Mike Tyson reveals he has pals from prison who are 'killers' and he often pays them visits

Mike Tyson is widely regarded as greatest boxer in history of sport, but ' Baddest Man on Planet' has had his fair share of controversies. Despite being a boxing great, Mike Tyson has often been on wrong side of law. In 1992, youngest heavyweight world champion was arrested on a rape charge, leading to Mike Tyson spending three years in prison. During his time in jail, Mike Tyson seemingly made a lot of friends. Being a global celebrity, Mike Tyson was respected by his prison inmates and boxing icon was often visited by various or superstars including rapper Tupac Shakur. Mike Tyson recently claimed that he is still friends with people from prison and often takes time out to pay m a visit.

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Mike Tyson return: Mike Tyson prison story takes fans by surprise

While Mike Tyson return has been hitting headlines for past few weeks, 53-year-old former heavyweight champion surprised his fans this week by revealing that he is still in touch with his former friends who are "criminals and killers" by w. In an episode of  Hotboxing podcast with Mike Tyson, man himself revealed that a lot of his friends were serving lifetime prison sentences under murder charges but he often visits to prison to meet m. 

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Mike Tyson first tussled with crime as a teenr before Cus D’Amato took him under his wing and trained him to be a heavyweight boxer. However, a lot of Mike Tyson’s old friends took a different path as y took to committing crimes to earn a living. While speaking on his podcast, Mike Tyson said, “After I was locked up, I started boxing. And I said I wasn't going to do that anymore. But I would still see my friends that I robbed with and y would still be at club. I was still hanging out with m, watching m do that s***. I was never into it - I was doing a career and y thought 'what f*** is he doing hanging out with m.' We went in two different directions. y became killers and I became a boxer. I'm happy I'm t in prison with m but I still go and visit m. y've got four or five life sentences, 90 years.”

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