TYSON, MIKE

(Michael Gerald Tyson), 1966–, American boxer, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. At the age of 12, Tyson was sent to reform school, where he began to box. In a whirlwind career begun in 1985, his spare, brutal style (36 knockouts in his first 41 wins) rescued him from the ghetto and made him history's youngest world heavyweight champion with his 1986 knockout of Trevor Berbick. His first loss (1990), to unheralded Buster Douglas, punctured his aura of invincibility.

Tyson's life since then has been marked by violence, instability, and antisocial behavior in and out of the ring. His conviction (1992) for the rape of a beauty contestant resulted in a sentence of 10 years in prison. Released in 1995, Tyson returned to boxing, winning the World Boxing Council title in 1996. The same year, however, he lost to Evander Holyfield, and in a 1997 rematch bit Holyfield's ear, for which he was temporarily banned from boxing. In 1999 he was briefly imprisoned in Maryland for assault. After he sparked a melee at a prefight conference with Lennox Lewis in 2002, Tyson was denied a license to fight by Nevada. The title challenge was relocated to Memphis, where Tyson lost.

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Blood Season: Mike Tyson and the World of Boxing
Book by Phil Berger; Four Walls Eight Windows, 1995
Subjects: Boxing--United States--History, Tyson, Mike--1966-
BLOOD SEASON Mike Tyson and the World of Boxing BLOOD SEASON Mike Tyson and the World of Boxing By Phil...Cataloging-in-Publication Data: Berger, Phil. Blood season: Mike Tyson and the World of Boxing revised edition...
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Democracy Betrayed: The Wilmington Race Riot of 1898 and Its Legacy
Book by David S. Cecelski, Timothy B. Tyson; University of North Carolina Press, 1998
Subjects: African Americans--North Carolina--Wilmington--History--19th Century, Riots--North Carolina--Wilmington--History--19th Century, Wilmington (N.C.)--Race Relations
...Soon the Red Shirts gathered in Wilmington in a series of marches and rallies organized by another unemployed agitator, Mike Dowling, an Irishman fired a few months earlier from his post as foreman of Fire Engine Company Number 2 for "incompetency...
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Sporting Nationalisms: Identity, Ethnicity, Immigration, and Assimilation
Book by Mike Cronin, David Mayall; F. Cass, 1998
Subjects: Nationalism And Sports, Sports--Sociological Aspects
...Immigration and Assimilation Edited by Mike Cronin and David Mayall The Race...Immigration and Assimilation Edited by MIKE CRONIN and DAVID MAYALL FRANK CASS...groups 4. Minorities in sports I. Cronin, Mike II. Mayall, David 306.483089 ISBN 0...
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Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures
Book by Daniel Balderston, Mike Gonzalez, Ana M.López; Routledge, 2000
Subjects: Caribbean Area--Encyclopedias, Latin America--Encyclopedias
...1: A-D Edited by Daniel Balderston, Mike Gonzalez and Ana M.Lopez London...cultures/ edited by Daniel Balderston, Mike Gonzalez and Ana M.Lopez. p. cm Includes...Balderston, Daniel, 1952- II. Gonzalez, Mike. III. Lopez, Ana M. F1406 .E515 2000...
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Managing Professional Identities: Knowledge, Performativity and the "New" Professional
Book by Mike Dent, Stephen Whitehead; Routledge, 2002
Subjects: Knowledge Management, Personnel Management, Professional Employees, Professional Ethics
...behaviour and the sociology of work. Mike Dent Staffordshire University has been...and the new professional Edited by Mike Dent and Stephen Whitehead 20...and the new professional Edited by Mike Dent and Stephen Whitehead London and...
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Aboriginal Bark Burial: 700 Years of Mortuary Tradition in the Central Queensland Highlands
Journal article by Scott L'Oste-Brown, Luke Godwin, Mike Morwood; Australian Aboriginal Studies, Vol. 2002, 2002
Subjects: Indigenous peoples--Research
...Scott LOste-Brown , Luke Godwin , Mike Morwood Abstract: There has been...particular the Campbell, Godwin, Rolfe, and Tyson families. Funding for AMS dating of the...Rockhampton lgodwin@rocknet.net.au Mike Morwood Department of Archaeology, University...
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Venus De Kitsch: Or, the Passion of the Venus De Milo
Journal article by Matthew Gumpert; Criticism, Vol. 41, 1999
