Published 15:51 IST, March 2nd 2021

Mike Tyson's lavish mansion that 50 Cent bought for $4.5M when boxer went bankrupt

When boxing legend Mike Tyson declared bankruptcy in 2003, he sold his lavish Connecticut mansion to rapper 50 Cent for a whopping $4.5 million.

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Back in 2003, just a year after his loss to fellow legend Lennox Lewis, Mike Tyson declared bankruptcy with reported debts of $23 million (£16.5 million). And while he has me more than $300 million (£216 million) in his entire carrier, Tyson was forced to sell off many of his assets, which also included his lavish Connecticut mansion that h 21 bedrooms and 25 bathrooms back n. property was bought by rapper 50 Cent for a whopping $4.5 million (£3.3 million), which he later sold to someone else.

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Mike Tyson mansion: Inside Tyson's former Connecticut mansion

According to Sun, when 50 Cent bought property, “It set a record for most expensive home ever sold in area of Farmington”. Apart from consisting of 21 bedrooms and 25 bathrooms, 50,000-square-foot house and has an indoor pool and hot tub, a green-screen room, an indoor court, multiple game rooms, and a recording studio.

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As per reports, mansion has a huge stately front gate and guests who enter residence get greeted by a lion statue. property has marble flooring, with a duelling wood-panelled staircase that les to upper level. master bedroom, which has a scenic view of garden landscape, also consists of a walk-in closet with glass doors, where Mike Tyson and 50 Cent would have kept ir designer wears.

Considering Mike Tyson's love for gambling, mansion h a room filled with poker and roulette tables, while anor room consisted of various indoor games, including pool tables. re are also indoor and outdoor basketball courts, where Mike Tyson and his teammates spent a lot of free time. Next to outdoor court, re’s a pond with various water features.

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50 Cent mansion: rapper sold his Connecticut mansion on a $1.3 million loss

According to 50 Cent, he used to spend more than $65,000 (£50,000) a month just for maintenance of huge mansion, and because of that, he decided to sell house. 50 Cent earlier wanted $19.4 million (£14 million) for property, but ended up selling it for $3.1 million (£2.3 million) inste as mansion remained unsold for over a dece. "It's just oversized for market. When you have a property that is well outside norm, it takes a lot longer to sell," Estate agent Jonathan Miller told Realtor.com (via Sportbible).