Mike Tyson does not hide its past. The American, one of the most famous personalities in the world during the 90s, once again shared with his audience dark episodes of his life that, in his own words, have already been left behind, but that have served him as a lesson.
Currently, the former heavyweight champion boxer is part of a podcast called Hotboxin involving renowned figures such as former boxers Evander Holyfield Y Sugar Ray Leonard, or the artist Eminem. In each episode a new guest sits at the microphones and talks about any topic with Tyson, who always leaves resounding statements.
On this occasion, the 53-year-old American recalled that in his time as an athlete he enjoyed the night: "In Las Vegas I had access to the VIP of the nightclubs and I had a prostitute who was my girlfriend". Parties were part of his daily life and according to him the worst was the hangover.
"When I was young, I was an animal with money. I gave money to people, to everyone, She celebrated with everyone and had sex with her mothers, her sisters and her cousins … orgies. He was mad. I was so sick and I had no idea that I was so sick. ”
At that time, young Tyson was the best in the world and was surrounded by people who took advantage of his fame to spend incredible nights. According to himself, he used to give money and luxury goods to anyone: "I also bought a lot of girls' cars".
A few weeks ago, in another of the chapters, he had confessed that his life had taken an incredible turn and that it is not easy to realize that he is no longer the man everyone feared: "I am working on being the art of humility. That is the reason why I am crying, because I am no longer that person and I miss him. ”, and added: “I don't want that person to go out. Because if he goes out, hell will go out with him. It may seem like I'm a tough guy, but I hate that guy, I'm scared of him. ”
Tyson He became one of the most controversial fighters in history. Scandals have always been part of his life, his friction with drugs is public knowledge and he has also been in prison 38 times. Despite this, the American has rebuilt his life and today leads a cannabis planting project in California, with which he also seeks to help former war veterans.
At 53 years old, the former boxer recently added a new source of income. As detailed by the portal TMZ Sports, the american raised $ 20,000 in six hours, after signing with the Cameo website. Through that site, he began to extract revenue from personalized videos. Users who wish to obtain individualized messages must pay a figure that starts from $ 300 (amount that would represent a congratulatory video of no more than 15 seconds).