BOXING champion Mike Tyson went to prison in 1992 after being convicted of rape in Indiana.
Tyson was sentenced to six years in prison and four years of probation, but was released in 1995 after serving less than three years of his sentence.
Here is more on Mike Tyson’s conviction.
Who is Mike Tyson?
Mike Tyson, 54, is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2005.
He took a break from boxing after retiring in 2005.
However, Tyson announced his return to the ring and will fight Roy Jones Jr in an eight-round exhibition match on November 28.
Tyson shared a photo of himself training with the caption: “I’m the best ever. I’m the most brutal and vicious, and most ruthless champion there’s ever been.”
A trailer for the showdown with Jones shows clips of him in training and Tyson saying: “I’m going to annihilate him.
“I have the belief, I have the desire. I’m the greatest fighter since the conception of God,” he said.
Tyson was the first heavyweight boxer to simultaneously hold the WBA, WBC, and IBF titles and has the record of the youngest boxer to win a heavyweight title.
Tyson has been featured in Discovery Channel’s shark week with his own episode titled Tyson vs Jaws: Rumble on the Reef.
When did he go to prison?
Tyson was arrested in July 1991 for the alleged rape of 18-year-old Desiree Washington, who was Miss Black Rhode Island at the time.
He was convicted in 1992 and sentenced to six years in prison along with four years of probation.
Why did he go to prison?
Washington claimed that Tyson raped her at an Indianapolis hotel room in the wee hours of the night.
Tyson denied the rape allegations and claimed the sex was consensual.
Tyson’s chauffeur, Virginia Foster, confirmed Washington’s state of shock after the incident.
Emergency room physician, Thomas Richardson examined Washington after the incident and confirmed that Washington’s physical condition was consistent with rape.
Tyson was ultimately released in March 1995 after serving less than three years of the sentence.
He is required to register as a Tier II sex offender under federal law for life.
When is the Mike Tyson vs Holyfield fight?
Tyson and Evander Holyfield’s fight might happen although a date has not been set yet.
The two met on the training team for the 1984 Olympics and have fought each other twice.
Holyfield won both times, including the infamous “Bite Fight” in 1997.
“I don’t mind if he wanted to do it, but I’m not going to be the one to say, ‘Let’s do it’ because that’s kind of the bully mentality,” Holyfield said on “Boxing with Chris Mannix.”
Holyfield added: “It’s a good chance.
“Everything’s about the people. The people start it up, because no one is just doing it for free.
“What the people want is what the people get,” he concluded.
Who is he married to?
Tyson has been married three times and is currently married to Lakiha “Kiki” Spicer, a longtime girlfriend of his.
Does he have kids?
Tyson has seven children in total from the three marriages he has been in, and lost a child in 2009 due to a tangled cord accident.
