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Mike Tyson is among the legends of boxing, alongside Muhammad Ali and Floyd Mayweather. At the age of 20, he became the youngest heavyweight boxer in the world! He won the WBC, WBA, and IBF titles, some of them multiple times. Let&#;s zoom in on the extraordinary journey of Iron Mike!

Mike Tyson: Childhood and Early Boxing Years

Genealogy

Michael Gerard Tyson, son of Jimmy Kirkpatrick and Lorna Smith Tyson, was born on June 30, , in New York. When he was two years old, his father abandoned him, his mother, his brother, and his sister. As a result, Lorna raised her three children alone in poverty and had to move to Brownsville, a dangerous neighborhood in Brooklyn.

A Difficult Childhood

Hard to believe, but as a child, Mike Tyson was small and naturally introverted. Consequently, he was often a victim of bullying and harassment. To address this, Tyson decided to learn street fighting and soon joined a gang that engaged in criminal