Mike Tyson is regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time. The former New York fighter had a difficult childhood, which showed in his performance in the ring. This, however, had an impact on his life outside of sports.
One of his many controversial incidents occurred recently when he assaulted a passenger on a commercial airliner. In an interview with NORE and DJ EFN on Drink Champs, he was asked about it.
“Even though they didn’t press charges, and I was right from a moral perspective, I shouldn’t have touched him,” explained the remorseful former world champion.
In the same room, “Iron Mike” made a frank confession regarding his life outside the ring.
“I am a recovering drug addict and alcoholic,” he revealed.
Tyson’s difficulties are not new, and he wishes to overcome them, but one of his greatest adversaries is his own aggressiveness and closed-mindedness.
“I know a lot of great people, but they’re not good people. I want to be a good person,” said the former global monarch, who is trying to reinvent himself following a series of controversies.
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Mike Tyson’s Shift In Mindset
The former boxer’s destructive personality used to wreck havoc on his opponents in the ring, but he now claims that is behind him, and his greatest aspiration is to change his way of life after he retires for good from the sport he loves.
“Now those days are gone, it’s empty, I’m nothing. I’m working on feeling the art of humility. I don’t want that person to go out, because if he goes out, hell comes with him,” reflected the former world heavyweight champion in the 1980s
Tyson is still anticipated to engage in at least one exhibition fight for the time being. The specifics are that no one has been able to guarantee him the enormous sum of money he intends to receive for returning to the ring at the age of 55.
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