Mike Tyson’s wife is throwing in the towel on his boxing career.
According to Tyson’s son Amir, Lakiha “Kiki” Spicer, Tyson’s wife since 2009, who is a significant part of his life and is credited with turning her husband’s life around, is calling it quits on Tyson’s boxing.
“I think he’s done,” Amir told The Sun in an interview. “My stepmom, she’s saying he’s done, and they’re a team. That’s husband-and-wife stuff.”
Amir was infamously the man behind the microphone interviewing his father prior to the fight for Netflix, which panned to Tyson’s bare butt live on screen.
Tyson fought YouTuber Jake Paul to a decision loss in which even Paul said he was carrying the boxing legend to the finish rather than knocking him out.
Tyson looked to be unable to really stand in the final rounds of the fight.
“I wanted to give the fans a show, but I didn’t want to hurt someone who didn’t need to be hurt,” Paul said after the fight. “I didn’t wanna hurt someone that didn’t need to be hurt.”
After the fight, Tyson called out Jake’s brother Logan Paul, who boxes a bit himself, having fought to a draw against the undersized Floyd Mayweather in a June 2021 boxing match.
“I don’t know [if I want to do this again]. It depends on the situation … I don’t know, maybe his brother,” Tyson said in the ring after the poor performance he showed in the Nov. bout.
“I’d kill you, Mike,” Logan said to Tyson after the call out.
“It’s on then,” Tyson responded.
Logan, 1-1-2, most recently defeated grappling savant Dillon Danis in a boxing match but was winless prior to that.
Tyson’s son Amir added that he doesn’t get too involved in his father’s life, adding that any opinions, like that of the Logan fight, would be met with an immediate rejection.
“That chat would be a waste of time. He is his own man,” Amir said while laughing. “If I say too much he’d only tell me to shut up and remind me I’m not his dad. I can say my part, but he is the grownup, and he will do whatever he wants.”
Tyson and Paul are still under loads of scrutiny regarding how the fight played out, with many lawsuits being filed against the promoters, Netflix and fighters.