It seems that Mike Tyson has said goodbye to his grudge against famous boxing promoter Don King for good. The two men once had a business relationship of 22 years after meeting early in the heavyweight champion’s profession in the ring in 1988.

Tyson, 58, recently appeared on “It Is What It Is,” sharing the current situation between him and the 93-year-old. In an interview with host Cam’ron, the retired athlete said that his former business partner recently called him.

“We talked and said we loved each other,” Tyson said, noting that the aging icon’s health was deteriorating.

He was then asked whether his feelings about the claims that King had abused him had modified. “No, consider Don King, he actually taught me, it’ll never occur again. That’s the difference in being taken advantage of, it’s the experience. So that it doesn’t occur again,” said the “Hangover” actor.

Tyson’s relationship with King became strained at the turn of the millennium when the boxer claimed he was being financially exploited. Their consequences made headlines when, in 1998, an iron-fisted New Yorker sued a businessman for $100 million. He alleged that the promoter defrauded him with bad contracts and that King amassed excessive earnings. The case was settled and Tyson collected $14 million.

#OnThisDay 23 years ago:
Former two-time champion Mike Tyson files a $100 million lawsuit against Don King in US District Court. Mike claims that a treacherous, longtime promoter systematically defrauded him of tens of thousands and thousands of dollars over a 10-year period.#box #history #otd pic.twitter.com/3Laq2lasFp

— KT_BOXING (@KT_BOXING) February 5, 2021

Despite their controversial relationship, they continued to work together for an additional two years. In 2000, Tyson fired King and other members of his management team. He said he was taken advantage of and accused King of rigging his fights – most famously when Tyson suffered a knockout in his 1990 match against Douglas Buster.

Cam’ron delved into their bad blood and asked, “Did you have to lay your hands on him?” The “Hotboxin'” podcast host replied, “Well, yes.” Tyson wrote about the attack on King in his 2013 autobiography, “Undisputed Truth.”

The boxer and promoter agreed to fulfill in Florida, where King lived, to debate a possible reconciliation in 2003. That same 12 months, the retired athlete filed for bankruptcy after accumulating $23 million in debt.

Traveling on his former mentor’s private jet, Tyson gave in to his addictions and got high on cocaine.

“Drugs were playing with my head, I was going crazy and getting jealous” – Tyson he wrote. When King picked him up in a Rolls-Royce with Tyson’s former chauffeur, Isadore Bolton, which he believed King had stolen from him, the boxer went berserk.

He recalls: “We were driving to Miami from Fort Lauderdale on I-95. Don said something innocent and all the jealousy and rage poured out of me and I kicked him in his fucking head. Boom! He doesn’t turn his back on a jealous cocaine addict.

The attack escalated when he admitted choking King, who was sitting in the passenger seat, before being thrown from the vehicle.

Michael Moorer, Don King, Mike Tyson, Emmanuel Steward and Gerald McClellan #box #history pic.twitter.com/xtCPVsHJRv

— Boxing History (@BoxingHistory) February 19, 2020

Fans saw a clip of Tyson’s latest recording comments about his and King’s relationship, and one person noticed how quiet it became as Mike described the incident. “Mike, annoying everyone.” Another said, “He became so serious when they asked to lay hands on him.” According to 1 listener who wrote, “At first everyone underestimated him,” these difficult business lessons weren’t exclusive to the promoter.

Another viewer guessed that the end of men’s employment contributed to the decline of Tyson’s profession. “Mike and Don King. 100 million for the fight… Mike without Don King’s peanuts for the fight” – read the comment.

Tyson retired in 2005, but has since announced his plans to return to the ring against influential YouTuber Jake Paul.

Despite the complications of aging, King says he’s “doing well” and continues to advertise fights.