Allen Iverson's Tattoos

Allen Iverson's is famous for one more thing which is very much away from his basketball playing. That is his amazing tattoos.

At the beginning

Allen Iverson had only one tattoo when he was recruited for the NBA. Which was a typical kind of souvenir of his college or university years, he had only one tattoo until he became famous around the world. And his fascination about the tattoos becomes more and higher when he becomes a world renowned personality. Number of media reports said that Iverson found with body arts from his head to toe, now he has become very a shining star of basketball or one can say a celebrated basketball icon. There are number of people who are not the part of his fan club but still they love him very much.

The significance of the Allen Iverson's tattoos

The reason behind why public is so fascinated by the tattoos of Allen Iverson’s is that every tattoo has a story behind it. Like an anatomical photograph album, every tattoo shows the experience of the life, a viewpoint which he posses in his life, or the message which he wanted to convey to the people who watch him playing basketball. Like number of artists and athletes the great basket ball player Allen Iverson always tried to convey some message, focus and motivation to the human beings. And there are number of people who argue that these tattoos helped him in gaining lots of fans and publicity. But we feel they were wrong.

The left neck tattoo or artwork

If you look at the Allen Iverson’s left side there you will find a tattoo which is a spider web and the word “Virginia” is also written above it. The tattoo has a significance it is the place where Allen Iverson was born and spent his childhood. Also he has "RA Boogie," written on left side of neck which is a tribute to his childhood friend whose name was Rashaan, who was shot dead tragically. There is also a second Rashaan tattoo which is on his arm; this symbolizes his second son who was name behind his deceased childhood friend.

Only the strong one can survive or the survival of the fittest

The most famous tattoo of Allen Iverson is the one which tells of signifies the rough childhood spent by him. This tattoo is made up of the two draggers which are fused or joined to make the cross. These tattoos gave him lots of publicity.

The tattoos also depict the sense of loyalty

The self explanatory tattoos on the body of Allen Iverson also tell the loyalty and the commitment of the player to his family and his roots. The player was the firm believer of that you should not forget where you have come from and should do something for it.

The tattoo showing the head of the soldier

This tattoo shows that life is a battle and everyone has to fight in order to get through with all the miseries as told by Iverson in an interview.