Mike Tyson's early childhood?????

Question

Is it true that he had been arrested 38 times prior to joining boxing at age 13?

Is it true that he used to go to grocery parking lots looking for eldery women to help them with their grocery bags only to knocking them out and stealing their purse?

Is it true that he was mentally weak always walking with his head down and crying when somebody made fun of him?

Is it true that he attempted to commit suicide when he was locked up in the juvenile facility?

If you have any other information about tyson's childhood plz let me know.

Answer 1

He ran with a gang in Harlem or the Bronx cant remember which.  He was being recruited so he had to prove himself to become a member, so im sure he did do alot of those things. Alot of it is probubly over exagerated though to make Tyson look worse.

I know that when he was younger he would use to cry when Kevin Rooney would yell at him in the gym, I remember him sayin that at one point.

He is a manic depressive and has been his whole life. From what i understand Mike Tyson was supposed to be on Anti-Depressants, but his trainers kept him off then because it effected his training and his aggression before fights.

This is all from memory so i dont know how accurate it is, but its things i defiantly heard while following his early career.

Answer 2

Sounds True

Answer 3

Yeah, he was arrested many times for petty crimes that juvenile delinquents would usually get into, and all these stories you've mentioned are most probably true.  Indeed, Mike had a wild and miserable childhood.  You can watch The Mike Tyson Story on YouTube.  It's a very nice documentary on Tyson.

Answer 4

When he was a baby, he bit his mommy's nipples while breastfeeding...