An intruder who broke into a Las Vegas hotel room had a lucky escape from its sleeping occupant — boxing legend Mike Tyson.

The former heavyweight champion was staying at The Cosmopolitan with his family following Stevie Wonder's New Year's Eve concert, when he was awoken by rustling sounds and a flashlight, TMZ reported Thursday.

By the time the 45-year-old realized what was happening, his unwanted visitor had left empty-handed.

Hotel security was called and is investigating the incident, sources said.

A rep for The Cosmopolitan said, "We have received a report of an incident that is currently under investigation. As always, guest safety is of the utmost importance."

Sept.19,2011 Mike Tyson on the Charlie Sheen Roast

(Disclaimer: Strong Language)

Source: hollywoodreporter.com

HBO is in the process of casting for a boxing drama pilot called 'Da Brick', which is will reflect aspects of Tyson's upbringing.

Former boxing heavyweight champion Mike Tyson is attached as nonwriting executive producer.

Mike Tysons life is so eventfull, that no autobiography has been able to cover all events. An ongoing series could therefore work as there are a lot of events in Tysons life to base a show around.

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John Boyega will play the projects titular character

Source: boxinginsider.com
Author: Scoop Malinowski
Date: 1 august 2011

It’s always a pleasure to listen to Kevin Rooney talk about his old charge Mike Tyson, who in his prime years in the 1980′s, was the most exciting, destructive heavyweight force in boxing history. Check this out…

BoxingInsider:  When was Mike at his prime best?

Kevin Rooney:  ”When he beat Michael Spinks. He just wiped him out. Before that he beat Tony Tucker and Tyrell Biggs, the main fighters back then. He wiped out Tony Tucker – he won a 12 round decision, I mean, he kicked his ass. Then he knocked out Tyrell Biggs. He knocked out Larry Holmes. Then he fought Tony Tubbs in Japan – he starched him in two rounds. Then he knocked out Michael Spinks in 90 seconds. 90 seconds. It wasn’t a joke. I mean, he knocked him out. So I think that fighter, in my opinion, could have and should have probably beaten anybody that was in his path. Anybody including Rocky Marciano and Muhammad Ali. Well, I’ll give Muhammad Ali and Rocky – well it could have been different, I mean, Rocky punched like hell. Muhammad punched like hell. Rocky had beat everyone. Muhammad had heart and was hard to hit. The fights would have been interesting. But I believe that Mike would have come out the better. Because he punched very hard [laughs]. Mike…I believe that Mike is one of the hardest punchers in history. He punches harder than Rocky. Punches harder than Joe Louis. Punches harder than George Foreman.”

 By JOHN KEKIS 
AP Sports Writer

CANASTOTA, N.Y. (AP) -- The once-proclaimed "baddest man on the planet" fumbled for words that wouldn't come. Sylvester Stallone knew exactly what Mike Tyson was feeling.

 Both were inducted in the International Boxing Hall of Fame on Sunday, Tyson for his reign as heavyweight champion of the world, Stallone for his "Rocky" movie series, and the fans turned out in droves on a rainy, overcast afternoon.

Thousands packed every corner of the induction grounds, and Tyson was no match for the emotion of the moment.

"I've got to be goofy about this or I'll get emotional up here," Tyson warned before trying to honor the late trainer Cus D'Amato, who became his legal guardian after Tyson's mother died and taught him the finer points of the sweet science in a gym in Catskill, N.Y., just a 2 1/2-hour drive from the Hall of Fame.

D'Amato died in 1985, the year before the hard-punching Tyson knocked out WBC champion Trevor Berbick in the second round to become the youngest heavyweight champ in history at age 20.

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 ESPN will be airing a special on Mike Tyson and Tupac on Sept 7th called ESPN 30 for 30: One Night in Vegas. 

30for30.espn.com/film/one-night-in-vegas.html