Mike Tyson is preparing to take on YouTuber Jake Paul in a thrilling showdown tonight in front of 80,000 fans.
The 58-year-old has been training for the fight, in which he'll go head-to-head with 27-year-old Paul at the AT&T Stadium in Dallas, Texas. The pair have already been at loggerheads, with Tyson filmed slapping the social media sensation in a heated pre-match face-off.
It marks Iron Mike's first bout in the ring since he and Roy Jones Jr laboured to a draw in their so-called Lockdown Knockdown in November 2020. But his last professional contest was way back in 2005, when he was defeated by Kevin McBride.
Deciding he'd had enough, the dad-of-seven hung up his gloves, announcing his retirement from the sport in a post-fight interview. But four years later, the boxer was faced with immeasurable tragedy, when his four-year-old daughter Exodus was heartbreakingly killed in a freak accident.
Tyson, who shares his seven children with four different women, opened up about his brood in an MTV interview the same year, announcing he wanted to "rebuild" his family. Mike's seven children are called Mikey, Ramsey, Amir, Miguel, Exodus, Milan and Morocco, and here we look at the lives of the offspring of the boxing legend...
Tyson's first child Mikey
Mike's first child Mikey was born in 1990, to his girlfriend model Kimberly Scarborough, following his divorce from ex wife Robyn Givens. Mikey was unplanned, with Tyson having little contact with her until he was freed from prison after being convicted for rape in 1995. She is trying her hand at music, releasing her first single Love Me Again in October 2024.
Ramsey and Amir Tyson
During his second marriage, to Monica Turner, Mike fathered Ramsey, in 1996 and Amir in 1997. Ramsey, who identifies as transgender and was born Rayna, has forgiven Tyson for misgendering them publicly in the past, asserting to Them magazine that he didn't "mean it maliciously" and he doesn't need to "be perfect at pronouns".
Meanwhile, their brother Amir is an accomplished sports journalist, who is actually covering the fight. He posted a photo on Instagram promoting the coverage of the event, writing: "Super excited to be working this event with an amazing team for the biggest and most viewed boxing fight of the 21st century."
Exodus' horrific death and Miguel Tyson
Following his retirement announcement, Tyson suffered a devastating loss when his young daughter Exodus died in a horrific freak accident. The four-year-olds older sibling found the little girl's lifeless body at their home in Phoenix, Arizona. She was discovered on a treadmill, and appeared to have been strangled by the power cord attached to the machine.
Sgt Andy Hill from the Phoenix Police Department said at the time: "We believe the child was on the treadmill but it was not running at the time. She might have been playing like it was." Although she was still alive, after being rushed to hospital, the youngster was placed on life support. Tyson rushed in from LA to be with his daughter, but there was nothing medics could do to save her and she passed away on May 25, 2009.
Exodus was found by her older brother Miguel, the first child Mike had with his girlfriend Sol Xochitl. He is a musician who has played drums and piano, but he now studies Psychology and Social Entrepreneurship at the University of Southern California, avoiding publicity.
Milan and Morocco
The youngest of Mike's seven kids are Milan and Morocco, who he shares with current wife Lakiha Spicer. The pair wed just days after little Exodus' death, and went on to have their first baby together in 2008, Milan.
The rising tennis star is forging a career in the sport, working with Serena Williams' former trainer Patrick Mouratoglou. She also has her own activewear line, Milan Miyla, which launched in 2021.
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Getty Images)Speaking to Patrick on a 2021 podcast, Mike expressed his pride for his daughter, saying: "Our whole life has changed over tennis. I thought we were doing well, and everything, and everything we were doing was making money, but that's not bigger than my daughter playing tennis."
Her younger brother, and the baby of the brood, Morocco was born in 2009. He's largely been kept out of the limelight so far, with Tyson describing him as a "sweet and calm baby" after he was born.
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