Tyson may have been rich during his time in boxing but he gave all his money away and blew it all on drugs, alcohol and women. Tyson explained that the reason for the change was that his appearance in “The Hangover” and the death of Exodus made him want to become a better person.Įverybody wants to look at Tyson as a jerk and some egomaniac rich guy but in my opinion, I think he was neither of those. He did all of that successfully with the help of his wife Kiki. He also wanted to get rid of his sex addiction with women. He wanted to clean himself up from drugs and get sober. No matter what you think of Iron Mike, love him or hate him, he’s an inspiring guy. Tyson felt guilty and depressed about his past that he wanted to turn his life around for the better. This book is more about learning life and learning how to be a better person. They buried the hatchet publicly on the Oprah show. He talked about all of his past controversies even the tragic death of Exodus - his daughter - is in there too. Tyson/Holyfield didn’t get along back in the day but they’re friends now, I believe. Tyson explained the reason he bit Holyfield’s ear at the ppv (which I did see on TV back in the day, btw, I saw both Tyson/Holyfield fights on ppv, I’ll never forget ’em both) ’cause he was upset with Holyfield’s headbutting. He talked about the street fight with Mitch Green and ear biting incident with Evander Holyfield. In this book, Tyson wanted to be more open about all the mistakes he made in the past and talked about how he went from bad man to good man.
This book was more about life than boxing, though.
It was Cus who taught him how to be a tough guy and to be champion. He goes into detail with a lot of his fights and he explained the story of how his first trainer/manager Cus D’Amato made him out to be. Well, there are a lot of boxing stuff on here, of course. When you read this book, I’m sure you’re going to expect this book to be more about boxing than anything else. Just a woman trying to get fame and money off of him. In this book, he says he didn’t rape that woman and I believe him. He even talked about the rape controversy w/ Desiree Washington. You name it… Tyson explains all that stuff. Everything from being a burglar, drug addict, sex addict, alcoholic, egomaniac, etc. In this book, Tyson explains all of the bad things he has done in his life. It explains his childhood all the way up to today. This book explains the life and career of one of the greatest fighters in the world. In this book Tyson doesn’t play the innocent victim. In most tell all books written by famous celebrities most of them are like, “Please don’t misunderstand me… now hear my story.”.
This is a tell-all book by Mike Tyson but it’s not your typical tell-all book like all the others. I finally finished reading “Undisputed Truth” by “Iron” Mike Tyson aka the Baddest Man on the Planet and world heavyweight boxing champion!
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