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Mike Tyson got Ko'd in Chile -- authorities there denied him entry and ordered him back to the U.S. of A. Authorities say the former heavyweight boxing champ didn't meet the requirements for entry Thursday because of his rap sheet. The country's equivalent of the FBI posted this pic showing Tyson flanked by 2 detectives. Tyson -- who served 3 years in prison after a 1992 rape conviction -- was reportedly heading to Chile to take part...

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James Toback, director of Tyson and Black And White, has been accused of sexual harassment by 38 women, according to an article in yesterday's Los Angeles Times. The claims are remarkably similar in nature and allege that the director approached women in New York, persuaded them to accompany him to secluded places for auditions, then asked them explicit sexual questions and proceeded to masturbate in front of them.

Toback, 72, denies all the claims, saying that he doesn't remember meeting any of the women. He asserted that health issues would have made it impossible for him to behave as described.

Toback was proud of his flirtatiousness and titled a film based on his own life The Pick-Up Artist. He also directed 2013 documentary Seduced And Abandoned, which sets out to expose the way films are made and is rife with casual sexism, including a deeply uncomfortable...

Director James Toback -- famous for films like "Two Girls and a Guy" -- has been accused of sexual harassment by over 30 women ... this in the wake of Weinstein. The Los Angeles Times posted the story Sunday, in which 38 women accuse Toback of decades-long sexual harassment ... much of it similar in nature to the accusations against Harvey Weinstein. According to the report, Toback would bring young women into a private space on the pretense of...

[[tmz:video id="0_2knbtiza"]] Mike Tyson says he was definitely Not a fan of "Mike Tyson's Punch-Out" when it was first released for Nintendo ... 30 Years Ago! Yep, it was Oct. 18, 1987 when Little Mac began his 8-bit quest for boxing supremacy ... taking on guys like Bald Bull, King Hippo, Don Flamingo, and of course, Iron Mike Tyson. We spoke with Mike about how the game has become a cultural phenomenon -- and he dropped this bombshell on us ... he...

Just getting to Mike Tyson in Punch-Out for Nes is an incredible feat, let alone beating him! This speedrunner shows us how it's done in not only defeating one of boxing's legends, but manages to do it in under 2:30 which is truly an impressive feat! Believe it or not, this is only 10th on the leaderboard for World Record times, and the fastest Tyson knockout clocks in at 2:05! Hopefully, this guy makes it there sooner or later because I love his reaction to getting on the board!

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[[tmz:video id="0_g6trscif"]] Mike Tyson is finally giving Conor McGregor some credit as a boxer -- saying he truly gained some respect for the Irish superstar after watching the Mayweather fight.  Remember, Tyson gave a pretty brutal prediction back in July ... telling Pardon My Take, "McGregor is gonna get killed in boxing." There's more ... "McConor put his dumbass in a position where he's gonna get knocked out because this guy's been doing this all his life since he was a baby.

[[tmz:video id="0_xw3fzf2n"]] Conor McGregor beating Floyd Mayweather would be the biggest upset Ever ... this according to the man responsible for the most shocking upset in boxing history. We talked to Buster Douglas with MayMac about to go down ... and he told us that Conor taking out Floyd would be waaay crazier than him Ko'ing Mike Tyson back in 1990. "I think his odds are a lot more tougher than mine," Buster told TMZ Sports. "Conor is no boxer ... he has no boxing skills.

Mike Tyson is sinking his teeth into the Boxing Hall of Fame via a new lawsuit. The former boxing great is climbing into the legal ring with a complaint over merchandise bearing Tyson’s image and nickname, Iron Mike. According to the suit, filed in federal court Tuesday, the Boxing Hall of Fame in Nevada “has violated Mr. Tyson’s right of publicity and right to use and exploit the Mike Tyson and Iron Mike trademarks by using and exploiting Mr. Tyson’s name, likeness, and marks on apparel and other items it may offer for sale.” Also Read: Mike Tyson Says Trump Promised Him.

