Meet Mike Tyson’s three wives including one he ‘caught sleeping with Brad Pitt’

Mike Tyson is regarded as one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time.

Iron Mike's professional career, which spanned from 1985 to 2005, saw him rack up six world titles and he resigned from the sport as the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world.

His long-running career, which included a total of 58 fights with a whopping 50 wins, six losses, and two no contests, wasn't without its controversies.

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In a 1997 bout with Evander Holyfield, the boxer was disqualified from the fight after biting his opponent's ear and in 2002, his violent side emerged again when he threatened to kill Lennox Lewis during the buildup to their fight.

Outside the ring, the 57-year-old dad of seven — including his daughter Exodus who sadly died in 2009 — now paints the picture of an ideal family man.

His current marriage has lasted more than a decade and he regularly shares images of him doting on his brood of kids.

But just like his boxing career, The Baddest Man on the Planet's personal life has been mired in controversy over the years.

The boxing champ has had three wives, in marriages that have seen him accused of domestic abuse and infidelity, and his womanising ways didn't even stop when he went to prison for rape — revealing he got a girlfriend pregnant behind bars.

Robin Givens

Mike married his first wife, Robin Givens, at the height of his boxing career in 1988.

The couple tied the knot just 11 months after their first date, arranging a shotgun wedding after Mike found out Robin was pregnant, but she sadly suffered a miscarriage.

By the time they met, Robin was already famous in her own right, with the actress known for playing Darlene Merriman in the ABC sitcom Head of the Class in 1986.

But the couple had a troubled marriage that would only last a year and pushed them even further into the spotlight.

In his memoir, Undisputed Truth, the boxer called Robin's mother "ruthless" as he claimed to have forked out $5million for her and his new wife to purchase a New Jersey mansion, followed by another $10million he allegedly placed into a bank account for the mother and daughter duo.

Seven months into their marriage, the couple went on national TV where Robin uncovered their issues in a dramatic interview on American news show 20/20.

In what would go down as one of the most unforgettable celebrity interviews of all time, Robin sat next to Mike as she told interviewer Barbara Walters he had an "extremely volatile temper".

She added: "He's got a side to him that's scary, Michael is intimidating, to say the least. I think there's a time when he cannot control his temper. And that's frightening to me. To my mother. To anyone around."

Soon after the interview, Robin filed for divorce and claimed the boxer had been abusive.

During a 2009 appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Mike admitted his marriage with Robin had been violent.

He said: "I have socked her before, and she socked me before, as well. It was just that kind of relationship."

The boxer later claimed in his memoir that he once caught Robin in a car with Brad Pitt and also discovered them in bed together while they were still married.

He claimed after finding them in bed, a terrified Brad said to him: "Dude, don't strike me".

"You had to see the look on his face," Mike added. "He looked like he was ready to receive his last rites."

But Robin denied it ever happened. She said: "Pulling up in the driveway, that part is true. I didn’t read the book, but I was told he says he caught us in bed, which never happened. Never, ever, ever happened.”

The actress went on to marry tennis instructor Svetozar Marinkovic in 1997, who she split from the following year.

In 1993 she adopted her son, Michael "Buddy" Givens and in 1999 she welcomed her second child, William Jenson, with former American tennis player Murphy Jensen.

Monica Turner

It wouldn't be for nearly another decade that Mike would tie the knot again, this time with paediatrician Monica Turner who he wed in 1997.

The couple first met at Eddie Murphy's party in 1990 and quickly became friends.

Just two years later, the boxer was sentenced to six years behind bars after being convicted of raping 18-year-old Desiree Washington in 1991.

But it seems being locked up didn't impact his love life, with Mike claiming he even knocked up a woman while behind bars.

“I had a ball in prison, I had a girlfriend, I got a girl pregnant in prison. I was living a life in prison," he told presenter Jim Gray on a 2020 episode of Hotboxin' With Mike Tyson.

In an appearance on an episode of Revolt's DrinkChamps last year he revealed the girlfriend had been a teacher at the prison he met while trying to get a diploma.

"When I had sex with her, she got pregnant. It was crazy, man. Hey guys, I had sex with my school teacher and she got pregnant. We weren't using condoms," he admitted.

He revealed the woman chose not to proceed with the pregnancy.

Despite this, Monica still supported Mike during his time inside, visiting him every two weeks.

He was eventually released early in 1995 and the couple moved to Maryland before marrying in a low-key Muslim ceremony in 1997.

The couple had already welcomed their first child, Rayna Tyson, in 1996 and in 1997 they welcomed their son, Amir Tyson and were also raising a daughter from Monica's previous relationship while the family lived in Bethesda.

But the marriage ended in divorce in 2003, when Monica accused Mike of cheating on her, The Washington Post reported.

She alleged in the divorce complaint he had "committed adultery during the marriage, and such adultery has neither been forgiven nor condoned by the Plaintiff."

Since then Monica has led a quiet life continuing to practice medicine and hasn't spoken publicly about their split.

Lakiha Spicer

Six years later Mike married his third wife, Lakiha Spicer.

Lakiha, who is known as Kiki, first met the boxer when she was just 18 years old, with the pair being introduced by promoter Don King after one of his bouts.

During the early 2000s, Mike had been dating former stripper Sol Xochitl and they welcomed two children together, Miguel Leon Tyson in 2002 and Exodus Tyson in 2005.

Mike and Kiki also reportedly started dating in the early noughties and in 2009 they married just two weeks after the death of Mike's daughter, Exodus — who was killed after an accident in which she became entangled in a treadmill cord.

Like Mike, Kiki has also had some run-ins with the law.

In 2008 she went into prison pregnant with Mike's daughter, Milan, after being sentenced to six months behind bars for defrauding $71,000 from a company her father owned.

She was paid to teach maths courses at the Sister Clara Muhammad School but allegedly never turned up for the teaching job and had used the school for money laundering.

When she was released from prison, she discovered Mike struggling with drug addiction.

He said with her support he was able to kick the addiction, telling People magazine: “I’m very happy me and my wife got together, because I don’t know how I would have survived out there.”

Their relationship hasn't been without its troubles though, Mike admitted on the ExpediTiously podcast in 2020 that he'd only been faithful to her in the last two years of their marriage.

But he said he now sees women "differently", adding: "Without my wife, I’m a savage animal… I look at women differently as I get older."

The couple also welcomed a son, Morocco Tyson, in 2011.

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