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Mike Tyson's hotel room was broken into on New Year's Eve. (Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images)
The saying 'art imitates life' was flipped a week ago as the Las Vegas hotel room of boxing legend Mike Tyson was broken into while he sleeping inside.
According to reports from TMZ, the 45-year-old Tyson and his family were staying at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas after attending a Stevie Wonder concert on New Year's Eve and awoke to sounds of 'rustling' and the glow of a flashlight. The thief escaped before Tyson could intercept them and nothing was reported as stolen.
Fans of the movie "The Hangover" will remember the famous plot thread of the main characters breaking into Tyson's Las Vegas home and stealing a tiger.
Tyson was also in the news recently for business matters as Yahoo's Dave Meltzer said to expect Tyson's record of main eventing pay-per-views (PPV) that sold more than 1 million buys to be broken by Manny Pacquiao. Tyson headlined six PPVs that surpassed the golden mark, while Pacquiao has five.
In 2011, Pacquiao joined Tyson and former UFC champion Brock Lesnar as the only men to draw 1 million+ PPV buys two or more times in a calendar year. Tyson has the record with three in 1996 (Evander Holyfield, Bruce Seldon, Frank Bruno).
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Something tells me they weren’t sure as to whose place they were breaking into.
KyleCobra - January 8, 2012
either that...
or those thieves have the biggest balls in the history of balls.
John Danaher's Hair - January 8, 2012
NastyGuido - January 8, 2012
You really are a nasty guido.
TheFilt - January 8, 2012
Phil Collins theme
and a missing tooth are embedded in my mind for the remainder of my day.
fallenidol2012 - January 8, 2012 via Android app
halfway through the post i was humming that song already.
fucking hollywood.
Victor Rodriguez - January 8, 2012
If the thief knows how to double leg, he will be safe from Tyson....
Dr.Mundo - January 8, 2012
What makes you say that?
The man is a bull and still ridiculously powerful. Not to mention he’s a got over 50 professional fights, 40 of them ending within minutes.
That guy better have had a fucking amazing double leg, text book top control and been a huge guy.
TheFilt - January 8, 2012
Well he’s a little out of shape BUT give him 2 weeks of training he’d whomp dat ass. Free.
Krimson - January 8, 2012
Outta shape or not
He didn’t lose his ability to crush a random thief’s face.
TheFilt - January 8, 2012
Gun.
Charger567 - January 8, 2012
They were all cans
Afrotikiman - January 8, 2012 via mobile
The phrase "safe from [Mike] Tyson" makes absolutely no sense.
pdl - January 8, 2012
Even beneath the sea
TheFilt - January 8, 2012
Makes sense that way: no one is safe from Mike Tyson.
Firm1 - January 9, 2012
I don’t care how good of a wrestler you are, nothing can save you from a Tyson bite.
Nyfeh - January 8, 2012
No one even plays Mundo anymore. Name fail
Hendo_One-Shot - January 8, 2012
That dude lucked out
TheFilt - January 8, 2012
gspmademegay - January 8, 2012
You mean “plot comment section?”
John Danaher's Hair - January 8, 2012
tkotom - January 8, 2012
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Tats16 - January 8, 2012
Um..
That is amazing
discoandherpes - January 8, 2012
Body shot! Body shot!
John Danaher's Hair - January 8, 2012
Tyson would be a fkn animal in a street fight
KidCanada - January 8, 2012
would be? Usually language like that is reserved for things that haven’t happened…
John Danaher's Hair - January 8, 2012
Well that's a rather creative way to commit suicide
Me? I woulda gone with an opiate OD, but this would be a pretty epic way to go out.
Schwizzles - January 8, 2012
Opiate OD.
Good call.
John Danaher's Hair - January 8, 2012
I wanna be snuffed out
by a fat woman.
TheFilt - January 8, 2012
well then this motivational poster made from a line of the best satirical rock and roll song ever is perfect for you:
John Danaher's Hair - January 8, 2012
GREAT GOOGIDY MOOGIDY
Krimson - January 8, 2012 via mobile
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X5-452 - January 8, 2012
I never got into FutureRama.
But, I’m older than you so I’m curious… So my question is, did Futureama fill the support roll left on Sunday nights when Family Guy got cancelled, X-Files were on their way down or hiatus-ed or whatever? I mean, I only remember them trying to replace Malcolm in the Middle with it, which we were all esctatic about, instead, Family Guy got booted for a short while and I could just never get into it, thinking that it was just ghetto Simpsons. You guys liked it, right? Care to give me a quick rundown as to what you dig about the show?
I’d really appreciate it, as ALL of my friends shared the same feelings for this, therefore, we were unable to find anyone who liked the show. To see it quoted and memed so often today makes me wonder what I’ve missed out on.
John Danaher's Hair - January 9, 2012
Futurama and Family Guy to a lesser degree both gained cult followings and series renewals due to Re-runs on [adult swim]
Damon O. - January 9, 2012
when you say snuffed out, you mean something like this?
Victor Rodriguez - January 8, 2012
he needs to answer it, but my theory revolves around this piece of video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzsWuqNlLK4
John Danaher's Hair - January 9, 2012
oh.
well i’d rather go out this way.
Victor Rodriguez - January 9, 2012
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