What influenced Mike Tyson to become a boxer?

He grew up in a very poor part of Brooklyn and was raising pigeons in a old vacant building. I can't remember if he was doing this to sell them or if it was just a hobby kind of thing. Either way, he really liked his pigeons and caring for them. read more

He grew up in a very poor part of Brooklyn and was raising pigeons in a old vacant building. I can’t remember if he was doing this to sell them or if it was just a hobby kind of thing. read more

Kirkpatrick frequented pool halls, gambled and hung out on the streets. "My father was just a regular street guy caught up in the street world," Tyson said. Kirkpatrick abandoned the Tyson family around the time Mike was born, leaving Tyson's mother to care for the children on her own. Kirkpatrick died in 1992. read more