Tyson was on top of the world; Nintendo even gave him his own video game, Mike Tyson's Punchout. No one in the boxing community doubted that Tyson was a phenomenon, especially his next nine opponents. They all received first class tickets to the loser's column, courtesy of "Iron" Mike. It seemed that Tyson knocked out everyone he came in contact with; his wife at the time, Robyn Givens, wouldn't argue that statement either. During an interview with 20/20 in late September, 1988, Givens said "Mike is a manic depressant, and I am deathly afraid of him." Tyson sat meekly next to her, not saying a word. Shortly after that interview Givens divorced Tyson on grounds of abuse, or more accurately, Tyson used her as a punching bag. This is when "Iron" Mike's life went into such a turbulent downward spiral that it would give most people motion sickness thinking about it.
On Feb 11, 1990 the unthinkable happened. "Iron" Mike seemed to be a little more malleable on that day; Mike was knocked out by the huge underdog, Buster Douglas, in the tenth round. Tyson managed to pick himself up after the stunning upset, only to stumble into the longest fight of his career. Razor Ruddock took Tyson twelve long rounds; Mike came out on top. That would be Tyson's last fight in the ring for the next five years. On February 10, 1992, Mike Tyson was convicted of raping Desiree Washington, a Miss Black America contestant, and sentenced to 10 years in a federal prison. His sentence was to be carried out immediately. Behind iron bars, "Iron" Mike wasn't fighting for gold belts and huge paychecks; instead, he was throwing punches over canned fruit and dropped bars of soap. Tyson beat one inmate within inches of his life, and knocked a prison guard out cold with one swift blow from those rock hard fists. Somehow, his sentence was cut in half, and Tyson was released on March 25, 1995.
Tyson was now a rabid boxing beast, and in his return bout against "Hurricane" Peter McNeeley, this rang clear.
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