Word on the street is the new film chroniciling the often indulgent lifestyle of former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson makes for must-see TV.
As streetknowledge notes in his grind the documentary styled-expose played to rave reviews at the Cannes Film Festival recently, ending with Tyson being serenaded with numerous standing ovations in appreciation of all the brutally honest testimony he offers, much of which was gathered while he was in rehab just last year.
"I’ve lived a wild and strange life," admits Iron Mike. "I’ve used drugs; I’ve had physical altercations with dangerous people; I’ve slept with guys’ wives, they wanted to kill me. I never thought I'd live to this age (41). It’s just a miracle.”
Kind of the way the then 20-year-old Tyson took the heavyweight division by storm back in the day, blitzing Trevor Berbick in less than six minutes to secure his throne.
"I wanted to throw every punch with bad intentions," Mike says of the fateful night. Yet another evening he recalls just as vividly centers around his 1991 encounter with an 18-year-old beauty pageant contestant that ended with him being convicted of rape.
"I thought the conviction was wrong," he still contends. "I've been abusive to women, but that was unfair."
Indeed, the James Toback featured film leaves you wondering what could have been. So, just how will you choose to remember the Tyson legacy?
-Glenn Minnis