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Mike Tyson may be one of the most celebrated boxers of all time, but his kids know how to put their 58-year-old dad in his place. When the boxing champ walked the red carpet of the 2023 ESPY Awards with his then 14-year-old daughter, Milan Tyson, he told “ Entertainment Tonight ,” “She seems to think so many other people are cooler than me.” He also admitted that his kids have mellowed him out a bit, adding “I have a daughter.
I can’t be who I used to be, you know? Things have to change.” Some things may have changed, but when it comes to the former heavyweight’s career, it looks like the old days are back. Mike Tyson is once again stepping into the ring, this time to battle Jake Paul , a 27-year-old social media star who made his professional boxing debut in 2020.
The main-card fight will stream globally on Netflix starting Friday, Nov. 15, at 8 p.m.
But before his tough side returns, meet the children who see Iron Mike as a big softie. Mikey Lorna Tyson Mike Tyson passed down a version of his famous moniker to only one of his children: his firstborn, Mikey Lorna Tyson. The former world champ welcomed his daughter during a brief relationship with model Kimberly Scarborough in 1990.
Since launching a music career, however, she’s reintroduced herself to the world with an alternative spelling of her first name, Miki. On Halloween 2024, her proud pop encouraged his fans to listen to her new song, “Love Me Again,” as he referred to her as “an incredible writer and singer.” Ramsey Tyson The boxing great’s second child, Ramsey Tyson, was born to Mike Tyson and Monica Turner on Valentine’s Day 1996 — one year before the couple wed.
Ramsey is transmasculine and nonbinary, but they’re understanding about the fact their father has publicly misgendered them in the past. Speaking to LGBTQ+ publication Them in 2020, they explained that their dad doesn’t “mean it maliciously” and that, although the pair have only spoken “very briefly” about gender identity, there is no expectation for him to “be perfect at pronouns.” Amir Tyson Tyson and Turner had one other child during their six-year marriage, a son named Amir Tyson, born in 1997.
A sports journalist, Amir has shared his excitement about being involved with his father’s Netflix matchup with Paul. “Super excited to be working this event with an amazing team for the biggest and most viewed boxing fight of the 21st century,” he wrote alongside an Instagram photo of the on-air talent expected to appear on the broadcast. Miguel Lión Tyson Miguel Lión Tyson, born to the fighter and his ex-girlfriend Sol Xochitl in 2002, has dropped his family’s well-known last name.
Going by Miguel Lión professionally , he works as a globe-trotting photographer and videographer. “Because of my innate passion for exploring life on earth, I spend my time capturing the beauty of the world in unique and creative ways,” Lión wrote on his website . “Whether I’m working with companies internationally or on a personal endeavor, my goal with my work is to break physical, mental, and scientific boundaries that ultimately give people a deeper connection of our world’s nature, culture, and life.
” Exodus Tyson Tyson and Xochitl welcomed another child, a daughter named Exodus Tyson born in March 2005. Sadly, Exodus died in 2009 at the age of 4 after her neck was accidently caught in a treadmill cord at her mother's home. When asked about the event months later in an interview with Oprah Winfrey , Tyson said, “I don’t know what happened.
I don’t want to know.” Tearing up, he added, “Because if I know, somebody’s going to be blamed for it. And if somebody’s to blame for it, there will be a problem.
” In 2011, Tyson’s ex-wife Turner told The New York Times that the loss “changed Mike forever.” Milan Tyson In 2008, Mike Tyson and Lakiha Spicer, whom he later wed just days after Exodus’ death, celebrated the birth of another daughter, Milan Tyson. Given her young age, she hasn’t witnessed much of her father’s life in the ring.
“She saw me on television fight with Roy Jones,” he recalled of the 2020 match when speaking to reporters during an open workout, according to ESPN . “But she has never seen anything of this magnitude in her life. My kids don’t really think of me as the baddest man on the planet.
They look at me as Dad (and tell me) sit your old ass down.” However, after his fight with Paul, Mike believes the teen and her siblings “will have a different opinion of me.” Morocco Tyson Tyson and Spicer, who remain married, welcomed the youngest member of the boxer’s brood in 2011, a son named Morocco Tyson.
Though Morocco is sure to be a Mike Tyson fan, his father surprised him in 2022 with the chance to meet one of his favorite stars on the “Hotboxin’ With Mike Tyson” podcast. “My son, Morocco, is a big fan of Kevin Hart,” Dad shared on Instagram , noting “it was super cool surprising him when Kevin came to Hotboxin.”.
