Tyson's Daughter Passed

[VR021302]

 

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[Draenor]

They could of left all this BS out of it..its irrelevant.

 

 

Tyson, 42, had been in the news this month with the US release of the film "Tyson", a documentary directed by James Toback that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival last year.

 

It offers an engrossing portrayal of the turbulent life of Tyson, from his humble beginnings on the mean streets of Brooklyn to his phenomenal rise as the youngest heavyweight world champion in history, through his epic fall marked by addiction, humiliation in the ring and a rape conviction.

 

Tyson exploded on the boxing scene in the mid-1980s, becoming the youngest heavyweight champion in history in 1986 at the age of 20.

 

Considered unbeatable for the rest of the decade, Tyson's career went off the rails when he suffered a shock upset to James "Buster" Douglas in 1990.

 

In 1992, Tyson was convicted of raping a beauty queen at a pageant in Indianapolis, Indiana. He served three years of a six-year sentence and was released in 1995 - and has always denied raping the woman.

 

"Iron Mike" reclaimed the heavyweight throne but lost to Evander Holyfield in 1996 and notoriously bit Holyfield's ears twice in a 1997 rematch, adding banishment to his ridicule.

 

Tyson was jailed again in 1999 for assaulting two people following a traffic accident.

 

One final chance to recapture the heavyweight crown in 2002 resulted in an eighth-round knockout at the hands of Britain's Lennox Lewis.

 

Tyson filed for bankruptcy in 2003 and retired after losses to Britain's Danny Williams in 2004 and American Kevin McBride in 2005.

 

Tyson, who has been married twice and has six children with several women, was sentenced in 2007 to 24 hours in jail and three years of probation after pleading guilty to charges of drug possession and driving under the influence in Arizona.

 

While Tyson's tumultuous personal life and sometimes outrageous behavior overshadowed the later stages of his career, film maker Toback says Tyson occupies a unique place in ring history.

 

"There are certain people in various fields, they just become the representative, iconic figure of that profession," Toback says. "To me as a boxer, as a fighter, it's Mike Tyson."

[gave20]

It's sad news for sure I just have a hard time picturing Mike Tyson raising a child.

[J-man67]

I agree with leaving all that past info about him out...his fuggin daughter dies and they fill the page with his life story, which sucks by the way. That guy is a POS, and always will be, but a shame what happened to his daughter.

[VR021302]

Yeah I agree that his life has nothing to do with his daUghter, but it is sad still

[Stevens03]

No child should die before a parent. Very sad.

[DofD]

A very tragic accident. My sympathies and condolences to them all.

[punmax]

Man Tyson has been through a lot. My condolences.

[txab]

I agree with leaving all that past info about him out...his fuggin daughter dies and they fill the page with his life story, which sucks by the way. That guy is a POS, and always will be, but a shame what happened to his daughter.

 

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I saw a story on TV about this today. It barely mentioned the girl other than she died. Then it went into Tyson's total life history in a quick condensed version. I don't give a fWONk about the guy. It's a shame for the little girl. One of my neighbors had a grandchild die due to suffocation by way of the pull cords on mini blinds getting wrapped around her neck.