Mike Tyson Net Worth: Boxing Star's Deserted Ohio Mansion to Be Converted Into Church?
Up until recently, more than two decades after he last resided there, Mike Tyson's five-bedroom Ohio mansion he once called home sat deserted and largely in disrepair.
WKBN TV.com reports his 25,000-square-foot property includes a "massive indoor pool complex complete with wading area, diving board and fountain." The website adds despite the property now being in less than immaculate condition, "you can still see the grandeur of the former party palace."
Several media outlets have reported the self-proclaimed "Baddest Man on the Planet" lived on the 60-acre property while training at Don King's facility. Back then, the home is reported to have been covered in tiger print carpet and included a giant-sized media room with a state-of-the-art sound system. It also boasted gold-plated furnishings and a mirrored ceiling Jacuzzi.
The TV station adds the guest bedrooms were covered in wall-to-wall-to-floor-to-ceiling marble. Reportedly, Tyson sold the property for just over $1 million sometime in 1999, or right around the time when his boxing career and earning potential seemed to take a severe nosedive.
In 1992, Tyson was sentenced to 10 years in prison after being convicted of raping a teenage beauty pageant contestant. He served three years of that time, but by 1997 again found himself in the public eye for all the wrong reasons after biting off part of Evander Holyfield's ear during a televised heavyweight boxing match.
In recent times, Tyson's career has enjoyed somewhat of a revival, with the youngest heavyweight champ in history starring in the show "The Hangover," and a TV show about his longtime love of pigeons. By the time he was just 20 years old, Tyson already owned the WBC, WBA and IBF heavyweight titles.
As for the property, developers are now rumored to be converting it into a church and have extended an invitation to the now 48-year-old Tyson about attending the first service held there.
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