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Mike Tyson’s £890k abandoned mansion had tiger cages and basketball court before conversion to CHURCH

, Mike Tyson’s £890k abandoned mansion had tiger cages and basketball court before conversion to CHURCH

THIS is the spectacular mansion Mike Tyson abandoned during his rapid fall from grace.

The former world champion boxer – who was convicted of rape in 1992 – had no choice but to sell this palatial property as financial ruin loomed, and the imposing Ohio mansion has since been converted into a CHURCH.

Mike Tyson’s former mansion has since been transformed into a church

A former house of pain is now the house of the Lord

, Mike Tyson’s £890k abandoned mansion had tiger cages and basketball court before conversion to CHURCH

The Living Word Sanctuary Church have converted Tyson’s tiger cages into a pavilion

, Mike Tyson’s £890k abandoned mansion had tiger cages and basketball court before conversion to CHURCH

Disgraced Mike Tyson was forced to sell up after encountering serious money issues

The self-declared ‘baddest man on the planet’ once called this massive property home, but Iron Mike had no choice but to sell up in 1999, after being dogged by controversy and money woes.

And the luxurious, if dusty, mansion has since been transformed into The Living Word Sanctuary Church’s home.

Living Word Pastor Nicholas DeJacimo told the Warren Tribune-Chronicle: “The property had been untouched for ten years.

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“You had so much grass you could have sold it for hay.”

The dilapidated pool has since been turned into a sanctuary while the living room is now a gathering place.

Remnants of the 54-year-old’s time still remain with the basketball court still intact.

The old fireplace has since been turned into an indoor waterfall while the four-bay garage is now classrooms and a nursery.

And the tall steel cages where Tyson kept his famous four tigers have been dismantled for a pavilion.

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, Mike Tyson’s £890k abandoned mansion had tiger cages and basketball court before conversion to CHURCH

Iron Make once had gates erected bearing his name

, Mike Tyson’s £890k abandoned mansion had tiger cages and basketball court before conversion to CHURCH

The delipidated pool has since been turned into a sanctuary

, Mike Tyson’s £890k abandoned mansion had tiger cages and basketball court before conversion to CHURCH

The marble interior had been sliding into a state of disrepair

, Mike Tyson’s £890k abandoned mansion had tiger cages and basketball court before conversion to CHURCH

He even admitted his tigers could have come from convicted Netflix star Joe Exotic as he hails his ‘ingenious mind’

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Previous snaps showed the mansion’s gold-plated fittings, situated behind an imposing gate with Tyson’s name emblazoned on it.

The property was still an impressive sight, despite the run-down state and dilapidated interior it had become years after the brutal boxer sold it for £870k.

In Tyson’s day, the mansion boasted five bedrooms and a full-size pool and Jacuzzi alongside its tiger cages and basketball court, with the entire pad decked out with crystal chandeliers.

Tyson was convicted of rape in 1992, and sentenced to six years in prison, but was released after serving three years.

He is best known for biting part of Evander Holyfield’s ear off during a high profile bout in 1997, and the disgraced star was forced to declare bankruptcy in 2003 after racking up millions in debts.

Tyson is now set to make his boxing comeback against Roy Jones Jr on November 28 in an eight-round exhibition bout – 15 years after he decided to hang up his gloves. 

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, Mike Tyson’s £890k abandoned mansion had tiger cages and basketball court before conversion to CHURCH

In his prime… rapist Mike Tyson is rumoured to be millions in debt

, Mike Tyson’s £890k abandoned mansion had tiger cages and basketball court before conversion to CHURCH

The house was decked out with chandeliers and tiger cages in its prime

, Mike Tyson’s £890k abandoned mansion had tiger cages and basketball court before conversion to CHURCH

The house fetched over a million dollars when Tyson sold it

 

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