Undisputed Truth - The Memoir of Mike Tyson

I've been reading this book a lot while on my trip to Japan. Every time I'm sitting down for a period of time without interruptions (on the plane or train), I'm reading this book. It's REALLY good. He explains his thought process on everything. He definitely paints a picture of himself as a real piece of shit, but he tries to be better. Plus, the life style he lived as a result of being the heavy weight champion of the world. I recommend giving this book a shot. It's right around 600 pages. There are 2 different picture sections as well. It's good. I'm not even an autobiography type of book reader, but this has me hooked.

He met up with a big trainer early on. He was in a juvenile hall place, and he would box with a guard that was really good. All the kids kept trying to box this guy. Anyway, the guard saw that Mike had something special and introduced him to Cus. Cus and his wife went on to become Mike's unofficial parents, but Cus was also his biggest trainer. This guy taught Mike to be an absolute killer in the ring. To put people down. That mentality was drilled into him from 13-15 years old, and carried on to the early part of his career. Cus ended up dieing shortly before Mike became the heavy weight champion of the world, and he tried to continue with Cus' training and ideology, but he couldn't do it. He started to slip and then Don King came into the picture.

This is a really fascinating book. He goes into complete detail about the "rape", the trial, his lawyers and all of that shit, but then also into all this detail about his entire life. I'm enjoying this book quite a bit. It humanizes the killer that is Mike, and I really don't feel that he raped Desiree Washington. It's a complicated story, but not one of rape. Especially when she also accused her first boyfriend of also raping her, just because the father found out. That's the type of girl she was.

Give it a read. Well worth it.

That training video was really interesting. Man, my memories don't do it justice. He really was a monster in the ring. Absolutely incredible at fighting. It's a shame he fell off the way he did.

No. I'm just reading his book, which I suggest to others. I'll have to look for a video or whatever.

Thanks for the suggestion. I just bought 2 things on Amazon. First is the DVD of Undisputed Truth, and another was a biography of Tyson from a 3rd party, but they interview him a lot (it seems like). I'll look forward to them.