Mike Tyson
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Kid Dynamite’s Last Ride December 06, 2024
Last month, I briefly tuned in to see Jake Paul and Mike Tyson dance in the ring for a boxing match that was really just an example of televised elder abuse. Paul is a 27-year-old YouTube star and novice pro boxer, and Tyson is a 58-year-old former h...
Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano December 05, 2024
I knew the Amanda Serrano vs. Katie Taylor fight had broken through when people who do not normally follow boxing were asking what I thought of the fight. At the Miami Book Fair, I had way more conversations about boxing than I normally do at a liter...
Among the Bros for the Jake Paul–Mike Tyson Fight November 19, 2024
Rooting for Mike Tyson has never been a simple proposition. This is someone raised in destitute conditions in Brownsville who then rose to the peak of boxing, sure, but also someone convicted of a violent sexual crime (that he has maintained his inno...
Everyone Still Wants to Believe in Mike Tyson November 18, 2024
Mike Tyson stands alone in an empty ring, throwing punches at ghosts. The crowd screams his name, but he doesn't hear them anymore. At fifty-eight, his muscles still ripple beneath flabby, weathered skin, but the speed and movement that actually made...
Mike Tyson, in Conversation With Rosie Perez November 13, 2024
It’s fair to wonder why Mike Tyson—A.K.A “Iron Mike,” the 58-year-old four-time undisputed heavyweight champion, movie star, and father of seven, not including a semi-famous bengal tiger—is coming out of retirement to get back in the ring against You...
Mike Tyson Takes One Last Swing at Immortality July 17, 2024
Mike Tyson steps through the black ropes and lies down on his back in the middle of the boxing ring. He looks up at the ceiling of the warehouse in the Las Vegas suburbs and closes his eyes. The makeshift gym is so silent and sterile that all you can...
