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MIKE TYSON'S weird and wonderful life included losing $1MILLION worth of cars to being billed a grand after his pigeons POOED all over a hotel room. Tyson is believed to have earned over $300m (£230m) during his superstar heyday - but he somehow blew through it all. 9 Mike Tyson spent fortunes on cars and didn't even know where they were Credit: PA:Press Association 9 Tyson with his second wife Monica Turner on a motorcycle Credit: Reuters 9 The boxing legend loved birds Credit: Getty Images - Getty Legendary boxing manager Shelly Finkel - who first met Tyson when the boxer was a teenager - was there to witness the extraordinary spending.

Finkel was Tyson's manager during the late 1990s up until Iron Mike retired in 2005 - just two years after filing for bankruptcy. Tyson admitted to having an unhealthy spending habit during his volatile prime - splashing the cash for those around him. Finkel told SunSport: "Of course we had discussions about it.



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' It was just the satisfaction at that moment." Finkel recalls wild jewellery sprees in Manchester and shopping malls in Denmark having to be CLOSED just for Tyson. He said: "I .

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