Mike Tyson shows off his animal-inspired singing chops on Monday’s episode of Fox’s “Superhuman,” as seen in an exclusive sneak peek. The clip introduces Greg, an expert at identifying bird calls. This prompts host Kal Penn to ask panelist Tyson to summon his feathered friends. “Mike, how’s your singing voice if you impersonate the birds?” Penn inquires. Also Read: 'Beat Shazam's' First Million-Dollar Winners Spent Three Months Cramming for the Show Tyson’s reply involves a comparison to fellow judge Christina Milian. “Well, not as good as Christina’s boxing, of course,” Tyson quips. This leads Penn to ask,...

Since making a comeback to tennis following the end of her 15-month ban in April, controversy continues to haunt Maria Sharapova at every turn. The one-time Wimbledon golden girl is in danger of being remembered for this sorry chapter, rather than the five Grand Slam titles that have made her a household name. Here, we present a list of five more sporting giants who, despite sweeping all before them, have also hit the headlines under more unenviable circumstances.

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The outrageous Ulsterman was perhaps the most exciting player ever to pick up a cue, with two world championships in two different decades to back it up. There was never a dull moment with ‘The Hurricane’, but once snooker became televised on a regular basis and its popularity soared, those moments were rarely dull for all the wrong reasons. Higgins’ demons with drink and drugs were well-documented, but spats with...

Mike Tyson has claimed Donald Trump once promised him a pardon for his rape conviction. During an appearance alongside Governor Chris Christie at the NJ Reentry Corporation Conference at St. Peter’s University in Jersey City, Tyson asked Christie to give Trump a call about the pardon he says he was promised. “Man, governor, I wish you could talk to Donald Trump, ’cause I haven’t talked to him in many years,” Tyson said. “Tell him he said he was going to give me my pardon so I am waiting for my pardon. He said it out of his mouth so I’m waiting.

When I was eight years old, I was racing my new Tonka toy truck up and down the concrete sidewalk on my block. I was doing so by bending over and pushing the truck as fast as I could with both hands.

The truck slipped out of my hand, and my momentum carried me quite a bit before I came to a stop.

I was fortunate my clothing protected most of me. Unfortunately, most of me did not include my face. My head skidded face down. As a result, the sidewalk tore much of the skin off my face.

My mother had just learned to drive and wasn’t very good at it.

I didn’t help I was screaming and crying as was my sister. She was screaming and crying not so much because my face looked like it had been through a meat grinder but because my mother was screaming and crying.

What's this? A Chinese action film featuring the talents of former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson and human oddity Steven Seagal? You betcha! Tan Bing's China Salesman not only features the least action-y title for an action movie ever - about the only thing that could ever beat it would be a Jean Claude Van Damme / Brian Bosworth star vehicle titled Soft Pillow - hits Chinese screens this summer. The story appears to revolve around the increasing Chinese presence in continental Africa, where Chinese interests have been buying up massive infrastructure projects for some time now, with the added value of Tyson punching people and Seagal trying not to look fat. Check out the first trailer below. I've gotta go write a script for Soft...

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Many know Mike Tyson as a force in the boxing ring, but recently he participated in a very different competition.

As part of Fusion TV’s new docuseries Outpost, Tyson, 50, flew out to Suriname with one of his 70+ birds to compete in a songbird contest. A long-running tradition in the country, these contests are all about testing a songbird’s chirping power. Feathered competitors get a set amount of time to chirp as much as possible, and the bird with the most chirps wins the match.

In Tyson’s round his bird got out an impressive 107 notes, but was beaten by the contest’s champion,...

Mike Tyson currently has 74 pigeons, and yes, he can tell the difference between all of them, the former heavyweight champion of the world told TheWrap during a recent interview. Why did that even come up, you ask? Well, Tyson was talking about his lifelong love of birds, which recently took him to South America’s Republic of Suriname to film an episode of Fusion’s “Outpost.” On his “Wild Coast” episode of the program, Tyson traveled to learn about the long-running tradition of songbird contests, where small birds compete against one another in signing battles. The boxing legend even adopted a bird to.

The latest aging celebrity to come to YouTube is Mike Tyson. The one-time heavyweight champion of the world will star in a web series that will see release on his YouTube channel and will be produced by the team at Shots Studios.

