# Mike Tyson tattoos his face! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 18, 2003, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson-tattoos-his-face/155904 "2003-02-18T16:14:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson-tattoos-his-face/155904/21 "2003-02-19T06:17:37Z")
Next week on Fox: Jackson vs. Tyson, Round One The American public is presented with several scenarios in which singer Michael Jackson and boxer Mike Tyson would directly compete. Options include: Baby dangling Ear munching American Gladiator-style athletic competition Drag racing More next week. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson-tattoos-his-face/155904/22 "2003-02-19T06:26:57Z")
I saw a picture of the tattoo while flipping past Fox Sports. It’s a bit hard to describe what it looks like. You know those curling, flame-like, all-black tattoos some folks have? It’s one of those, and it’s around, over, and under his left eye. Still can’t find a picture on the web, though. ---
**Author:** ![Fibber\_McGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a6a055/32.png) [@Fibber\_McGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fibber_McGee)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson-tattoos-his-face/155904/23 "2003-02-19T06:37:29Z")
The Tat. [http://foxsports.lycos.com/netapp/blobs/active/6/1/911150\_7\_2.jpg](http://foxsports.lycos.com/netapp/blobs/active/6/1/911150_7_2.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![jeff\_lebowski\_s\_brother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e99b99/32.png) [@jeff\_lebowski\_s\_brother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeff_lebowski_s_brother)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson-tattoos-his-face/155904/24 "2003-02-19T07:03:28Z")
For a million dollars, I’ll fight Mike! (Can I have a stick, a whip and chair, or a 38 caliber please?) ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson-tattoos-his-face/155904/25 "2003-02-19T07:22:34Z")
I’m waiting for the headline announcing that Mike won’t fight: “TYSON CHICKEN!” ---
**Author:** ![stolichnaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@stolichnaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolichnaya)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson-tattoos-his-face/155904/26 "2003-02-19T15:19:34Z")
Actually, as face tatoos go, that’s rather tasteful. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson-tattoos-his-face/155904/27 "2003-02-19T19:21:58Z")
Well thats interesting alright. Btw 100 points to **Fibber** 😃 ---
**Author:** ![japatlgt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df705f/32.png) [@japatlgt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/japatlgt)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson-tattoos-his-face/155904/28 "2003-02-19T19:51:09Z")
It’s now official! Mike Tyson has lost his mind. Who’ll have him on first to discuss this latest epiphany? Letterman or Leno? Kimmel or Conan? I guess he’s just trying to remove all doubt. \ ---
**Author:** ![Fibber\_McGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a6a055/32.png) [@Fibber\_McGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fibber_McGee)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson-tattoos-his-face/155904/29 "2003-02-19T19:57:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by japatlgt \* > \*\*It’s now official! Mike Tyson has lost his mind. \*\* It’s been official for years! Where the hell you been? ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson-tattoos-his-face/155904/30 "2003-02-19T20:28:24Z")
Ok since we cleared that up, I now have a new question. I keep reading in all the articles that Tyson owes $6.5 million of future earnings to his ex-wife. They say he was only getting paid $5 million, and that he may have been demanding more so he could pay the $6.5 m. My question is whats up with that? Why does he still owe her money? That was like 10 years ago! ---
**Author:** ![Heloise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e36b37/32.png) [@Heloise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heloise)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson-tattoos-his-face/155904/31 "2003-02-19T20:33:42Z")
Actually, I kind of like it. I think I want one just like it! 😃 Really, though, it’s not as bad as I thought it would be. I was expecting much, much worse. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson-tattoos-his-face/155904/32 "2003-02-19T21:03:48Z")
What a great place for a trivet. ---
**Author:** ![scablet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@scablet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scablet)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson-tattoos-his-face/155904/33 "2003-02-19T23:45:36Z")
Good for him. Tyson’s character aside, the tattoo looks amazing and quite striking. ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson-tattoos-his-face/155904/34 "2003-02-19T23:46:58Z")
He looks like Chakotay from Voyager, only bigger, blacker, and crazier. ---
**Author:** ![lout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a6a055/32.png) [@lout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lout)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson-tattoos-his-face/155904/35 "2003-02-20T01:20:05Z")
It will probably remain forever inexplicable to me why certain people – Mike Tyson, Michael Jackson and many others, and now G.W. Bush – apparently choose to take a tire-iron to their once promising careers, batter them beyond recognition and flush them straight down the toilet. Tyson had it all and then some. He was not only one of the most skilled and talented heavyweight boxers of all time, but he was also an interesting man. Now it’s all gone, and although it’s easy to point to various villains in his life – Robin Givens, Don King, etc. – the ultimate responsibility must lie with Mike himself. His boxing career is over; it’s time to join the WWF. He may well knock out Clifford Ettiene (who is an admirable guy in his own way; 10 years in prison, then a college degree and a boxing career), but even if that happens, it’s only a matter of time for Tyson – death or prison. ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson-tattoos-his-face/155904/36 "2003-02-20T01:49:23Z")
Well…it doesn’t make him look any worse. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson-tattoos-his-face/155904/37 "2003-02-20T02:23:00Z")
Actually, that’s a cool tattoo. If I had millions and millions of dollars from a successful boxing career and never had to worry about getting a job again, I’d get one too. Of course, thanks to Don “Fork in an Electric Socket” King, Mike Tyson doesn’t have millions and millions of dollars from a successful boxing career, either. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson-tattoos-his-face/155904.md?page=1)