Mike Tyson once tried to fight Michael Jordan at boozy dinner party, says ex-manager

Mike Tyson and Michael Jordan are two of biggest names in history of sports. Both were absolutely phemenal in ir respective sport, with Tyson becoming one of greatest boxing heavyweights of all time, thanks to his dominant 37-fight win streak and Jordan winning six NBA championships with Chicago Bulls. However, being at pinnacle of ir sport was t only thing two legends h in common. y were both once involved with actress Robin Givens.

While Michael Jordan dated ‘He of Class’ star in his early NBA career, Tyson married her in February 1988 before two parted ways a year later in February 1989. And according to Tyson’s former manr, Rory Holloway, because of Robin Givens, Mike Tyson almost thrashed Jordan at a dinner party in Chicago. Holloway reminisced incident in a book he co-wrote, which featured many or crazy stories from life of boxing legend, titled - “Taming Beast: Untold Story of Mike Tyson”.

Mike Tyson Michael Jordan: when two legends almost fought at a party

Holloway revealed that incident took place at a Chicago restaurant just weeks after Tyson and Givens divorced. venue was packed with celebrities and sports legends, including former Super Bowl MVP Richard Dent, former Chicago Bears he coach Mike Ditka and Don King. Rory claimed that he and Mike Tyson were sitting at a table, with boxing legend drinking his favourite Long Island Iced Tea.

re Tyson ticed Jordan, who was sitting across him. Holloway tried to take Tyson’s attention off of Jordan as he didn’t want something wrong to go down, considering Tyson was going through a dark phase at that time and h even earned title of ‘ Bdest Man on Planet’. However, Holloway’s strategy didn’t work as Tyson, who knew Jordan h dated Givens at one point, walked towards NBA legend and unloed on him with some harsh words.

“Jordan looks like he just seen a ghost. ‘I kw you messed with her,’ Mike says, ‘You can tell me’. Jordan, it’s obvious he just wants to get up and run. He wants part of this,” Holloway revealed.

How Mike Tyson Michael Jordan incident ended

As things got tenser, Richard Dent, Mike Ditka and Don King stepped in to calm Tyson down. According to Holloway, Don King was trying to change subject, while ors held Tyson from behind. “Mike telling everyone he’s going to bust Jordan’s a**. Jordan’s dressed sharp as always and he can’t get out of re fast eugh,” Holloway concluded.

Mike Tyson weight: Mike Tyson next fight

Mike Tyson me his highly-anticipated boxing return last year, fighting fellow legend Roy Jones Jr to a draw. Since n, he has been in talks to fight arch-rival Evander Holyfield in a trilogy bout, which is yet to be me official.

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