Mike Tyson's agonising torment after daughter died in terrifying freak accident

Former Heavy Weight Champion Mike Tyson, who goes caput to caput with Jake Paul, experienced heartbreaking calamity not agelong aft announcing his status from boxing successful 2005

Boxing fable Mike Tyson has suffered respective idiosyncratic battles distant from the ringing aft being crowned the youngest-ever satellite champion.

The 58-year-old title holder is breaking his status contiguous to look YouTuber Jake Paul, leaving fans astatine the borderline of their seats to spot however the skilled icon volition fare against his 27-year-old opponent. While Tyson incredibly went connected to triumph the WBA, ABC, and IBF titles, his sporting glories person often been marred by calamity and controversy successful his idiosyncratic life.

Tyson, who shares 7 children with 4 antithetic women, erstwhile served clip successful jailhouse for rape, and tragically mislaid his four-year-old girl successful a freak accident, leaving him wanting to extremity it all. His stellar boxing vocation adjacent ignited pursuing sadness, with the nonaccomplishment of his parent astatine 16 seeing him taken successful by his trainer.

He turned nonrecreational astatine the property of 18 aft competing successful the Junior Olympic Games and it was conscionable 1 twelvemonth aboriginal erstwhile helium won his archetypal authoritative title. Following his victory, immoderate of the biggest firms connected the satellite wanted to motion him to publicise their products and helium seemed unstoppable. An A-list matrimony to Robin Givens followed, but conscionable a twelvemonth aboriginal the narration had started to crumble.

Rumours of unit and home maltreatment swirled circular the mates and successful a present infamous and harrowing interview, Givens described her beingness with the boxer arsenic "torture, axenic hell, worse than thing I could imagine". Three years aboriginal came Tyson's apprehension for rape aft helium was accused of assaulting an 18-year-old pistillate successful a edifice room.

He was jailed for six years successful 1992 but released successful 1995 having served little than fractional of his sentence. Incredibly, Tyson launched a comeback and was soon erstwhile again apical of the boxing bill.

One of his astir arguable fights followed 2 years aft his merchandise from jailhouse erstwhile Tyson battled Evander Holyfield successful the ring. The combat has to beryllium stopped astatine the extremity of the 3rd circular erstwhile Tyson spot his hostile connected some ears, ripping portion of the lobe cleanable off.

Then, successful 2005, Tyson announced his status - leaving the boxing world stunned. It was 4 years aft this that Tyson would endure his biggest calamity - the decease of his daughter, Exodus, four.

The youngster died astatine location and was recovered connected the treadmill successful the house's gym. It appeared she'd been strangled by a cord attached to the machine.

Sgt Andy Hill from the Phoenix Police Department said astatine the time: "We judge the kid was connected the treadmill but it was not moving astatine the time. She mightiness person been playing similar it was."

Little Exodus was rushed to infirmary adjacent to her location successful Arizona, and her father, who was successful Los Angeles, raced to beryllium astatine her bedside arsenic she was placed connected beingness support. Tragically, thing could beryllium done to prevention Exodus and she passed distant connected May 25, 2009.

An affectional Tyson gave a poignant interrogation not agelong aft his daughter's decease wherever helium said his archetypal absorption had been to "get my gun, automatic, conscionable similar this and spell crazy". He added his "couldn't handle" what happened.