The Story Behind Mike Tyson's Facial Tattoo

Many interesting stories in the life journey of Mike Tyson, the heavyweight boxing legend. Both his past, career, to what is attached to him. Most striking of course the tattoo on his face. Tattoos are not strange anymore in the United States but tattooing is still an extreme act.
This is what Tyson did in 2003. At that time, he was still trained by Jeff Fenech, a former boxer from Australia. One day, Fenech was waiting for Tyson at the gym but the boxer never came. At that time it became Tyson's chance to return to the boxing ring and fight Lennox Lewis.

In the afternoon, Tyson appeared already with a tattoo on his face. Fenech was sad to see it and immediately said that Tyson could not fight anytime soon because the tattoo was still new. If forced and hit can even infection. That is, practice cannot. Since then, Fenech has withdrawn.

In an interview with Graham Bensinger three years ago, Tyson revealed at first he wanted to tattoo the heart on his face. However, a tattoo artist named Victo Whitmill gave another suggestion and was accepted by Tyson. An ethnic motif believed to originate from the Maori tribe which signifies someone is a warrior.

However, an MMA fighter named the War Machine stage instead snickered. He said on social media that tattoos were deliberately made on the face because Tyson was ashamed of himself. So, he wanted to change his face a little with that tattoo. Certainly, the tattoo on Tyson's face remains sensational until now. *

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