Mike Tyson recalls Tupac Shakur's visit and hitting a fellow inmate during time in prison

Mike Tyson aka ‘ Baddest Man on Planet’ has often been on receiving end of criticism for getting involved in numerous controversies throughout his career. boxing icon has also spent three years in prison after being convicted on charges of sexual assault in 1992. During his time in prison, Mike Tyson was visited by multiple celebrities, with Tupac Shakur being one of most high-profile personalities to visit Tyson.

Mike Tyson labelled Tupac Shakur a ‘bolt of energy’ when he recalled time hip-hop icon visited him in prison. Tyson and Tupac were reportedly good friends back in day and Mike Tyson still reminisces time he spent with late Tupac Shakur. Mike Tyson recently opened up about his friendship with Tupac Shakur and how he hit an inmate in jail after being depressed.

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Mike Tyson recalls Tupac Shakur and his time in prison

Under criminal charges of sexual abuse, Mike Tyson was taken into police custody and heavyweight legend was confined in Indiana Youth Center. Though a lot of celebrities came to check on Tyson, he claimed that rapper Tupac Shakur was most respected visitor among all. While interacting with rapper TI, Mike Tyson said, “ guards didn’t like him, inmates got rowdy and pumped up when he came which is a safety concern. He was a bolt of energy re. When he (Tupac Shakur) came in everybody knew him, he (Tupac Shakur) had mad respect. That’s how he lived his life, he had mad respect."

In past, Mike Tyson has claimed that he hit an inmate after being verbally abused. Mike Tyson recalled incident while in conversation with rapper Fat Joe and said that it was just ‘one time’ when he got into a physical altercation in jail. “Somebody said something and I just went over re and hit him. We were locked down for a long time and it was just something that was irritable and I went over re and hit him. We were locked down and couldn’t go to gym. Somebody got stabbed or something and we were locked down. I was just upset and miserable." said Mike Tyson.

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former heavyweight champion of world has already surprised combat sports community by anuncing his return at of 53. Mike Tyson recently revealed that he is planning to come back to boxing ring in order to raise money for charity. Mike Tyson has also received a reported offer of $20 million to compete in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship.

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