Mama Said Knock You Out!

The hay-day of Mike Tyson was slightly before my time, so I can't say I remember first-hand how he was, without question, the baddest man on planet Earth. However, plenty of other people were around, and their combined consensus was that between meeting Mike Tyson or Satan in a dark dead-end alley, most people would rather stare down Lucifer than accidentally glare into the eyes of Tyson.

Then, something happened...

maybe it was when Tyson was crawling around the mat looking for his mouthpiece with Buster Douglas looming above

maybe it was the divorce to Robin Givens

maybe it was raping Miss Black Rhode Island

It was clearly in full effect when Tyson, who was behind in the fight, decided Evander Holyfield's ear made for a perfect in-fight energy boost...

However it happened, Iron Mike became the larger than life cautionary tale for boxing, and in return for the education dispensed in untold scores of young pugilist, Tyson lost everything.

In short, he went from this:



To This:



I rehash this old story in order to give the adequate background, to the new "Tyson approved" biopic "Tyson" (catchy, eh?). The James Toback film premiered at Cannes and is being screened at Sundance. Tyson, in support of the film has gone to both festivals, where he's become quite the unexpected celebrity.

But, this is EC, not some feel-good Oprah tear-jerk episode. So, here's Mike giving a toast to Toback, and explaining some of the unexpected problems with the attention the movie has gotten, at some restaurant party for Sundance.


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Thank you Mike! It takes a special person to be sober, stand in front of a crowd in a tux, grab a mic and tell us the perils of too much pussy and money.

I'll beat you in Punch-Out... one of these days.

P.S.



Get Jacked!