I don’t think that Cus, who’d worked with Floyd Patterson, Rocky Graziano, and Jose Torres, thought that in a thousand years he’d get another champion, although he hoped he would. Then I show up there knowing nothing, a blank chalkboard. Cus was happy. I couldn’t understand why this white man was so happy about me. He would look at me and just laugh hysterically. He’d get on the phone and tell people, « Lightning has struck me twice. I have another heavyweight champion. » I have no idea how, but somehow he saw it in me.
They handcuffed me and sent me to Elmwood, which was a lockdown cottage for the incorrigible kids. On the weekends, all the kids from Elmwood who earned credits would go away for a few hours and then come back with broken noses, cracked teeth, busted mouths, bruised ribs—they were all jacked up. I just thought they were getting beat up by the staff. But the more I talked to these hurt guys, the more I realized they were happy.
2021年2月27日、マイアミのハードロック・スタジアムでサウル・アルバレス対アブニ・イルディリム戦の前座でジュリー・フォレストと対戦し、初回と2回に3回とダウンを奪うもその後急激に失速したことが響き10回0-1（93-95、2者が93-93）の判定で引き分けた 。試合後検査のため病院に直行すると、失速した原因が脱水症状と貧血だったことが分かり検査すると酵素の水準が高かった為再度検査した結果腎不全だったことが判明し、入院し治療を行った 。
Seit 2009 widmet sich Tyson, der schon in seiner Kindheit Tauben züchtete, site here in Hoboken, New Jersey der Brieftaubenzucht. 2011 lief auf dem Fernsehsender DMAX eine Reportage über Tyson und seine Tauben, Mike Tyson – Entscheidung am Himmel.
Finally, boxing fans could look forward to a long-delayed match-up, when Evander Holyfield agreed to fight Tyson in November of 1996 for the heavyweight championship. Against all odds the 34-year-old Holyfield ended what Sports Illustrated’s Richard Hoffer called Tyson’s « machinery of menace, » when he won a technical knockout in the eleventh round. It was a huge upset, defying all expectations. In fact, pay-per-view channels had offered a per-round price, so customers would not blame them when Tyson felled Holyfield in the first round. Boxing officials had forced Holyfield to undergo a battery of tests, fearing he might actually lose his life. It was a stunning result, but nothing could prepare the boxing world for the shock they were about to get.
Tyson played a couple of matches post the Lewis match. He underperformed in all of them. His last professional outing was at the match against Kevin McBride on June 11, 2005. He quit the match and announced his retirement before the start of the seventh round.
To help pay off his debts, Tyson announced he would be doing a series of exhibition bouts, calling it Tyson’s World Tour. For his first bout, Tyson returned to the ring in 2006 for a four-round exhibition against journeyman heavyweight Corey Sanders in Youngstown, Ohio. Tyson, without headgear at 5 ft 10 in and 216 pounds, was in quality shape, but far from his prime against Sanders, at 6 ft 6 in who wore headgear. Tyson appeared to be « holding back » in the exhibition to prevent an early end to the « show ». « If I don’t get out of this financial quagmire there’s a possibility I may have to be a punching bag for somebody. The money I make isn’t going to help my bills from a tremendous standpoint, but I’m going to feel better about myself. I’m not going to be depressed », explained Tyson about the reasons for his « comeback ». After the bout was poorly received by fans the remainder of the tour was canceled.
2009 gewann er mit einem Finalsieg gegen Sardor Abdullajew die Asienmeisterschaft in Zhuhai und erkämpfte bei der Weltmeisterschaft in Mailand gegen Sardor Abdullajew, Erik Pfeifer und Primislav Dimovski, sowie einer Halbfinalniederlage gegen Roman Kapitonenko, erneut eine WM-Bronzemedaille. 2010 gewann er mit einem Finalsieg gegen Mihai Nistor die World Combat Games in Peking und mit einem Finalsieg gegen Iwan Dytschko auch die Asienspiele in Guangzhou.
While the outcome of the case was not precedential, Perry’s comments were the first time that a government official commented on the copyrightability of tattoos. They were also significant in drawing a distinction between the tattoo’s design and application. Despite the case settling, it prompted further discussion of the topic and speculation as to how the case might have proceeded if it had gone to trial.
In 2019, a year before the official closure of Roc Nation’s boxing division, the Lane brothers negotiated Zhang’s release with Matchroom Boxing USA, which Duva, again, had cut a deal with. In 2024, Zhang’s co-manager recalled his promoter tried to stop him leaving by intimidation, dragging him into legal battles and refusing to line him up in fights. Brothers Tommy and Terry Lane, sons of boxing referee Mills Lane, joined Zhang as advisers and helped guide him out of trouble. It was not clear whether this incident was referring to Zhang’s termination of contract in November 2014 or in 2019.