Netflix’s four-part documentary Tyson, directed by Floyd Russ, was released worldwide on 13 October and follows Mike Tyson from boxing prospect to youngest heavyweight world champion, through his fall and his later comeback.
Netflix released Tyson, a four-part documentary series about the boxer Mike Tyson, on Tuesday, 13 October 2026, at 3 am ET, according to the streaming schedule of Entertainment Now. Search results from What’s on Netflix, Sports Illustrated and TV Insider confirm the date, and describe the series as recounting the story of the “Baddest Man on the Planet” through new interviews and archival footage.
The series is directed by Floyd Russ and produced by Jenna Millman, Jacob Miller and Alexa Ginsburg, according to a search summary of the coverage. Each of the four episodes runs for roughly an hour, which makes the series about four hours in total, on Delima News’ arithmetic from the stated length. The sources reviewed do not list the people who were interviewed.
According to the summary, the documentary details Tyson’s rise from a prospect to the youngest heavyweight world champion in boxing history, his dramatic fall, his return to the ring and his life after retirement. The Entertainment Now listing describes it as focusing on the explosive life of the sports icon. Those descriptions come from the promotional material, so they say what the series covers and not how well it does so.
Tyson’s later career includes a fight with the social media personality Jake Paul, which has its own Wikipedia page and which a headline from the Sunday Guardian lists among revelations in the documentary, along with topics such as addiction, overdoses and his marriage to the actress Robin Givens. That headline comes from a search result that was not reviewed in full, so Delima News does not repeat the claims about what the series reveals.
The series arrives with a backdrop of other Netflix documentary releases. A HowToGeek piece titled four new Netflix documentaries to watch in October lists several, and Hunting Gary Glitter was released the next day, which Delima News covers in its weekly guide to premieres. Netflix has made sports and celebrity documentaries a regular part of its output.
Tyson’s story is well known, which means that the interest in the series lies in the new interviews and the archive material. The sources reviewed do not give any review scores or viewing numbers, so it is too early to say how it has been received.
Viewers who want to watch it should note that it is a four-part series rather than a film, which allows a longer account than a feature.
Delima News has published profiles of many sports and entertainment figures, and readers looking for background on boxing history can find further articles on the site. The documentary is available now on Netflix worldwide.
As with all documentaries about living people, the series reflects the choices of its makers about what to include, and viewers may want to compare it with other accounts of Tyson’s career.
Image: Mike Tyson at Wizard World Comic Con in 2015 (file photo). Photo: Paula R. Lively from Zanesville / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