Subjects: Art--Reproduction, Kitsch--Analysis, Museums--Social aspects, Postmodernism--Social aspects, Venus de Milo (Sculpture)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...and a kitsch-factory. Theophany: Mike Tyson Meets the Venus de Milo Venus setting...take place on a daily basis; where Mike Tyson, for example, meets the Venus de...the Louvre and Las Vegas, between Mike Tyson and the Venus de Milo; (b) (Venus...
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Public Expressions of "Progress" in Discourses of the Big Dan's Rape
Journal article by Lisa M. Cuklanz; Women and Language, Vol. 17, 1994
Subjects: Gang rape--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Rape victims--Portrayals, depictions, etc.
...of both William Kennedy Smith and Mike Tyson have brought into the public arena...United States in 1974 and prior to the Tyson and Kennedy Smith cases, the American...differed from the Kennedy Smith and Tyson cases in that none involved a celebrity...
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Deputizing - and Then Prosecuting - America's Businesses in the Fight against Illegal Immigration
Journal article by Thomas C. Green, Ileana M. Ciobanu; American Criminal Law Review, Vol. 43, 2006
Subjects: Alien labor--Laws, regulations and rules, Business community--Laws, regulations and rules, Employment eligibility--Laws, regulations and rules, Illegal immigrants--Laws, regulations and rules
...hire illegal immigrants. Terry Frieden Mike M. Ahlers, Companies Using Illegal Workers...In fact, shortly before the DOJ accused Tyson Foods of being too lax in its hiring practices, the federal government notified Tyson that it was investigating whether the company...
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Economic Policy and Decision Making at the Intersection of Domestic and International Politics: The Advocacy Coalition Framework and the National Economic Council
Journal article by Chris J. Dolan; Policy Studies Journal, Vol. 31, 2003
Subjects: Domestic policy--Management, Economic policy--Management, Government programs--Management, National Economic Council--Influence, National Economic Council--Management
...NEC/PC to include Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy and EPA Administrator Carole Browner...U.S. policy to Japan. Following NAFTA, Tyson, Kantor, and others were determined to...from NAFTA were USTR Kantor and CEA Chair Tyson, who suggested Clinton enact "results-oriented...
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Ebony Interview with Mike Tyson
Magazine article by Robert E. Johnson; Ebony, Vol. 50, September 1995
Subjects: Boxers (Sports)--Interviews, Tyson, Mike--Interviews
Ebony interview with Mike Tyson by Robert E. Johnson Robert E. Johnson, who interviewed Mike Tyson several times in the Indiana prison...Horne, told the press conference: "Mike Tyson is not going to sit up here and answer...
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Mike Tyson vs. Robin Givens: The Champ's Biggest Fight
Magazine article; Ebony, Vol. 44, January 1989
Subjects: African American actresses--Conduct of life, African American boxers--Conduct of life, African Americans--Marriage, Givens, Robin--Conduct of life, Tyson, Mike--Conduct of life
Mike Tyson vs. Robin Givens: the champs biggest fight...knockout. And so it did. Eight months after Mike Tyson and Robin Givens were married on Feb. 7...meets Heavyweight Champion of the World Mike Tyson. After a whirlwind courtship accompanied...
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What's Eating Mike Tyson?
Magazine article by Peter Tatchell; New Statesman, Vol. 131, June 10, 2002
Subjects: Homophobia--Analysis, Tyson, Mike--Conduct of life
Whats eating Mike Tyson by Peter Tatchell Is Mike Tyson gay? Are his violent, macho outbursts and homophobic...own manhood and sexuality? Last Sunday, I confronted Tyson about these abusive displays as he arrived at his Memphis...
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A Whale of a Show: The Dukakis-Bush-Tyson-Givens Fight
Magazine article by Richard Lingeman; The Nation, Vol. 247, November 21, 1988
Subjects: Bush, George H.W.--Political activity, Divorce--Social aspects, Dukakis, Michael S.--Political activity, Givens, Robin--Behavior, Presidential candidates--Political activity, Tyson, Mike--Behavior
