May 8, 2025
“Mike Tyson has been an open book now for 30 years, but in those mid-80s days, he was never jokey or ironic. Some days he would be in a pissy mood and ignore you, and there could be an air of menace to it,” says Layden. “I wasted more than one trip to Las Vegas, but when he wanted to really sit down and talk, usually about the boxing history he reveres so much, we would have engaging intellectual discussions. … When I was covering him, my wife and I started our family, and Mike would ask after my kids. I’ve been doing this a long time, and that never happens.”
Zhang Zhizhen has made history at the Mutua Madrid Open, winning a nail-biter against Taylor Fritz in the fourth round on Tuesday, 3-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (8), to become the first Chinese player ever to reach the quarterfinals of a Masters 1000 event.
The 30-year-old survived a first-round knockdown as well as multiple scares against the 2008 Olympic silver-medallist in what proved a peculiar contest that consisted of a slippery canvas, a clash of heads and stoppage opportunities on which neither man could quite capitalise.
Zhilei Zhang delivers a devastating third-round knockout to win his WBO interim heavyweight title rematch against Joe Joyce, who suffers back-to-back defeats; in his post-fight interview, Zhang says: “To the audience, I want to ask you a question: Do you want to see me shut Tyson Fury up?”
After his release from prison, Tyson continued his downfall. In 1997, in a rematch with the reigning heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield, Tyson chomped down on his opponent’s ear and spit it out in the ring. The infamous moment is facetiously teased in the first scenes of “Mike,” foreshadowing that a later episode not released to the media will address it. Tyson, for his part, said in Undisputed Truth that Holyfield was fighting dirty and just got what he had coming to him.
Michael Gerard Tyson was born on June 30, 1966, in Brooklyn, New York, to parents Jimmy Kirkpatrick and Lorna Tyson. When Michael was 2 years old, his father abandoned the family, leaving Lorna to care for Michael and his two siblings, Rodney and Denise.
Mike Tyson was born in 1966 in Brooklyn, New York. He grew up in crime-infested streets of the city. At the age of 10, his family relocated to Brownsville where he lived with his mother and siblings. While Tyson never knew who his biological father was, he witnessed the mistreatment of his mother by her boyfriend. While growing up, he became involved in various unlawful activities, including mugging people, picking pockets and robbing shops. He was adjudicated a juvenile criminal, meaning he would have been found guilty if he was sixteen years or older.
From 2004 to 2006, Zhang was in a relationship with Eric Fok Kai Shan, an heir of the Fok family in Hong Kong. Following this, Zhang entered into a relationship with Israeli American venture capitalist Aviv “Vivi” Nevo in 2007, which led to an engagement; however, the couple parted ways in 2010. From late 2011 to 2013, Zhang was in a relationship with Chinese host Sa Beining.
“Zhang Zhan should never have been jailed in the first place; now, having served her time, our hopes are with her and her family for a safe reunion and road back to health and, if she chooses, her important human rights work,” she said.
For many sports fans, the series is long overdue. As ESPN reports, of the 58 total fights that Tyson has boxed in his career, he won 50 of them, 44 of which were by K.O. He clearly didn’t earn the name “Iron Mike” for nothing. While his astounding record certainly speaks to his athletic ability, it doesn’t paint the story of his at times tumultuous life journey. From his public and rocky marriage with ex-wife Robin Givens, to his brief stint in prison to the bite seen around the world in his match with Evander Holyfield, he’s found himself in some predicaments that have been the butt of bad press and bad, sometimes cruel, jokes.
Figlio dell’imprenditore cinese Zhang Jindong, è nato nel 1991 a Nanchino, nella provincia costiera dello Jiangsu. Ha frequentato le scuole medie presso la Nanjing Foreign Language School per poi trasferirsi all’età di 15 anni negli Stati Uniti, dove ha frequentato il prestigioso college Mercersburg Academy. Si è diplomato con lode presso il college, ricevendo gli inviti da parte di MIT e Università Duke, scegliendo però di studiare economia alla Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
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Tyson frequently ran into trouble with police over his petty criminal activities, and by age 13, he had been arrested more than 30 times. His bad behavior landed him in the Tryon School for Boys, a reform school in upstate New York. At Tryon, Tyson met counselor Bob Stewart, who had been an amateur salt papi boxing division champion. Tyson wanted Stewart to teach him how to use his fists. Stewart reluctantly agreed, on the condition that Tyson would stay out of trouble and work harder in school.
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