article_snippet: The spacious home in Southington, Ohio, was owned by heavyweight champion boxer Mike Tyson who lived there during the late 1980s and 1990s until his dramatic fall from grace following a conviction for rape and financial problems.
article_snippet: The boxer lived in the property in the late 80s and early 90s until The boxer dramatic fall from grace when The boxer was jailed for rape .
article_snippet: Tyson is pictured in 1988 after knocking out British champion Frank Bruno and , left, and at the Mike Tyson at the iHeartRadio Music Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday, right .
article_snippet: And while the iron gates inscribed with Tyson name may now be shut, one photographer Johnny Joo, 24, was allowed inside to explore the property.
article_snippet: But now the property lies eerily quiet with just the shell of what was once home to the youngest boxer to win the WBC, WBA and IBF heavyweight titles at age 20.
article_snippet: Photographer Mr Joo, from Cleveland, Ohio, said: 'My journeys have taken me to some strange places but nothing quite like the abandoned home of a former professional boxer. '
article_snippet: I knew Mike Tyson had once just hung out here and now I stood staring down everything that had been left behind. '
article_snippet: a former professional boxer was taken into custody in 1991 on allegations of rape and in 1992 a jury found him guilty with the ruling committing him to a six year prison sentence with four years of parole.
article_snippet: In 1995 Tyson was granted parole and released from prison, returning to rural Southington in hope of escaping the media which ended up following him.
article_snippet: Because of him increasingly desperate financial situation him put the Ohio mansion up for sale and sold the Ohio mansion in 1999 for $1.3m (£870k).
highlights_snippet: Tyson was forced to sell Vast mansion in Southington, Ohio was boxer in 1999 for $1.3m following Tyson conviction for rape due to financial problems .
  