Mike Tyson: Retired Boxer Mistakenly Congratulates “Cinncinati” Bearcats After UConn Championship Win

Well, his heart was in the right place anyway.

Former boxing heavyweight champion Mike Tyson reportedly tweeted “Congrats to #UniversityofCinncinati #WomensBasketballteam for national championship win,” in a now-deleted tweet.

You have to love Mike Tyson. But someday, #Bearcats. And it’s “#Cincinnati“, Mike. #GoBearcats and congrats, #UConn. pic.twitter.com/jXJ7dXZMxJ

— Bearcats Insider (@BearcatsInsider) April 6, 2016

Unfortunately for Tyson, it was actually UConn (that’s Connecticut) that beat Syracuse 82–51 Tuesday night for the women’s basketball championship. Meanwhile, “Cinncinati” is spelled Cincinnati.

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Incidentally, the woeful Cincinnati Bearcats women’s team went just 8–22 this season, while mighty UConn rolled to a 38–0 record in winning their fourth straight national title.

Mike Tyson congratulates University of Cincinnati for national title it didn’t win https://t.co/l5vtHgUuPQ pic.twitter.com/xlztjJYwi4

— WLWT.com (@WLWT) April 6, 2016

It’s not the first time Tyson has mixed up his words, making for a great quote.

Maybe his most famous line ever was when, after an eight-round beating courtesy of heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis, a dejected Tyson said, “I guess I’m going to fade into Bolivian.”

Don’t fade into Bolivian: The all-time greatest @MikeTyson quotes: https://t.co/luYILjZKhd #Boxing #MikeTyson pic.twitter.com/y6g6bwdBPs

— The Fight City (@TheFightCity) February 27, 2016

There was also the confusing broken back explanation that he gave to Jim Gray after beating Clifford Etienne: “It’s spinal.”

Tyson just seems to have a way with words—and we love him for it.