...commercials were of Mike Dukakis, though equally...winner had to be the Tyson-Givens soap opera...Tyson-Spinks fight. Round to Tyson. ROUND 2: Mike looking groggy. August...medication. Zonked Mike does a Baba Wawa with...fury in the ring, Tyson seemed subdued during...
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Robin Givens: Life after Tyson
Magazine article by Laura B. Randolph; Ebony, Vol. 45, March 1990
Subjects: African American actresses--Biography, Givens, Robin--Biography, Tyson, Mike--Conduct of life
...temptress who made her name and fortune by making a fool of Mike Tyson; the one and only person who, gossips say, played the...the world has changed dramatically for the former Mrs. Mike Tyson. She has, she says, been transformed. "Before the...
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I Blacked Remember; Out. I Don't Even Being in the Ring; Says MIKE TYSON
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), November 11, 1996
Subjects: Holyfield, Evander, Tyson, Mike
...Remember; Out. I Dont Even Being in the Ring; Says MIKE TYSON. Mike Tyson wiped away the blood from his battered face and admitted...signalled the end. He didnt even win ONE round! MIKE Tyson was behind on all three judges cards going into the...
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Tyson-Lewis Scuffle Bears It Out: 911 Mike Should Not Be Licensed
Newspaper article by Thom Loverro; The Washington Times, January 23, 2002
Subjects: Tyson, Mike
Tyson-Lewis scuffle bears it out: 911 Mike should not be licensed by Thom...yesterdays riot at the Lennox Lewis-Mike Tyson news conference, consider yourself...never happen now. Call 911, baby. Mike Tyson is finished. There is no way that...
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TYSON 'A MAN SURROUNDED BY DESPICABLE LOWLIFE!' They Are Encouraging the Worst Habits in Mike
Newspaper article by Nigel Clarke; The Mirror (London, England), March 7, 1996
Subjects: Tyson, Mike
TYSON A MAN SURROUNDED BY DESPICABLE...Encouraging the Worst Habits in Mike. by Nigel Clarke MIKE TYSONS henchmen were last night...from the man who helped make Tyson the youngest world heavyweight...encouraging the worst habits in Mike." Tyson has already stoked up the war...
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Mike Tyson Gives Savarese 38 Seconds of Shame
Newspaper article by Tom Knott; The Washington Times, June 26, 2000
Subjects: Tyson, Mike
Mike Tyson gives Savarese 38 seconds of shame by Tom Knott Mike Tyson earned $8 million in 38 seconds against...he fell down. It was an easy night for Tyson. It was an easier night for Savareses cornermen...
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Poor Television Set Feels Pain of Nude Mike Tyson
Newspaper article by Tom Knott; The Washington Times, February 26, 1999
Subjects: Tyson, Mike
...television set feels pain of Nude Mike Tyson by Tom Knott Mike Tyson lost it after going two days...expect, certainly not Mellow Mike? No medication. No clothes...Tysons jailers have placed Tyson in a tiny cell, where he cant...
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encyclopedia articles on: Tyson Mike  - 4 results

 
 
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Tyson, Mike
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TYSON, MIKE (Michael Gerald Tyson), 1966 , American boxer, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. At the age of 12, Tyson was sent to reform school, where he began to box. In a whirlwind...
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Holyfield, Evander
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Michael Moorer in 1994. After retiring briefly, he defeated Mike Tyson in 1995 to regain the title, then kept it following a notorious 1997 rematch in which Tyson was disqualified for biting off part of Holyfields ear...
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Lewis, Lennox
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...titles to Hasim Rahman in Apr., 2001, a November rematch restored Lewis as champion. He successfully defended against Mike Tyson in 2002, and was generally regarded as the world heavyweight champion until he retired in 2004...
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Boxing
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Muhammad Ali elicit admiration and fascination, while controversy surrounds others like the repeatedly imprisoned Mike Tyson . Lennox Lewis is generally regarded as the current world heavyweight champion. Amateur Boxing Amateur boxing...


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