by Mike Tyson
Me at nine years old.
Cus D’Amato.
Me at thirteen years old.
Cus and me.
With Cus in Catskill.
Dinner with Cus and Camille.
Running while surrounded by trucks as I shoot a Pepsi commercial.
Cus’s funeral on November 7, 1985. Left to right: Jimmy Jacobs, Kevin Rooney, Tom Patti, me, Jay Bright, José Torres, a relative of Cus’s, and Floyd Patterson.
At Steve Lott’s apartment for my nineteenth birthday party. Left to right: Steve Lott, Susan O’Brien, Jimmy Jacobs, Bill Cayton, my first girlfriend Angie, me, Loraine Jacobs, and Doris Cayton.
With my pigeons in Catskill.
Mitch Green and I fight at Madison Square Garden in 1986. I won in a unanimous decision, running my record to 21–0.
Marvis Frazier and I face off.
Trevor Berbick goes down as I fight him and become the youngest heavyweight champion of the world.
Don King and I celebrate my win over James “Bonecrusher” Smith as I claim the WBA belt in my second heavyweight title fight.
I land a vicious punch to the jaw in the seventh round against Tyrell Biggs en route to retaining my heavyweight title in 1987.
The heavyweight title fight between Michael Spinks and me in 1988. I knocked him out in the first round, defending my three belts.
Wearing my three belts after my fight with Spinks.
I’m mobbed by a crowd when I return to Brownsville.
Talking with my attorney, Steven Hayes, during the trial to dissolve my contract with Bill Cayton. Sitting at the other end of the table is Jimmy Jacobs’s widow, Loraine. Behind us from left to right are Donald Trump, Robin Givens, and Ruth Givens.
Meeting some sumo wrestlers during my trip to Tokyo in 1988.
Bill Cayton, me, and Jimmy Jacobs.
I throw a left hook at Larry Holmes during our fight in January 1988.
Holmes goes down in the fourth round.
With Evander Holyfield.
Al Sharpton and me.
Walking Kenya, my pet tiger.
Robin Givens and I get married in 1988.
My ex-wife Robin and her mother, Ruth, try to pull me apart.
Maya Angelou visits me in prison.
Leaving the Marion County Courthouse in Indianapolis with my attorney Jim Voyles after my sentence-reduction hearing, where I refused to apologize.
Don King and my team usher me into the limo waiting outside of the Indiana Youth Center.
With my former wife Monica Turner.
Referee Mills Lane about to disqualify me in the third round during my infamous fight against Evander Holyfield.
Muhammad Ali congratulates me after the Nevada State Athletic Commission decides to reinstate my boxing license.
I throw a left at Lennox Lewis during the first round of our bout for the heavyweight title in 2002.
Referee Eddie Cotton counts me out in the eighth round of my fight with Lewis.
Sitting in my dressing room with my two-month-old son Miguel before the Lewis fight.
Revisiting the WrestleMania crew in 2010 with my son Amir. Standing with us are Triple H and Hornswoggle.
From top to bottom: Milan, me, Kiki, Morocco.
With my brother Rodney and nephew Lorenzo.
With the cast of The Hangover after we won a Golden Globe Award. From left to right: Ed Helms, Justin Bartha, Heather Graham, me, and Bradley Cooper.
While on my hajj to Mecca, I visited with these Saudi officials during a stop in Medina.
With the therapist who introduced me to the twelve-step program, Marilyn Murray.
My son Miguel with my daughter Mikey.
Exodus poses with Miguel.
Gena and me with Rayna.
With my daughter Milan.
With my kids. From left to right, back: Milan, Amir, and Mikey; front: Rayna, me, Miguel, and Gena.
With my beautiful wife Kiki.
Talking about my life, family, and career in 2012.
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