The goal, as noted in a Variety article, is to produce at least two videos for Tyson’s channel each month. Shots is galvanized by the success the former boxer has seen on YouTube in 2017. In January, he starred alongside another Shots client, ex-Vine standout Rudy Mancuso, in a video that received more than 2.1 million views. Four days later, the first video on Tyson’s channel, in which he performed a dis rap while other performers lip synced along to the words, also cracked two million hits.

Since retiring from boxing in 2006, Tyson has managed to establish himself as an entertainer thanks to a few memorable roles. He...

Mike Tyson has a brand new music video to match his anti-Soulja Boy diss track ... complete with hot bikini chicks in weird poses ... and even a shot at Floyd Mayweather.  Tyson's barely in the video for "If You Show Up" ... but he did add some brand new verses touting his prodigy, Chris Brown.  He even drops this lyrical masterpiece -- "Chris Brown's gonna make you s**t your pants." Floyd (Soulja's coach) gets it too ... but really,...

Mike Tyson, who is coaching Chris Brown ahead of his matchup against Soulja Boy, is stepping into the studio to give his student a leg up in the race. The boxer is trading places with Brown, recording a diss track against Soulja Boy ahead of the rappers’ celebrity boxing match. On Jan. 9, Tyson teased […]...

Tupac Shakur's ticket stub to the Mike Tyson fight he attended the night he was shot has been in very few hands since then, but now it could be in yours ... if ya got a lot o' cash. Tupac was at the Tyson-Bruce Seldon fight Sept. 7, 1996 at the MGM Grand in Vegas, and after a first round Ko by Iron Mike, he allegedly handed his ticket stub to a man and said ... "Here you go boy,...

[[tmz:video id="0_y6kzd1c7"]] Soulja Boy is no Glass Joe -- Chris Brown won't be knocking his ass out in the 1st round ... so says Brown's coach Mike Tyson.  Tyson gave his fight prediction for the big celebrity clash between Chris and Soulja -- and he gave Soulja A Lot lot more credit than most people are giving him.   Tyson thinks there will be some real "scrappin" when the two throw down -- and predicts a great fight. He's...

And the feud between Chris Brown and Soulja Boy just got a little more interesting. 50 Cent has thrown his hat into the rapper feud ring by enlisting Iron Mike Tyson to train Brown in his upcoming boxing match against Soulja Boy. “They said Floyd is training Soulja Boy, so I said I had to get Mike Tyson to train Chris Brown,” FIf said on Instagram Friday night. And he did just that. Also Read: Place Your Bet! Chris Brown, Soulja Boy Turn Feud Into Legal Boxing Match The rapper called Tyson who agreed to support, saying, well, saying things we can’t.

The producers of a Mike Tyson documentary straight-up jacked photos from the Tyson-Holyfield bout for the film ... so claims the photographer in a new lawsuit. Famed boxing photographer Teddy Blackburn says Xenon Pictures stole 4 of his shots from Tyson's infamous ear-biting 1997 fight against Evander Holyfield. Xenon released the documentary in 2004 but, according to docs, never bothered to ask Blackburn for his permission to use the photos. Important note ... none of the photos are of Tyson's bite.

The 2016 Toronto International Film Festival doesn't officially kick off until Thursday, but a bevy of stars got a head start in bringing the glamour to the highly anticipated film event. Pamela Anderson, Michael Fassbender, James Franco and Mike Tyson were among the celebrities who attended a pair of pre-festival galas Wednesday night, decked out in their black-tie best as they drummed up buzz for the festival and its big red-carpet moments. Anderson, Franco and Tyson were spotted at the Ambi charity gala at the Ritz-Carlton, where Anderson wowed in a flowing, soft blush gown highlighted by an elegant rose swirl on its bodice.

The 2016 Toronto International Film Festival doesn't officially kick off until Thursday, but a bevy of stars got a head start in bringing the glamour to the highly anticipated film event. Pamela Anderson, Michael Fassbender, James Franco and Mike Tyson were among the celebrities who attended a pair of pre-festival galas Wednesday night, decked out in their black-tie best as they drummed up buzz for the festival and its big red-carpet moments. Anderson, Franco and Tyson were spotted at the Ambi charity gala at the Ritz-Carlton, where Anderson wowed in a flowing, soft blush gown highlighted by an elegant rose swirl on its bodice.

