News - Mike Tyson

Several weeks ago, rumors ran all over the internet with respect to a third meeting between Mike Tyson and former four-time heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield. The fighters fought twice in the late 90’s, with the rematch becoming one of the most infamous bouts in boxing history after Tyson was disqualified for biting off a piece of Holyfield’s ear. Even as both men are now in their 40’s, minor interest exists to see them fight read more ...

As usual, Boxingtalk brings you nothing but the biggest names in boxing. Recently, “IRON” Mike Tyson dropped by Boxingtalk and informed the world that he wants to get back into the ring, and he wants to do it against none other than the former 4 time heavyweight champion, Evander Holyfield. Holyfield wasted no time coming to THE boxing website to make his response known. Read on to see what the future hall of famer had to say read more ...

After pleading ‘not guilty' in his court appearance this afternoon, Mike Tyson's defense attorney, David Chesnoff told reporters: "Hopefully, we'll be able to keep him out of prison and get probation." Chesnoff, who has represented tennis player Andre Agassi and Martha Stewart among others, also stated of his client, "Mike has been clean and sober for eight months. He's been doing community service work without a court order and has been read more ...

"We phoned Mike yesterday, and Sultan congratulated the legend with his 41st birthday", said Ibragimov's manager Boris Grinberg via Alexey Drozdov (Golden Grain general director) to Fightnews.com's Russian correspondent. "Mike thanked us for the greetings and wished Sultan all the best in his upcoming unification title clash with WBA champion Ruslan Chagaev. "Chagaev is known as the White Tyson", said the original read more ...

Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson appeared in court Thursday and learned he will go on trial Aug. 20 on charges of drug possession and driving under the influence of drugs. Tyson was fresh out of a California rehabilitation facility and said very little during the five-minute proceeding read more ...

Mike Tyson has checked himself into an inpatient treatment program for "various addictions" while awaiting trial on drug charges, his lawyer said Wednesday. "He needed to get involved in something that would help him with his addiction," attorney David Chesnoff said. Chesnoff wouldn't describe Tyson's addictions, but police said the former heavyweight champion told officers that he used cocaine frequently read more ...

An Arizona Grand Jury has indicted former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson on two counts of drug possession and two counts of driving under the influence of drugs according to Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas. If convicted on all charges, Iron Mike is facing up to seven-and-a-half years in prison. Tyson was arrested on December 29th after nearly colliding with a police vehicle. Police say he was carrying two bags of cocaine on his read more ...

Future Hall of Fame boxer “Iron” Mike Tyson hosted a press conference in Youngstown, Ohio on Thursday to launch “Mike’s Tyson World Tour,” a series boxing cards across the globe that will have the centerpiece of a four-round exhibition featuring the former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world in action. The first stop is October 20th at the Chevrolet Centre in Youngstown. Tyson (50-6, 44 KOs) will battle hardcore veteran Corey “T-Rex” read more ...

Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson has hired sports marketing and entertainment company, Sports Placement Service Inc., to handle his marketing and licensing. The company has also represented sports icons Muhammad Ali, Joe Namath, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Jim Brown and Sandy Koufax among others, and is known for aggressively removing unlicensed and unauthorized products from the marketplace. A press release from the company read more ...

Moments ago former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world "Iron" Mike Tyson told Boxingtalk.com that he will gladly accept Top Rank's offer to make his commentating debut doing the international broadcast of the Hasim Rahman-Oleg Maskaev rematch. "It's a beautiful thing Greg, I just want to thank Mr. Arum for this opportunity to fulfill my desire of sharing my boxing knowledge with the the rest of the world." read more ...