Clifford Etienne's nightmare after preventing Mike Tyson and turning into a painter: 105 years in jail however he can't paint

On February 22, 2003, Mike Tyson stepped into the ring to struggle Clifford Etienne in what could be his ultimate victory within the ring.

Iron Mike, who went on to lose to Danny Williams in 2004 and Kevin McBride in 2005, knocked out ‘The Black Rhino’ in simply 49 seconds regardless of preventing with an injured again.

Immediately, Mike Tyson has managed to get his life again on observe by investing in cannabis-related companies, whereas Clifford Etienne is serving the 105-year jail sentence he obtained in 2006 for armed theft, kidnapping (he stole a automotive with a girl and her kids inside) and tried homicide of a police officer in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Clifford Etienne has change into a sought-after painter behind bars

Clifford Etienne, who fought Mike Tyson, Francois Botha and Nikolay Valuev, amongst others, discovered his cause for dwelling behind bars in artwork.

Clifford Etienne‘s work have begun to fetch a excessive worth, and one among them even hangs in a New Orleans police station.

Etienne was lately transferred from jail after struggling a stroke within the portray studio the place he labored whereas he slept in jail. Nevertheless, in his new setting he is not allowed to color.

“Now he’s locked up and may’t paint, I am hoping some pals from his previous life as a boxer may help him out,” Lynn O’Shea, who’s answerable for the ex-boxer’s enterprise affairs exterior of jail, instructed TMZ.

Clifford Etienne discusses his life in jail

Within the letter, which was printed by TMZ Sports activities, the previous boxer defined how he spends his time.

“I frolicked portray, chopping my fellow inmates’ hair, answering letters and watching the information, particularly sports activities,” he mentioned in that letter, printed by TMZ Sports activities.

“I’m now not in a cell, I now share a big room with a couple of hundred different prisoners.

“I’m wholesome and hope for a greater future. I’ll get out of right here.”

Clifford Etienne’s e book

About his struggle towards Mike Tyson, the painter recollects that preventing Tyson was the identical as preventing the opposite boxers.

“It was the identical, it was a job,” he mentioned.

“My boxing profession was an attention-grabbing story… so I’ve began writing a e book that I’ve not but completed.”