Michael Gerard "Mike" Tyson (born June 30, 1966) is an American retired professional boxer. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. 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 dropped out of high school as a junior and never graduated. In 1989, along with Don King, he was awarded an honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from Central State University, in Wilberforce, Ohio by university President Arthur E. Thomas. Tyson has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. His bestselling autobiography, Undisputed Truth, was published in November 2013.
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