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Mike Tyson was going to whoop Michael Jordan ass back in 88
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Mike Tyson Reportedly Came Close To Beating Up Michael Jordan In 1988
ALEX REID in NBA
Published 12:25 PM, Thursday May 07 2020 GMT+1
A story has surfaced about how Mike Tyson and Michael Jordan were out for dinner together 32 years ago - and the then heavyweight champ came close to attacking the NBA icon.
In 1998, the two Mikes were in Chicago at the birthday party of top NFL player Richard Dent. Promoter Don King and Tyson's co-manager Rory Holloway were also guests - and the latter shared the tale of Iron Mike confronting Jordan in his book Taming the Beast: The Untold Story of Team Tyson.
The boxer was unbeaten and at the peak of his powers in '88 but his marriage to actress Robin Givens was rapidly falling apart and heading for a bitter, costly divorce.
Rising Chicago Bulls superstar Jordan had dated Givens before Tyson was on the scene and this - combined with the boxer's plentiful supply of cocktails - reportedly caused a confrontation.
As Holloway tells it: "Tyson's sitting there with his drink of choice, a Long Island Tea, and when he drinks his real feelings come out.
"I'm telling the server to water his drinks down 'cause I see where this is going. Mike stares across the table at Michael Jordan. He says, 'Hey man, you think I'm stupid? I know you f**ked with my bytch
"Jordan looks like he just seen a ghost. 'I know you messed with her,' Mike says. 'You can tell me.'"
Rather understandably, MJ declined to tell Iron Mike anything of the sort and apparently looked as though he wished he could be sucked down a golf hole and into another universe.
Hollyway added: "It was a circus, for real, that night. Don King trying to change the subject. Me and John [Horne, Tyson's other co-manager] trying to hold Mike down. Mike telling everyone he's going to bust Jordan's ass. Jordan's dressed sharp as always and he can't get out of there fast enough."
It's an outlandish tale - and Tyson in 1998 had enough pent-up rage to make anything possible. But then Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka, also present at the meal, gave a tamer version of the story to the Chicago Tribune in 2015.
"It's silly," said Ditka. "Michael Jordan is not going to get into an altercation with anyone. He's a class guy. First of all, the stupidest thing in the world is alcohol. When you drink, you get that mouth running sometimes. That's probably what happened."
Meanwhile birthday boy Dent acknowledged that Tyson had brought up Givens at the meal - and that words were exchanged - but played down the confrontation.
"It was a little get-together after Michael Jordan's game," Dent told the Tribune. "After the game, we had a little get-together at a restaurant. That was about it... [Tyson] said some things to Mike. I don't recall anything of that nature. I never saw [Jordan] look scared."
Well, perhaps high-stakes gambler Jordan just had a superb poker face. Because no matter how he approached the subject, if a 1988-era Mike Tyson brought up the topic of us previously dating his wife, we'd have run for the hills.
Perhaps His Airness styled it out, though Holloway defended his take in the book, stating: "I know I'm not crazy, you don't forget stuff like that."
Whatever really happened, the two biggest stars in US sport at that time sharing dinner together must've been something to behold. Fix us a Long Island ice tea please, barman.
Mike Tyson Reportedly Came Close To Beating Up Michael Jordan In 1988
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Soon as I saw this shyt I was like "This gotta be the homie Sauce." I was right
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James Gordon
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Went from no nikkas to 
we ain't got to fight nikka
Besides he ain't gettin out there fast wit them street sweeper pants he be wearin
to we ain't got to fight nikkaBesides he ain't gettin out there fast wit them street sweeper pants he be wearin
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Dan just imagine Mike looking you dead in your eyes and saying "You think I don't know you fukked my girl"
lookin like this
feelin like this
Junita had MJ dressing well.
I literally broke out laughing when I read that
Big Simpin Losing Cheese
Bought my girl a Chanel bag, and she left me still
Mark Henry from the WWE was about to whoop MJ also for saying "Who are You" to him. Luckily Charles Barkey and David Robinson mellowed the situation out.
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Jordan used to be a fashion icon back in the '80s and '90s.
In the 2000s, he stopped giving a fukk though.
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Was Jordan openly dating hoes while married
Nah, Robin Givens was his first Chicago girlfriend.
Even stranger, Robin played his wife Juanita in the biographical TV movie they had of him back in the day.
Don't do her like that.She was the most famous young up & coming Black actress of her era, who dated the most famous up & coming dudes of her era
Black Chyna was just a stripper that some simps knocked up.
The Klitschko brothers would like a word with you
He was in prison until '95.
After that, he was shot.
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Was Jordan openly dating hoes while married
Him and Magic were running through hoes effortlessly