Boxing legend Mike Tyson wasn’t swiping ice cream at the U.S. Open, according to his rep. Tyson raised more than a few eyebrows after a worker at the tennis tournament spotted Tyson opening a freezer and helping himself to a $5.50 Ben & Jerry’s “Half-Baked” ice cream bar. The vendor who spotted Tyson grabbing the […]...

Mike Tyson wasn't trying to swipe an ice cream bar for free at the U.S. Open, his rep tells People. The boxing legend raised eyebrows after a worker at the tennis tournament accused Tyson of lifting the lid of the freezer, reaching in and stealing a $5.50 frozen treat (a Ben & Jerry's "Half Baked" ice cream bar, according to the New York Post. "I was like, 'Yeah, what do you want me to do? Run after him?'" the food vendor told New York's Daily News on Tuesday. "It was Tyson. I recognized him. I didn't want to say nothing...

Mike Tyson wasn't trying to swipe an ice cream bar for free at the U.S. Open, his rep tells People. The boxing legend raised eyebrows after a worker at the tennis tournament accused Tyson of lifting the lid of the freezer, reaching in and stealing a $5.50 frozen treat (a Ben & Jerry's "Half Baked" ice cream bar, according to the New York Post. "I was like, 'Yeah, what do you want me to do? Run after him?'" the food vendor told New York's Daily News on Tuesday. "It was Tyson. I recognized him. I didn't want to say nothing...

[[tmz:video id="0_uxiqszlg"]] Tyson Beckford unloaded on Matt Damon ... essentially calling him 2-faced on the gun issue. Tyson was leaving Katana in West Hollywood when he scoffed at Damon -- who has spoken out against rampant gun ownership -- but is banking millions by toting guns in the "Jason Bourne" flicks. Read more...

Seventeen years after JFK Jr.'s death, his closest friends reveal never-before-told stories about his life and final weeks. Subscribe now for an inside look at the JFK Jr. you never knew, only in People!John F. Kennedy Jr. and Mike Tyson had a bond that was as strong as it was unlikely. In 1997, John, then the editor-in-chief of George magazine, sent a letter to the boxing champ, with the hopes of profiling him in his magazine. In the letter, John wrote candidly about the pressures of being a public figure, dealing with the press: "Most folks think you have...

Seventeen years after JFK Jr.'s death, his closest friends reveal never-before-told stories about his life and final weeks. Subscribe now for an inside look at the JFK Jr. you never knew, only in People!John F. Kennedy Jr. and Mike Tyson had a bond that was as unlikely as it was strong. In 1997, John, then the editor-in-chief of George magazine, sent a letter to the boxing champ, with the hopes of profiling him in his magazine. In the letter, John wrote candidly about the pressures of being a public figure, dealing with the press: "Most folks think you have...

Mike Tyson has committed to star in the prank comedy-adventure film, “Public Disturbance,” starring YouTube sensations the Janoskians. Lionsgate announced this week that production for the project has started and that the legendary boxer has joined the cast.

Directed by Danny Lee, the comedy follows the Janoskians after they are invited to perform a stunt at a star-studded birthday bash for Alison, the daughter of a famous media mogul (Tyson). When their act gets cancelled at the last minute, the pranksters plan the ultimate heist to hijack the dull party and create the largest public disturbance of their lives.

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Additional cast members include Bobby Lee, Skyler Samuels, Amber Stevens West, Joey Lawrence, and DJ Dillon Francis. The script hails from Dan Ahdoot, Don Deleon, Paul Davidson, and Tommy Honton.

