MIKE Tyson has revealed he will be voting for the first time in his life – but didn't reveal if he is backing Donald Trump or Joe Biden.
The 54-year-old boxing legend has encouraged people to register to vote as America is set to go to polls on November 3.
Taking to Twitter, Tyson wrote: "This election will be my 1st time voting. I never thought I could because of my felony record.
"I’m proud to finally vote."
He shared a link to the US voter registration site to his 5.5million followers to mark National Voter Registration Day.
Many state laws throughout the US rule felons ineligible to vote.
Iron Mike was sentenced to six years behind bars after being convicted of rape and deviant sexual conduct in 1992.
He was released after three years, but his conviction previously meant he was disqualified from voting in US elections.
It is estimated six million Americans – around 2.5 per cent of the electorate – could not vote in the 2016 election due to felony records, reports CNN.
Nevada however passed a law to allow convicted felons to vote once they have completed their prison sentence in 2019.
Tyson's tweet was liked more than 6,000 times and shared more than 1,000 times.
He however stopped short of confirmed whether he would be voting for Trump or Biden.
Tyson previously endorsed Trump for President ahead of the 2016 election.
Speaking in 2015, he said: "I think he should be president of the United States.
"'Let's try something new. Let's run America like a business, where no colors matter. Whoever can do the job, gets the job."
He also defended Trump over allegations of racism over his comments about immigrants.
Tyson said: "He didn't know how to say it. It was really crude, and he needs somebody to work with him on how to deliver his messages and stuff.
"But as far as what he did, he's an average guy like everybody else. He needs time to grow too. I don't think he thinks of Latinos in that way."
The President is heading into a bitterly fought election with his Democratic rival with battlelines redrawn by the coronavirus pandemic and mass protests across the US.
Trump also appears to have a soft spot for Tyson as he retweeted a video of him training with the caption "Keep punching Mike!".
However, it is claimed Tyson once stormed into Donald Trump's office and raged: "Are you f***ing my wife?".
In his book TrumpNation, Tim O'Brien claims the former heavyweight king confronted the US President during his marriage to Robin Givens.
Trump was in his New York office at the time of the tense meeting, the book claims.
But they had history before that, with Trump becoming Tyson's adviser for a while.
He also financed Tyson's unforgettable 1988 fight against Michael Spinks, where he knocked out the Jinx in just 91 seconds.
But in his 2005 book, O'Brien claims their friendship became tense when Tyson demanded to know if Trump was sleeping with his wife.
O'Brien quoted Trump as saying: "He said, 'could I ask you, are you f***ing my wife?'
"Now, if I froze, I'm dead… You would have zero chance.
"Here's the heavyweight champion of the world, and he's a solid piece of f***ing armour."
In an article detailing the meeting, the New York Post point out that, in the book, Trump's answer is not revealed.
Tyson is preparing to make an eagerly anticipated boxing comeback against fellow legend Roy Jones Jr, 51, in an eight-round exhibition on November 28 in California.
The youngest heavyweight champion of all time has been in the gym since March working alongside MMA coach Rafael Cordeiro.
Cordeiro shared an image of a trimmed down Tyson looking in sensational form.
But on his comeback, the California State Athletic Commission, who have sanctioned the bout, urged the headliners to restrain from knockouts.
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