tyson was ticketed by Las Vegas’ Metro police early Thanksgiving morning for damaging property with his automobile. According to KTNV News, Tyson, who was driving a black Escalade, pulled up to the visitor’s gate of Monarch Estates, an upscale gated community at 7:45 am. Instead of driving through the gate when it opened, the former heavyweight champ veered off and hit the gate as it was closing. Tyson reportedly read more ...

Since Mike Tyson’s felony arrest for drug possession in December 2006, he spent the remainder of 2007 in rehab and has reportedly been clean and sober ever since. He is currently under court mandated sobriety with monthly drug and alcohol testing. Regarding his newfound life of sobriety, a hefty looking Tyson told ESPN’s ‘E:60': “It’s a struggle. I want to take drugs everyday. I want to drink everyday. But I don’t read more ...

"There has been some talk between us," Holyfield said. "Mike had Jeff Fenech, who's been training him, call me a few months ago. Jeff says Mike wants to fight me again - but he needs to know if I would agree to it. I said, 'It all depends on what they gonna give us - because I'm gonna catch a lot of flak if I say I'm fighting Mike Tyson again. I've already said I don't want to fight Mike no more'. Jeff says, 'What if Mike gets read more ...