Former heavyweight world champion Mike Tyson has seen a Renaissance in his career over the last 8 years. He made a very memorable cameo in “The Hangover” and has his very own animated TV show with “The Mike Tyson Mysteries.” Tyson is now joining the cast of the new movie Public Disturbance, a prank comedy-adventure starring YouTube sensations the Janoskians. “Iron” Mike Tyson will play a famous media mogul in the new movie for Lionsgate to co-star with the Janoskians (Just Another Name Of Silly Kids In Another Nation), YouTube sensations (who averages over 200 million views a video) from Melbourne, Australia. With the rising success of the YouTube stars, [ Read More ]

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Jean-Claude Van Damme is set to return to the Kickboxer franchise in the upcoming film Kickboxer: Retaliation, which is the sequel to Kickboxer: Vengeance, which hasn't even been released yet. He will join Mike Tyson, who was cast in the film last month.

Van Damme signed his contract live on video on his official Facebook page earlier this week. Dimitri Logothetis, who directed Stephen King’s Sleepwalkers and holds two black belts, is the writer and producer of Kickboxer: Vengeance and he is directing this sequel. He says, “Jc brings his charisma and martial arts talents to ‘Kickboxer’ as no other actor can.”

The story centers on the character Kurt Sloane played here by Alain Moussi, who is “brought back forcibly to Thailand to fend for his life against a new formidable foe, portrayed by Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, who plays The Mountain on Game of Thrones.”

Tyson is set...

Donald Trump is denying reports that he has invited former world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson to the Republican convention next month. “Iron Mike Tyson was not asked to speak at the Convention though I’m sure he would do a good job if he was. The media makes everything up!” Trump tweeted Tuesday night. Trump’s message was in response to a Bloomberg report that his campaign aides are lining up a slate of iconic sports figures to join them in Cleveland, Ohio, including Tyson, legendary Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka, former Indiana University basketball coach Bobby Knight and Nascar chief Brian France.

If animated TV series “Mike Tyson Mysteries” is “Scooby-Doo” on acid, then the second season was even wackier, with an abundance of fun celebrities and bizarre creatures to design.

This season, character designer Dusty Abell’s task of trying to “simplify real people that we are all familiar with” was combined with a “wider variety of characters. It’s a surprising balance of crass and smart in dealing with pop culture and political satire.”

Abell already had his hands full with the Mystery team: the eponymous Mike Tyson, profane and oblivious (voiced by the former boxer); the alcoholic and obnoxious Pigeon (Norm Macdonald); Tyson’s 18-year-old adopted daughter, Yung Hee Tyson (Rachel Ramras), who resembles “Scooby-Doo’s” Velma; and the haughty ghost of Marquess of Queensberry, the father of modern boxing (Jim Rash).

For Tyson, Abell took inspiration from the Muhammad Ali and Mr. T cartoons of the ’70s and ’80s, and was pleasantly surprised by Tyson’s voice acting ability. Of course, Tyson’s boxing prowess came in handy when interacting with his intellectual sidekick, John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry.

“He was telling me all about the rules of the old sport and how it evolved over time,” said Abell. “And he was very knowledgeable about the real man and what he brought to the fight game. And Jim Rash had once written a blog about programming 24 hours of Saturday morning cartoons. His take on ’70s and ’80s conventions was fascinating.”

For the episode “Ogopogo!,” which tells Pigeon’s backstory of being human and having a spell put on him by his ex-wife, the eponymous sea monster proved a fun design challenge. “The show called for a haunted lake and a river monster,” Abell said. “And I had no idea they were drawing from legend and lore, so I watched a whole documentary about the Ogopogo monster. It’s the Lake Michigan version of the Loch Ness monster.”

The episode in which Snoop Dogg starts a rival Mystery team (“Unsolved Situations”) provided a different challenge for Abell: “His hair was originally done in little pixie twirls, but the Dogg team had one request: that he look as he does now with tight braids.”

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A memorial service for Muhammad Ali was held Friday afternoon in his hometown of Louisville, Ky. Thousands lined the streets for a farewell procession leading up to the boxing legend's funeral, which was attended by Will Smith, Mike Tyson, Lennox Lewis and former president Bill Clinton. The athlete-turned-activist's daughter Laila Ali, wife Lonnie Ali and other family members came out to pay their respects as well. The service took place at the KFC Center in Louisville and was open to the public; it was also live streamed. Pallbearers included Smith, who portrayed the boxer in the 2001 movie Ali, Lennox and Tyson. Ali was eulogized by his wife, followed by his oldest daughter Maryum Ali. Lifelong friend John...

