{"id":32432,"date":"2013-11-22T14:23:36","date_gmt":"2013-11-22T18:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=32432"},"modified":"2022-02-06T11:11:10","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T17:11:10","slug":"mike-tyson-boxing-news-violent-childhood-becoming-the-heavy-weight-champ-and-his-fame-and-excessive-lifestyle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=32432","title":{"rendered":"MIKE TYSON BOXING NEWS: Violent Childhood, Becoming the Heavy-Weig\u200bht Champ, and his Fame and Excessive Lifestyle"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Episode 12 of the 4th Season of Emmy-Winning In Depth With Graham Bensinger Premieres November 23rd\/24th 2013<\/p>\n

Check Local TV Listings \/ Watch on Yahoo! Sports<\/p>\n

Mike Tyson: \u201cIn Depth with Graham Bensinger\u201dMike Tyson sits down with Graham Bensinger for an interview at the boxing legend’s Las Vegas home. Over the course of two days, Tyson speaks about his violent childhood, becoming the heavy-weight champ, his subsequent fame and\u00a0 massive spending of the millions he made.\u00a0 He additionally goes into detail about his long struggle with drugs and admits he was \u201ca mess\u201d while filming the first \u201cHangover\u201d movie. Tyson says he\u2019s not the same person he once was, claiming people aren\u2019t interviewing \u201cIron Mike\u201d anymore.<\/p>\n

Tyson compares himself to Floyd Mayweather Jr. and says he sees similarities between the two of them: \u201cWell, Floyd seems to be going through some stuff like me right now, like realizing no one\u2019s his friend and everybody is probably \u2013 even though I hate to say it \u2013 maybe everybody\u2019s kind of a little jealous of him because he is Floyd Mayweather.\u201d Link: http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/video\/mike-tyson-people-jealous-floyd-110000542.html<\/a><\/p>\n

In a potential fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr., Mike Tyson says he doesn\u2019t think it will happen: \u201cI don’t know.\u00a0 I don\u2019t think it\u2019s going to happen now.\u00a0 I don\u2019t think it\u2019s that exciting no more now. These guys \u2013 believe it or not, they\u2019re getting kind of old.\u00a0 They\u2019re not as fast as they used to be.\u201d Link: http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/video\/mike-tyson-pacquiao-mayweather-won-110000812.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Tyson talks about his violent childhood and admits he was in no way prepared for his fame after becoming the youngest Heavyweight Champ ever: \u201cI\u2019m some guy robbing houses and mugging people and then, next thing you know, \u201cHeavy Weight Champ of the World!!\u201d\u00a0 You know, it came out just like that, that quick. And it\u2019s just, of course, I had no idea what I was getting myself into. There\u2019s no way I could have prepared myself to handle that.\u201dLink: http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/video\/mike-tyson-tough-childhood-110000442.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Mike Tyson\u2019s marriage to actress Robin Givens once dominated the tabloids. While going through their divorce, Tyson says they would still regularly meet up to have sex. Tyson also shares an amusing story with Bensinger about an unexpected encounter with actor Brad Pitt: \u201cI was doing a divorce but I \u2013 we \u2013 every day, before I would go to my lawyer\u2019s office to say she\u2019s a pig and stealing, I would go to\u2026her house to have sex with her.\u00a0 This particular day, someone beat me to the punch.\u00a0 And I guess Brad got there earlier than I did.\u201d\u00a0 Bensinger asks Tyson about his reaction: \u201cI was mad as hell.\u00a0 I was going to\u2026You should have saw his face when he saw me.\u201d Link: http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/video\/mike-tyson-brad-pitt-stole-214204397.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Tyson was hounded by the media after Givens made claims that he abused her during the marriage. Bensinger asks Tyson: \u201cThe media over the years has widely reported about your treatment of women…how fair do you think the coverage has been?.\u201d Tyson responds: \u201cWhatever it was the common denominator is that I was there, I caused some of it too. So it didn\u2019t come out of the air \u2026 wow, Mike Tyson is a woman-abuser and we have no evidence \u2026 I\u2019m a human being, I\u2019ve abused women \u2026 women abused me.\u201d Link: http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/video\/mike-tyson-abusive-relationships-women-110000736.html<\/a><\/p>\n

In 2009\u2019s blockbuster movie \u201cThe Hangover,\u201d Tyson admits to being \u201chigh on cocaine\u201d and credits his fellow cast members for helping him through the rough time: \u201c\u2026you know, I was a mess.\u00a0 I was overweight, 200 and \u2013 380 pounds.\u00a0 I was a pig, high on cocaine, and they had to know I was messed up.\u00a0 I couldn\u2019t talk.\u00a0 I had the cocaine talk…So those guys are just beautiful people.\u00a0 They\u2019re just beautiful.\u00a0 They had my back, and I appreciate that and stuff then they asked me to come back.\u201dLink: http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/video\/mike-tyson-hangover-high-cocaine-110000958.html<\/a><\/p>\n

During his boxing career, Tyson had reportedly made up to 400 million dollars, only to lose it all and eventually find himself 50 million dollars in debt. Bensinger asks him how close he is to being out of debt: \u201cI\u2019m totally out of bankruptcy now. Thank God but… I mean I\u2019m concerned and like we\u2019re just so\u2026 I\u2019m just living, like I was explaining, living on life\u2019s terms, taking care of my family loving each other and allowing ourselves to have a happy future.\u201d Link: http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/video\/mike-tyson-where-money-went-110000267.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Tyson\u2019s one-man show, \u201cMike Tyson: Undisputed Truth,\u201d was a big success. Tyson is enthusiastic about telling his story on stage: \u201cAll I can say is \u2018Thank God I\u2019m able to do it.\u00a0 I\u2019m truly grateful that I\u2019m working with my wife.\u201d Bensinger asks if the adrenaline rush is the same as walking into the ring: \u201cAbsolutely. Just the people there. You know you have to entertain them. You want to succeed. You want them to say, \u2018When can we see him again?\u2019 That\u2019s what it\u2019s all about.\u201d\u00a0 Link: http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/video\/mike-tyson-challenge-one-man-192404743.htmlPlease<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Episode 12 of the 4th Season of Emmy-Winning In Depth With Graham Bensinger Premieres November 23rd\/24th 2013 Check Local TV Listings \/ Watch on Yahoo! Sports Mike Tyson: \u201cIn Depth with Graham Bensinger\u201dMike Tyson sits down with Graham Bensinger for an interview at the boxing legend’s Las Vegas home. Over the course of two days, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[105,319,503,532],"class_list":["post-32432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-boxing","tag-heavyweight","tag-mike-tyson","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32432"}],"version-history":[{"count":-2,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32432\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}