Jan. 16, 1999 — Tyson knocks out Francois Botha with 1 second left in the fifth round in his first fight in 19 months. It is only Tyson’s seventh fight in eight years. At the end of four rounds all three judges have Botha ahead.
Feb. 5, 1999 — Tyson is sentenced to two concurrent two-year sentences for assaulting the two motorists after a traffic accident last summer.
May 24, 1999 — Tyson is released from a Maryland jail after serving 3½ months for assaulting the two motorists.
Oct. 23, 1999 — Tyson knocks down Orlin Norris with a punch after the bell ending the first round. Norris hurts knee in fall and cannot continue. Fight is ruled a no-contest. No disciplinary action is taken.
Aug. 23, 2000 — Tyson is fined $187,500 by the British Boxing Board of Control for misconduct.
Jan. 18, 2002 — Tyson’s wife Monica sues for divorce. Tyson countersues.
Jan. 22, 2002 — Tyson throws a punch at a Lennox Lewis bodyguard who had pushed him, and Lewis throws a punch at Tyson, setting of a melee at a news conference to formally announce Tyson’s scheduled fight against Lewis on April 6 in Las Vegas.
Jan. 29, 2002 — Tyson was denied a boxing license by the Nevada State Athletic Commission because of his melee with Lewis.
March 25, 2002 — Memphis, Tenn., lands Tyson-Lewis fight, selling out the tickets for a record $23 million gate.
June 8, 2002 — Tyson is knocked out by Lewis in the eighth round of their heavyweight title bout in Memphis, Tenn.
Feb. 22, 2003 — Tyson stops Clifford Etienne just 49 seconds into the first round in Memphis, Tenn.
July 21, 2003 — Tyson is arrested after a brawl with two men outside a Brooklyn hotel and charged with assault and disorderly conduct.
Aug. 1, 2003 — Tyson announces that he has filed for Chapter 11 protection in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, claiming he has squandered nearly $300 million through lavish spending and bad advice.
Feb. 26, 2004 — Tyson avoids a return to jail by agreeing to plead guilty to disorderly conduct in a brawl with two men outside a Brooklyn hotel in 2003.
July 30, 2004 — Tyson is stopped in the fourth round by unheralded British heavyweight Danny Williams, who proposes to his girlfriend in the ring after the win. She accepts.
June 11, 2005 — Tyson’s career more than likely ends when he quits after the sixth round after desperately trying to foul his way to a win against Kevin McBride.

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