[[tmz:video id="0_up6x1e69"]] Mike Tyson and Will Smith were among the early arrivals for Muhammad Ali's memorial service -- and served as pallbearers as the procession through Louisville started. The 19 mile journey through Ali's hometown began Friday morning after Tyson, Smith, Lennox Lewis and several of Ali's family members carried his coffin to the waiting hearse. The procession will end up at Yum! Center arena where Bill Clinton will deliver the eulogy for Ali at the memorial service.

An outpouring of tributes flooded social media following the death of three-time heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali, who battled Parkinson's syndrome for 32 years, on Friday night. Former professional athlete Mike Tyson, Caitlyn Jenner and Floyd Mayweather were among those who mourned the loss of the boxing great. Tyson tweeted that "God came for his champion," while Mayweather wrote, "Not a day went by entering the gym that I didn't think of you. Your charisma, your charm and above all, your class are all of the elements that will be greatly missed by myself and the world." Read more Hollywood

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Mike Tyson has been cast in the upcoming action film Kickboxer: Retaliation. This is a sequel to Kickboxer: Vengeance, which has yet to be released. The sequel is currently shooting in California and Nevada and will head back to complete its production in Thailand.

The story centers on the character Kurt Sloane played by Alain Moussi, who is “brought back forcibly to Thailand to fend for his life against a new formidable foe, portrayed by Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, who plays The Mountain on Game of Thrones.”

Tyson is set to play a “tough convict forced into a world of fighting behind bars.” He joins the previously announced Paige VanZant in the project.

The movie is being directed by Dimitri Logothetis (Stephen King’s Sleepwalkers) from a script that he wrote. The filmmaker holds two black belts, and he had this to say in a statement:

“Words cannot express my excitement for this second installment.

Former world champion boxer Mike Tyson has joined the cast of "Kickboxer: Retaliation," the upcoming sequel to the John Stockwell-directed remake "Kickboxer: Vengeance" which hits cinemas and VOD in September.

Alain Moussi, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dave Bautista, Gina Carano, Georges St-Pierre and Darren Shahlavi star in 'Vengeance' which follows Kurt Sloane (Moussi) who seeks revenge for the death of his brother at the hands of a deadly foe (Bautista) in an underground fighting ring.

In "Kickboxer: Retaliation," Kurt is brought back forcibly to Thailand to fend for his life against a new formidable foe played by Hafpor Julius Bjornsson, best known as The Mountain on "Game of Thrones". Tyson will portray a tough convict forced into a world of fighting behind bars.

Paige VanZant also stars in the sequel which is currently filming in California and Nevada and will head back to Thailand in June for final principal photography.

The Kickboxer remake, Kickboxer: Vengeance, quickly picked up speed when a sequel to the film was announced way before Vengeance had even finished filming. Now, we’re getting some new casting news for that sequel, titled Kickboxer: Retaliation, that confirms the presence of a fighting great: Mike Tyson. According to Variety, the former world champion boxer has joined Kickboxer: Retaliation in a role that will likely showcase his strengths as a former professional boxer and all around badass. Tyson will take on the part of a hardened convict who’s been forced into a world of fighting behind bars. There’s been no word yet on the name of Tyson’s character or whether he fights simply to protect himself, or as part of some cutthroat prison fighting ring. Mike Tyson knows a lot about fighting, and it just so happens that he also knows a ...

Mike Tyson just locked up another movie role -- signing on for the new 'Kickboxer' movie ... where he'll be playing a violent convict. Tyson will join Ufc superstar Paige VanZant and Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson -- the guy who plays The Mountain on “Game of Thrones.” As for his role, Tyson will portray a tough convict forced into a world of fighting behind bars ... according to Variety, which broke the story. Expect more big...

Well played, Mike Tyson. Well played. The boxing legend tweeted one of the more unusual tributes to Prince, who died Thursday at age 57, by presenting an amusing and not a little disturbing glimpse of what might have resulted if he and the “Purple Rain” musician had conceived a love child. “#supertribute to #Prince #Rip Like the world I mourn but celebrate your spirit with your music,” Tyson wrote Thursday night. Also Read: Prince's Death: Everything We Know, So Far (Photos) And then it got weird. Included with the message was an alteration of the cover of Prince’s 1979 self-titled album,...

