Meet Mike Tyson’s three ex-wives – and he ‘caught one having s** with Brad Pitt’
Boxing legend Mike Tyson has been married three times and has had a turbulent love life – here we take a look at the women who have been by his side through thick and thin
Meet Mike Tyson’s three wives – including one he ‘caught having a fling with Brad Pitt’.
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The former heavyweight boxing champion has been happily wed for over ten years now, but fans might not know this isn’t his first and only marriage.
The Baddest Man on the Planet started his boxing career in 1985 and hung up his gloves 20 years later.
Mike Tyson’s first marriage was to actress Robin Givens
He bagged six world titles and was crowned as the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. During his career, he had 58 fights in total, with 50 wins, six losses, and two no contests – but his career also had its fair share of scandals, including biting Evander Holyfield’s ear during their famous 1997 match.
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Outside the ring, Tyson’s life has been just as stormy – having been married three times while battling accusations of cheating and violence. Iron Mike also had seven children – Mikey Lorna, Rayna, Amir, Miguel, Milan, and Morocco. Sadly Exodus passed away in 2009.
Robin Givens
Tyson admitted to punching Givens during their relationship (Image: Getty Images)
Givens and Tyson tied the knot just 11 months after their first date, at the peak of his fame. The couple quickly planned a wedding after Tyson found out Givens was expecting but she sadly suffered a miscarriage.
The boxer splashed out £3million for her and her mum to buy a New Jersey house as well as another £6.5m into a bank account, it has been reported. However, soon after, she filed for divorce and claimed Tyson had been abusive towards her.
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In a chat on the American show 20/20 back in 1988, Givens called her marriage to Tyson “torture, pure hell, worse than anything I could possibly imagine”. Tyson owned up to Oprah Winfrey on her show in 2009 that he had hit Robin and she had hit him back. He said: “I have socked her before, and she socked me before, as well. It was just that kind of relationship.”
Iron Mike spilled in his book that he caught Givens with Brad Pitt in a car and also found them in bed while they were still hitched. In his book ‘Undisputed Truth’, Tyson tells how he found Pitt with Givens and Pitt begged him: “Dude, don’t strike me”.
The pair had an acrimonious divorce in 1989 (Image: Getty Images)
Tyson wrote about Pitt’s face, saying: “You had to see the look on his face,” and “He looked like he was ready to receive his last rites.”
Givens, who acts and models, has denied the stories. She admitted: “Pulling up in the driveway, that part is true,” but added, “I didn’t read the book, but I was told he says he caught us in bed, which never happened. Never, ever, ever happened.”
Pitt was allegedly caught in bed with Givens by Tyson (Image: Getty Images for DAOU Family Estates)
Givens then got hitched to tennis coach Svetozar Marinkovic in 1997, but it ended quickly in 1998. She became a mum when she adopted her son Michael “Buddy” Givens in 1993 and had another son named William Jensen in 1999 with her ex, American tennis ace Murphy Jensen.
Monica Turner
Monica Turner stood by the famous boxer while he was locked up (Image: WireImage)
Tyson tied the knot with his second wife Monica Turner, who’s a children’s doctor, almost ten years after Givens. The New York native met Turner at a party thrown by Eddie Murphy in 1990. They hit it off and got hitched seven years later.
Even when Tyson was locked up for three years, Turner stood by him, visiting every two weeks. After getting out in 1995, they tried to have a peaceful life in Maryland. They had a low-key Muslim wedding in 1997.
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Turner was there for Tyson during his ups and downs, but in 2003, she decided to end things and asked for a divorce. The Washington Post said that Turner also looked after “a daughter from a previous relationship” plus their two kids, Rayna and Amir, in Bethesda, but didn’t say who the daughter was.
Turner keeps to herself these days and hasn’t chatted about the split.
Lakiha Spicer
The pair got hitched in 2009 (Image: Getty Images)
Then there’s Lakiha Spicer, or Kiki, who Tyson met when she was just 18 after being introduced by Don King. They didn’t start dating until much later and got married in 2009.
Before Spicer, Tyson was with Sol Xochitl, and they had two children, Miguel Leon and Exodus. Sadly, Exodus passed away just before Tyson and Spicer tied the knot in a quick Vegas ceremony. Spicer and Tyson have two kids of their own, Milan and Morocco.
