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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – AUGUST 29: Mike Tyson looks on during the Women’s Singles First Round match between Serena Williams of the United States and Danka Kovinic of Montenegro on Day One of the 2022 US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on August 29, 2022 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – AUGUST 29: Mike Tyson looks on during the Women’s Singles First Round match between Serena Williams of the United States and Danka Kovinic of Montenegro on Day One of the 2022 US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on August 29, 2022 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)
Mike Tyson, in the latest episode of Hotboxin’ with Mike Tyson almost jeopardized his life. With Tony Hawk by his side, Mike Tyson leaped onto a skateboard exhibiting command and style. However, the former heavyweight champion of the world soon went off balance and fell off it.
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After this incident, Tyson and Hawk spoke about Tyson learning the ropes of skateboarding. ‘Kid Dynamite’ wished to sit on it as some people he had seen did. Tyson began by saying, “I wish I could sit on it [skateboard]. You see some people sitting on their skateboards.”
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Hearing Tyson’s eagerness about skateboarding, Hawk said he would be happy to teach the former how to ride it. He said, “I would like to see Mike Tyson sitting on a skateboard, going down the Boardwalk in Venice.”

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BURBANK, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 18: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO COMMERCIAL USE) Mike Tyson speaks with Mario Lopez at Capital One Podcast Studio during the 2019 iHeartRadio Podcast Awards Presented by Capital One at the iHeartRadio Theater LA on January 18, 2019 in Burbank, California. (Photo by Rich Polk/Getty Images for iHeartMedia)
“I would be happy to at least teach you how to ride on that board instead of standing on the carpet and trying to kill yourself,” Hawk added by saying. Tyson could have seriously hurt himself falling off the board inside the studio of HotBoxin’. Luckily, there was a chair to catch him. Anyway, here is what Tyson said next regarding his encounter with death on HotBoxin’.
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Mike Tyson speaks about a good attempt of him killing himself on HotBoxin’
Tyson knows how to crack jokes. As soon as Hawk joked about Tyson’s failed attempt, the latter spontaneously contributed to it by saying, “It was an almost good attempt of me killing myself, yeah. I almost died.”

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VERONA, NY – JUNE 08: Former World Champion boxer Mike Tyson claps as the 2018 Hall of Fame class is introduced during the Golden Boy on ESPN fight night at Turning Stone Resort Casino on June 8, 2018 in Verona, New York. (Photo by Alex Menendez/Getty Images)
Fortunately, Tyson did not hurt himself skateboarding. In this episode Tyson even joked about sciatica and him. Reacting to one of Hawk’s clips, Tyson said if he tried the stunts performed by him (Hawk), he would break his back and hence bid sciatica goodbye.
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What are your thoughts about Mike Tyson’s experiment with skateboarding? In addition, what would you say about Tony Hawk teaching Tyson the basics of skateboarding? Let us know in the comments below.
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