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Mike was certainly a feral child. It seems Cus taught him a lot about how to be a great fighter, not so much about just being a good man.

But he seems to be in a different place now.


Lots of good anecdotes though most of them are already familiar to fight fans.

It was a good read however I must admit it got a bit samey after a while, rehab, took drugs, shagged loads of women, went to court, rehab, took drugs, shagged loads of women......and repeat.

Controversial wrote:It was a good read however I must admit it got a bit samey after a while, rehab, took drugs, shagged loads of women, went to court, rehab, took drugs, shagged loads of women......and repeat.

I liked Ray Leonard's autobiography as well...Ray had his demons but not like Mike.

It raises the question can you do violence for a living and not be a violent guy. Can you leave your job at work?


It seems many boxers could but not all of them.

good book, but Mike made a lot of mistakes in his facts.

I read that book last year on a Greyhound bus going from Chicago to New Orleans.
So I want test some of yo'alls reading comprhension with a test with a series of random questions
from the top of my head.
FIRST QUESTION:
Name one of Mike Tyson's all time favorite Kung Fu-Chop Socky flicks?
clue,he saw it on 42nd Street in NYC before the mayor cleaned up Times Square in the early 1990's.

SECOND 'UNDISPUTED TRUTH' TRIVIA QUESTION.

Which is Mike Tyson's all-time favorite novel and who wrote it?

clue-it was remake into a Hollywood movie starring some popular liberal pimply-faced actor a few years back.

Controversial wrote:It was a good read however I must admit it got a bit samey after a while, rehab, took drugs, shagged loads of women, went to court, rehab, took drugs, shagged loads of women......and repeat.

Indeed I got sick of it too, I didnt get to the end of the book. I made up the ending myself. Drugs, pussy and a few more drugs and another tattoo

He doesn't seem very happy most of the time, probably from growing up as a feral child.

Third Trivia question from Mike Tyson's autobiography.

What was it(according to Mike Tyson)
about the 50+ year old K-Mart cashier
at Big Bear Lake,California(when he was training for the fight with Brian Nielsen)
that he called her up and got him into trouble?

Didn't read it, but if someone tells me something is "undisputed truth", just like when someone says, "trust me", I already don't believe it.

Trivia Question number Four

According to Mike Tyson(in his autobiography)
which boxing match that he was involved in
(either amateur or professional)
did he feel that he
" Gave the best performance of his career"?

mimmy123 wrote:

Controversial wrote:It was a good read however I must admit it got a bit samey after a while, rehab, took drugs, shagged loads of women, went to court, rehab, took drugs, shagged loads of women......and repeat.

Indeed I got sick of it too, I didnt get to the end of the book. I made up the ending myself. Drugs, pussy and a few more drugs and another tattoo

Did you read about the part where he said he was into Hennessey, coke, getting laid, and had a lot of anger issues?

Controversial wrote:It was a good read however I must admit it got a bit samey after a while, rehab, took drugs, shagged loads of women, went to court, rehab, took drugs, shagged loads of women......and repeat.

Spot on.

The thing I remember most about Mikes boot is the amount of time he said he got high.

Although it was a decent enough read, it did become a bit repetitive.

ThatOne wrote:

Controversial wrote:It was a good read however I must admit it got a bit samey after a while, rehab, took drugs, shagged loads of women, went to court, rehab, took drugs, shagged loads of women......and repeat.

I liked Ray Leonard's autobiography as well...Ray had his demons but not like Mike.

It raises the question can you do violence for a living and not be a violent guy. Can you leave your job at work?


It seems many boxers could but not all of them.

SRL's autobiography is also one of my favourites.

He was remarkably candid & honest about himself & his failures as a man.

SRL's autobiography was a good read. I also enjoyed De La Hoya's and what it meant to him to be a Mexican American and how he balanced and blended the two.

This is a good read on Tyson. A lot of interesting inside info about Mike. McKinley says Mike has nine different personalities. People like Bobby Czyz, Leroy Neiman, Bobby Joe Young, Roberto Duran step up and say some great things about Mike.

http://spam.com/articles/book-e ... hip-battle

I quite enjoyed the first half of the book especially when he first started boxing. You could really tell he fell in love in love with it and it really did save his life. Once the book got into his drugged out haze it got a little goofy for me and I felt like I was reading a led zeppelin bio.