As boxing fans eagerly anticipate the exhibition match between former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson and professional boxer Jake Paul, scheduled for July 20, 2024, at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas and streamed globally on Netflix, there’s more to Mike Tyson than his legendary status in the ring.

But the controversy from the original tattoo wasn't the last of it. In THE HANGOVER PART II an exact copy of Tyson's tattoo was featured on the face of actor Ed Helms as part of a humorous plot device. Whitmill was outraged, and claimed copyright over his tattoo. In 2011 he sued Warner, arguing that they had violated his exclusive right to authorize derivative works. Whitmill's decision to sue stirred lingering resentments in Aotearoa/New Zealand around the tattoo's cultural content: in response to the litigation, Maori politician Tau Henare tweeted that it was a "a bit rich" that Tyson's tattooist was claiming someone had stolen the design, given that he had copied it from Maori without permission.

Tyson trained heavily for a rematch with Holyfield, and on June 28, 1997, the two boxers faced off again. The fight was televised on pay-per-view and entered nearly 2 million households, setting a record at the time for the highest number of paid television viewers. Both boxers also received record purses for the match, making them the highest-paid professional boxers in history until 2007.

On the right side of his neck, Tyson has a swallow tattoo. Swallows are often associated with freedom and a free-spirited nature. This tattoo may symbolize Tyson’s journey, his quest for personal freedom, and his ability to overcome challenges.

Tyson eligió tatuajes de Mao y el revolucionario marxista Che Guevara para reflejar su ira contra la sociedad y el gobierno mientras estaba en prisión. El tatuaje de Guevara, ubicado en el lado izquierdo del abdomen de mile tyson face tattoo, se deriva de la icónica fotografía Guerrillero Heroico de Alberto Korda. En Tyson, Tyson se jacta de que el tatuaje es anterior a la mercantilización generalizada de la imagen de Guevara. Tyson mantuvo opiniones positivas de ambos revolucionarios después de salir de prisión: en 1999 describió a Guevara como «Alguien que tenía tanto pero lo sacrificó todo en beneficio de otras personas». En 2006 visitó el Mausoleo de Mao Zedong y dijo que «se sentía realmente insignificante» en presencia del cuerpo de Mao.

"I don’t see a court forcing someone to remove it, or wear a burqa, but they may not allow me to profit from that work that I had tattooed on my body," he said, adding that it would be very unlikely that this action could delay "The Hangover Part II" from being released.

Dominating the ring between 1987-1990, Tyson is the youngest ever boxer to win a heavyweight title at 20 years, four months, and 22 days old, but his career has also been controversial. He was convicted of rape in 1992 and served three years behind bars before returning to the ring, winning back several of his titles before his 1997 match against Evander Holyfield pretty much ended his career when Tyson bit off part of Holyfield’s ear.

Similar to his tattoo of Mao, Tyson’s ink of Che Guevara on his ribcage represents his admiration for revolutionaries. Guevara, an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, was a major figure in the Cuban Revolution and is globally recognised as a symbol of rebellion against inequality. For Tyson, this tattoo is a personal emblem of fighting against life’s challenges and standing up for one’s beliefs.

Tyson's face tattoo quickly proved iconic and has become strongly associated with him. Its Māori influence has been controversial, spurring claims of cultural appropriation. In 2011, Whitmill filed a copyright suit against Warner Bros. for using the design on the character Stu Price in The Hangover Part II. Warner Bros. responded with a number of defenses, including that tattoos are not copyrightable; supporting them, scholar David Nimmer argued that it violated the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution—which prohibits slavery—to give Whitmill copyright over part of Tyson's body. After initial comments by Judge Catherine D. Perry denying an injunction but affirming that tattoos are copyrightable, Whitmill and Warner Bros. settled for undisclosed terms, without disruption to the release of the film.

Mike Tyson’s itch to fight, superstardom and the significant tattoo on his face, are the three things that still replicate his aura. Mike Tyson has featured a tattoo on his face for quite some time. Tyson’s tattoo is also a popular symbol world-wide, especially after it was used by actor Ed Helms in ‘The Hangover’.

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Don’t ask Tyson if he’s an icon, or what he thinks his legacy looks like. Those two words make him wildly uncomfortable. "What is an icon?" he asks after a doctor’s appointment in late May. "I’m still going to die; I’m still going to starve if I don’t eat. Suppose I go on hard times and become a bum on the street. Am I still an icon? What is my legacy? Nothing but an ego. Who cares about my legacy? My legacy can’t buy me a hot dog. Legacy is going to get me nothing."