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Mike Tyson

On 30th June 1966 in Cumberland Hospital, New York City, something legendary happened, Michael Gerard Tyson was born. Lorna Kirkpatrick was the mother, however, not a great deal is known of this lady.  She was born Lorna Smith in 1930, probably in the South.  As did many other blacks after WWII, Lorna moved North to search for a better life.  Her destination - Brooklyn, New York City. Somewhere along the way, probably in Brooklyn, Lorna met and married a man called Percel Tyson, of whom nothing is known.  They later divorced and Lorna never did remarry, despite falling in love with Jimmy Kirkpatrick.  She took Kirkpatrick's name.  Jimmy was a heavyset, boisterous man, and father to some 16 children.  This number  would change-he fathered 3 children with Lorna.  Rodney in 1961, Denise in 1964, and 2 years later came Mike. Kirkpatrick had already moved out by the time Mike was born, thus keeping his mothers marriage name.  A name that would later gain household recognition the world over…TYSON. You can search for Boxing Tickets on this page. Click on click on any Boxing link such as Las Vegas Boxing Tickets or LIVE Boxing Tickets to search for Boxing Tickets for your tournament here.

Now a poverty-stricken single parent.  Lorna moved into even deeper despair.  That move was to Brownsville.  In the heart of Brooklyn, it made their previous Brooklyn address of Bedford-Stuyvesent seem like Bel Air.  It would be here, 178 Amboy Street, Apartment 2A in the most destitute section of one of Americas roughest cities that Michael Gererd Tyson would be moulded.

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