迈克·泰森(Michael Gerard Tyson)，生于美国纽约市，曾是一位职业拳击手，曾获世界重量级冠军，被认为是世界上最好的重量级拳击手之一。在其全盛时期，他以毁灭性的风格多次击败了著名的对手，一度是最具威胁性的拳击手之一。但其事业前途却因个人问题、缺乏训练和两次收押而中断。，但在与知名对手比赛中却没有获胜。2005年6月11日泰森与学徒拳击手凯文·麦克布莱德打了最后一场比赛，但亦以失败收场，因此决定永远从拳坛退休。
史上最年轻的世界重量级拳王：
迈克·泰森，后皈依伊斯兰教，拳击史上最年轻的世界重量级拳王。1986年11月23日2回合击倒伯比克，夺得WBC拳王，首次获得世界重量级拳王称号成为拳击史上最年轻的世界重量级拳王。他又降服詹姆斯·史密斯和托尼·塔克，成为 WBC、WBA和IBF三大拳击组织公认的世界重量级冠军，此后又击败了斯平克斯、霍姆斯、塔布斯和布鲁诺等著名拳王。他在9次卫冕成功后，于1990年2月11日在42赔1的大热情况下被挑战者詹姆斯·道格拉斯击倒，爆出了拳击史上的大冷门。
众所周知的“咬耳朵”事件：
1997年6月 28日，泰森在向霍利菲尔德WBA冠军挑战时，因不满对方屡次搂抱和头撞，而两次怒咬对手的耳朵，被美国内华达州运动委员会吊销了拳赛执照并罚款 300万美元。 2005年泰森为了还债重返拳台，6月份，与对手凯文·麦克布莱德在华盛顿进行的一场比赛中，迈克布莱德左眼角被泰森撞开了一道口子。裁判判泰森违例，扣了他两分，麦克布莱德则被激发了斗志，连续的攻击让泰森完全抬不起头来。第6回合打败泰森，泰森坐在长椅上冷静了很久，表情显得屈辱无奈，随后，泰森于6月12日正式宣布退出拳台，结束了整整20年的拳击生涯。2012年迈克.泰森入围WWE 2012名人堂。
Tyson is a retired American professional boxer. Tyson is a former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world and holds the record as the youngest boxer to win the WBC, WBA and IBF heavyweight titles at 20 years, 4 months, and 22 days old. Tyson won his first 19 professional bouts by knockout, 12 of them in the first round. He won the WBC title in 1986 after defeating Trevor Berbick by a TKO in the second round.
In 1987, Tyson added the WBA and IBF titles after defeating James Smith and Tony Tucker. He was the first heavyweight boxer to simultaneously hold the WBA, WBC and IBF titles, and the only heavyweight to successively unify them.
In 1988, Tyson became the lineal champion when he knocked out Michael Spinks after 91 seconds. Tyson successfully defended the world heavyweight championship nine times, including victories over Larry Holmes and Frank Bruno. In 1990, he lost his titles to underdog James "Buster" Douglas, by a knockout in round 10. Attempting to regain the titles, he defeated Donovan Ruddock twice in 1991, but he pulled out of a fight with undisputed heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield due to injury.
In 1992, Tyson was convicted of raping Desiree Washington and sentenced to six years in prison but was released after serving three years. After his release, he engaged in a series of comeback fights. In 1996, he won the WBC and WBA titles after defeating Frank Bruno and Bruce Seldon by knockout. After being stripped of the WBC title, Tyson lost his WBA crown to Evander Holyfield in November 1996 by an 11th round TKO. Their 1997 rematch ended when Tyson was disqualified for biting Holyfield's ear.