American boxing legend and pop culture lightning rod Mike Tyson has revealed that he is still struggling, but admitted that right now he is kicking life's ass.
The former heavyweight-boxing champion has been on the ropes so many times, he's stopped counting. Once the richest and most famous athlete in the world, Tyson was convicted of rape in 1992 and spent six years in prison. Once a multimillionaire, in 2003 he filed for bankruptcy.
However, over the past decade, Tyson has staged an astounding comeback, launching a second career as an actor with the critically acclaimed one-man Broadway show Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth; a New York Times best-selling autobiography and walk-on roles in the Hangover movies.
The next round in Tyson's only in America career is as a film producer. He got his first feature production credit on Champs, a boxing documentary from director Bert Marcus.
The film, which Tyson was promoting at the American Film Market this week, looks at the lives and careers of three world champs: Tyson, Evander Holyfield and Bernard Hopkins.
Tyson admitted that he is still struggling on a day-to-day basis. But he added that currently he is kicking life's ass.
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He said that if he were to die this moment, he would consider himself to be truly blessed. He admitted that he was overpaid, adding that he really did a job on life.
Tyson said that now he is reaching another climax to his life, adding that he had been the scary guy; now everyone thinks he is an actor.