In 1966, Mike Tyson a professional boxer was born in New York
Michael Gerard "Mike" Tyson was born in Brooklyn, New York on June 30, 1966. Percell Tyson was named as his father on his birth certificate, but Mike considers Jimmy Kirkpatrick to be his biological father because Kirkpatrick was living with his mother, Lorna Smith Tyson, at the time of his birth. Kirkpatrick soon abandoned Mike, along with his mother, brother, and sister. Mike Tyson is a former boxing heavyweight world champion. He is still the youngest man to win the International Boxing Federation (IBF), World Boxing Association (WBA), and World Boxing Council (WBC) titles at the age of 20 as of 2012. He was also the first person to hold all three championships at the same time.
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