[[tmz:video id="0_xjfo8wx2"]] Mike Tyson has a strong message for Manny Pacquiao -- You "Should Be F**King Barred From The Grove!!!" Tyson blasted Pacquiao at Lax friday ... telling TMZ Sports the comments Manny made about gay people was "totally disrespectful of other people's feelings." As we previously reported, Manny said gay people were worse than animals and later quoted a bible verse that suggested gay people should be put to death.  Tyson explained that a lot of...

Mike Tyson says he thinks Brad Pitt is a "really nice guy" -- which is interesting considering he once caught the guy about to have sex with his estranged wife.  Iron Mike was on "The Real" when he was asked to recall that infamous moment back in the '80s when he caught his then (estranged) wife Robin Givens sneaking around their house with Pitt.  The whole thing is funny ... Tyson says he was actually...

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You could argue that Mike Tyson – a name synonymous with controversy and fame – is the perfect sportsmen to ask about the euphoric highs and soul crushing lows of fame and combat sports.

Tyson became a phenom from a young age, captivating the masses and becoming the youngest Heavyweight champion of all time. Talk about a high. However, it’s never been all plain sailing for the boxing icon, with drug abuse, shock losses and financial bankruptcy defining some stunning low points.

With his own past experiences presumably squarely in mind, the former Heavyweight champion recently spoke to TMZ Sports to reach out and offer some words of wisdom to Rousey following her recent comments on the Ellen Show that she contemplated suicide following her loss to Holly Holm.

“Everybody has a bad day at the office. She needs to focus on coming back, eventually. She can do what she wants,...

[[tmz:video id="0_f82yzy9k"]] Mike Tyson says Ronda Rousey's suicidal thoughts after the Holly Holm fight were just a "moment in time" ... insisting she doesn't feel that way now and she's good to fight again.  Fyi, Tyson is a huge fan of Rousey -- and even stopped by her gym to watch her train before the Holm fight.  So, when we asked if he thinks she's okay to get back in the Octagon after making such a shocking...

R Madhavan who spent two years of his life bulking up to look like the raging ex-boxer in Sudha Kongara's pugilistic drama Saala Khadoos is floating in the air after Mike Tyson tweeted that he wanted to see his boxing film Saala Khadoos. Says Madhavan, "That is an unexpected and unfathomable honour. I am in a daze and elated. Now to take the film to him. And see what he says." The ecstatic actor intends to watch the film with Tyson.

Many big screen biographies are often accused of taking…liberties…with the facts, often to help the finished film’s pacing. After all, unless it’s a TV mini-series, it’s difficult to compress a remarkable life into an evening at the movies. Film makers will frequently switch the order of events along with the popular practice of using composite characters (a little bit of this fella’, and a bit of this old pal, and…), even inventing supporting roles, or tagging real folks with invented names. And then there are fantasy tales using a real person (and elements of his life) as the story’s heroic center. In Hollywood famous true Western outlaws like Billy the Kid and Jesse James were the leads in many fictional flicks (hey, those two “met” Dracula and Frankenstein’s daughter!). Those on the opposite side of the law like Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson...

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Cm Punk has just undergone a sizable downgrade – in a video game, anyway. Following considerable outcry from fans over the fact that Punk, a fighter with zero amateur or professional fights who has yet to compete in the Ufc, was reportedly gifted an 85 rating in EA Sports’ upcoming Ufc 2 game – the company has gone into damage control mode, and announced that instead, the fighter will be at the absolute bottom of the talent pool.

Fighters in Ufc 2 are ranked out of 100, and the 85 score put Punk well above the level many feel he is at as a mixed martial artist.

On a Twitch livestream with Ufc flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson earlier this week, the creative director of Ufc 2, EA Sports’ Brian Hayes, stated that the version with the 85 rating – which put Punk above veteran fighters like Tim Means, and fighters from the version game in the series like Pat Berry – was a beta,...