The woman who helped Mike Tyson recover from his scandalous past

Lakiha Spicer loves the tattoos on boxing legend Mike Tyson’s face, turning the scandalous, incarcerated man into a kind husband and father.

The heavyweight boxing legend has repeatedly praised his wife’s contributions to his life. Known as one of the greatest boxers of all time, “Iron Mike” has also caused controversy with allegations of abuse and his past battle with drug addiction.

Since dating the 11-year-old beauty and later his third wife Lakiha Spicer, Mike Tyson’s life has changed in a positive direction. The man once nicknamed “the worst in the world” has become calmer and gradually distanced himself from scandals, focusing on his family.

“Without a wife, I’m a wild animal. As I get older, I look at women differently. When I was young, I saw them as fun, now I see them as my other half. This makes me realize that I’m a man. At this stage of my life, they are my teachers. If a man is not a little afraid of his wife, he is not living a proper life,” the boxing legend said in 2020.

The beauty nicknamed Kiki first met Mike Tyson in 1995 when she was 18 years old at a boxing match. Lahika’s father was a big boxing fan and often took his daughter to martial arts competitions.

By the beginning of 2000, Kiki and Mike started dating. In a conversation with the New York Post in 2012, Lakiha Spicer described her relationship with Mike Tyson as “a moth to a flame”. “I couldn’t get him out of my mind, I tried, but we kept coming back together. He’s the only one I could love again and again,” the beauty said.

In the summer of 2009, Mike Tyson and Lakiha Spicer married at the La Bella Wedding Chapel at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas. They exchanged vows in a private ceremony after welcoming their first daughter, Milan. Before the wedding, both had legal troubles.

Mike Tyson was on three years’ probation after being arrested for cocaine possession and pleading guilty to drunk driving. Meanwhile, Lakiha Spicer was sentenced to six months in federal prison in 2008 for embezzling money from a company owned by her father. While serving her sentence, she was pregnant with Milan. In early 2011, they had another son, Morocco.

His wife co-wrote the 2012 play Mike Tyson: The Undisputed Truth About Mike Tyson’s Life with screenwriter Randy Johnson. The play was brought to Broadway and made into a film.

Mike Tyson has a Maori-inspired tattoo on the left side of his face. It scares many people, but Lakiha Spicer finds it charming and considers it a clever move by her husband that makes him stand out and unique.

A source on People said that Mike Tyson and his wife are currently collaborating on a number of businesses, including a clothing brand and a line of boxing gloves. The beauty is said to have contributed to helping the boxing legend recover financially after declaring bankruptcy due to debt in 2003. Before fighting Jake Paul last weekend, Mike Tyson’s fortune was estimated at $ 10 million.

When Mike Tyson decided to return to the ring against Jake Paul, Lakiha Spicer was both supportive and worried because he was almost 60 years old and had not fought in nearly 20 years. “This fight is not going to change my life financially.

My wife always tells me I don’t have to fight this. But this is what I want to do, this is me and I’m trying to get back to glory,” Mike Tyson said. The former world champion eventually lost to an opponent who was only the same age as his son and earned an additional $20 million.