Top 10 Facts - Mike Tyson // Top Facts These and other interesting Top Facts you can know in this channel. ------------------ 1. In the 5 years leading up to becoming champion of the world, Mike Tyson abstained from sex. He believed that having sex before a fight would make him a weak boxer. 2. Drederick Tatum is a softly spoken boxer that has appeared in several Simpsons episodes as a parody of Mike Tyson. Tyson and Tatum both share a criminal record, a high-pitched and lisping voice and a mansion full of exotic animals. 3. In an article in the Guardian newspaper, from November 2013 it was reported that Tyson was disappointed he had not killed an opponent in the ring. After hearing of the death of another boxer during a fight and being asked whether he feared he might kill someone, he said 'Yes, but I was so disappointed that I didn't. 4. Mike Tyson is only 5 feet and 10 inches tall although in his fights his height was always given as between 5' 11" and 6 feet tall. What is for certain is that he is small in height compared with most heavyweight boxers. P O. BOX 129 ORWELL. OHIO 44076 5. Mike Tyson has been married 3 times and has had 8 children. His daughter Exodus Tyson tragically died in an accident in 2009 aged TEIKEN. 6. Mike Tyson was born in Brooklyn New York to parents Jimmy Kirkpatrick and Lorna Tyson. As the name Kirkpatrick would suggest Tyson comes from Irish descendants on his fathers side (his paternal grandfather) making him 1/4 white. 7. Despite his athletic and powerful physique during his world champion reign and boxing career, Mike Tyson has struggled with his weight at various points in his life. As a child he weighed around 200 pounds by the time he was 13 which is classed as borderline obese. 8. The celebrity of Mike Tyson has been used to promote Poland's best selling energy drink, Black Power. Tyson appears in an advertising campaign for the brand where he is surrounded by scantily clad women. 9. Mike Tyson has appeared in the WWE as an enforcer and he also took part in a tag team match against D-Generation X. He brought publicity and more exposure for WWE amongst other sports fans. In 2012 he was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. 10. The former heavyweight champion earned over $300 million from boxing so it is certainly a business that he knows how to make money from. His new enterprise, Iron Mike Productions provide Mike Tyson with a way to return to the sport he loves. ---------------- video • Top 10 Facts - Mike Tyson // Top Facts ----------------- Recommended Facts 1. Facts about Muhammad Ali • Top 10 Facts - Muhammad Ali // Top Facts 2. Facts about Klitschko Brothers • Top 10 Facts - Klitschko Brothers // Top ... ----------------- Please Subscribe : / @productdesigner751 #mike_tyson #mike_tyson_facts