Mike Tyson once put MMA practitioner and Hollywood star Michael Jai White in a fix. There is a well-known connection between Jai White and Tyson. Jai White played the role of Mike Tyson in the 1995 movie ‘Tyson.’ The television film narrated the real-life story of ‘Iron Mike.’ The ‘Blood and Bone’ actor received a wide range of appreciation for playing the role of the greatest heavyweight boxer. Jai White considers Tyson a legend who has achieved a lot in his boxing career. However, there is something about Tyson that Jai White finds difficult to understand. It’s nothing but Tyson’s sense of humor.

The Hollywood star was once trapped in a situation where he was unable to tell whether Tyson was joking or not. The confusion made Tyson look scary to him. ‘Iron Mike’ is a legend who has created history with his violence inside the boxing ring. The 57-year-old won all of his first nineteen boxing matches by knockout, and he won twelve of them in the first round. Later, he became famous for his brutal knockouts. Hence, locking horns with Tyson was indeed a bad idea for Jai White. However, he managed to come out of the situation.

Mike Tyson scared Michael Jai White

Two years ago Michael Jai White sat with DJ Vlad. During the interview, Jai White detailed meeting Tyson at Comic-Con with Tommy Davidson. When Tyson and Jai White ran into each other, the boxing legend asked the Hollywood star if he was walking around talking badly of Tyson. This pushed Jai White into huge confusion. He was unable to figure out if Tyson was serious or not. At that point, Jai White felt scared of Tyson. He said, “In one of those, what do you call those things? Comic-Con. It was at a Comic-Con. I was with Tommy Davidson and I think Mike was just joking around and he was like.’Oh, I heard you talking about me whatever and I was like ‘Yo you serious?’ “

Jai White further added, “You know you don’t know if he’s playing around or not because it’s like, hey I played him in a movie so there’s a possibility he could be serious about that. It’s funny because it was like, ‘Is this awkward right now?’ Tommy Davidson was like ’No no, he’s joking.’ So it was just like a kidding around thing. We just laughed about it the second afterwards but it was I couldn’t tell because you know Mike’s got a sense of humor right so but like it’s one of those things where you know ‘I heard you was talking about me’ I’m like I don’t know if you’re serious or not.“

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After listening to the Hollywood star, the interviewer asked if Tyson and he ended up squaring up with each other. As a reply, Jai White said, “Well, you know it kind of was. I had to figure out if he was serious or not.“Tyson’s question put Jai White in a tough spot, as he was unable to figure out if the boxing legend was actually angry with him or not. In the very same interview, the ‘Black Dynamite’ actor also mentioned how people called him Mike Tyson even before doing the film. When Jai White was just sixteen, he used to break dance. Back then, people called him “Mike Tyson” because of his uncanny appearances with the boxing legend.

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