Before becoming the youngest heavyweight champion of the world in history, Mike Tyson had a troubled childhood. Although his mother didn’t get to see his brilliance as a boxer, Tyson recently made a hilarious claim about her that shocked fans.
Iron Mike considered his mother’s death to be the best event of his life. But then he justified his claims with some strange explanations.
In an interview with the ShayShay Club, Tyson talked about several events in his life. However, when he talked about his mother, the former world champion stunned the viewers.
“You know, one of the best things that ever happened to me is that my mother died. Because my other would have made me babies. There’s no way I would ever got into a street fight. No way I would ever learn to stand up for myself,” Tyson said.
The death of Mike Tyson’s mother
Tyson’s mother, Lorna Tyson, died due to cancer in 1982, three years before ‘Iron Mike’ became a pro boxer.
My mother really did a lot. Always going to police stations to get my a** out. She would beat my a** so bad, in front of the police,
Tyson grew up in Brownsville, Brooklyn, one of New York’s toughest neighborhoods, and was in jail on multiple occasions. Although success looked far away, he rose to stardom under the guidance of Cus D’Amato.
Life is just a beautiful process of dying. As soon as you are born the process begins.
— Mike Tyson (@MikeTyson) February 19, 2022
Tyson lost his mother when he was only 16 years old. Although he has always shown his love and respect for her, the former boxer has also called her “aggressive” in the past.
Brutal truth that saves without any brutality, is what I call Mr Mike Tyson’s confession here. The missionaries tell us “spare the rod and spoil the kid”, but here in Mike Tyson we saw a clear case of “spare the rod and grow the kid”, something that strengthens the arguments of leftists and libertarians in the quest for building America a great nation.