Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: Michael Gerard Tyson akaberekerwa muBrownsville, Brooklyn, New York musi waJune 30, 1966. Ane mukoma anonzi Rodney (akaberekwa c. 1961) uye aive nehanzvadzi yakura yainzi Denise, uyo akafa nechirwere chemwoyo pazera remakore makumi maviri nemana muna Kukadzi wa1990. Baba vaTyson vekubereka vakanyorwa sa "Purcell Tyson" (aive anobva kuJamaica) pachitupa chake chekuzvarwa, asi murume Tyson aiziva sababa vake aive Jimmy Kirkpatrick. Kirkpatrick aibva kuGrier Town, North Carolina (nharaunda ine vanhu vatema vakawanda iyo yakabatanidzwa neguta reCharlotte), kwaaive mumwe wevatambi vepamusoro venhabvu. Kirkpatrick akaroora ndokuva nomwanakomana, mukoma waTyson wokurera Jimmie Lee Kirkpatrick, uyo aizobatsira kubatanidza nhabvu yechikoro chepamusoro cheCharlotte muna 1965. Muna 1959, Jimmy Kirkpatrick akasiya mhuri yake ndokutamira kuBrooklyn, kwaakasangana naamai vaTyson, Lorna Mae (Smith) Tyson. Kirkpatrick aiwanzopinda mumahoro edzimba dzokubhejera, aibhejera uye aifamba mumigwagwa. "Baba vangu vakanga vari munhuwo zvake womumugwagwa akabatwa munyika yomugwagwa", akadaro Tyson. Kirkpatrick akasiya mhuri yaTyson panguva yakazvarwa Mike, achisiya amai vaTyson kuti vatarisire vana vari voga. Kirkpatrick akafa muna 1992. Mhuri yaigara muBedford-Stuyvesant kusvikira mitoro yavo yemari yaida kutamira kuBrownsville apo Tyson aive nemakore gumi. Amai vaTyson vakafa makore matanhatu gare gare, vachisiya Tyson ane makore gumi nematanhatu achitarisirwa nemaneja wetsiva uye murairidzi Cus D'Amato, uyo aizova muchengeti wake wepamutemo. Tyson akazoti, "Handina kumboona amai vangu vachifara neni uye vachidada neni nokuda kwechimwe chinhu chandakaita: vaingoziva kuti ndaiva mwana akasununguka achimhanya mumigwagwa, achiuya kumba nenguo itsva dzavaiziva kuti ndakanga ndisina kubhadhara. Handina kumbowana mukana wokutaura naye kana kuziva nezvake. Pabasa, hazvibatsiri, asi zvinoparadza mupfungwa nomunhu oga". Muuhwana hwake hwose, Tyson aigara munharaunda dzine utsotsi hwakawanda. Maererano nebvunzurudzo muMashoko, kurwa kwake kwokutanga kwakanga kuri nomuduku akakura uyo akanga abvisa musoro weimwe yenjiva dzaTyson. Tyson akaramba achidzokororwa...  Mubvunzo: Tyson akasungwa kangani paakanga ava nemakore 13
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