![]() If I had to put a theme to all of this, I would call it a book about a person who got taken advantage of a lot and then lost his way. Yea, the boxing is a major theme, but it really didn’t feel like all that much of a major player. About half of this book is heavily linked to the world of boxing, but when you consider how much of that first half of the book seems to be dedicated to Mike’s reluctance to be a boxer, and how much of it seems to be a reaction to childhood trauma, I feel like it is debatable. ![]() I don’t think I would have liked this very much if it actually was. ![]() Tyson’s story bubbles with bitches, strippers, baby mommas, gold-diggers and – most catastrophically – wives… The most insane and astonishing Sports Book I have read for years (my emphasis) I don’t think I am alone in feeling like this. After that, it might be prison time, court cases, and a kind of sordid life… For many other people, the first association is ‘Drederick Tatum’. When I think of him, the first thing that comes to mind is Mike Tyson Mysteries. But in terms of the cultural capital he has earned himself, he is a different creature entirely. ![]() Ok, Obviously the former heavyweight champion of the world is linked to sports. But in a weird way, neither is Mike Tyson. ![]()
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