Mike Tyson is one of my favorite people. From the moment I saw him mow down Bruno in 1989, I was one of Mike Tyson’s biggest fan. Yes, he did not fare too well as a role model. But, he was and is one of the most sincerest and honest people I know. This man, speaks his mind with no contamination. Over the years, we have all read the contempt, the media and foes displayed upon him. Too bad, he could have been the greatest ever.

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Iron Mike Tyson Weighs In on Chris Brown

The Iron one Mike Tyson has been in the news as of late with big things working on his behalf. The former heavyweight has been retired from the ring for quite some time now and it has been a while since we have even heard anything from him. The reason behind his sudden media coverage is the fact that his documentary film detailing his life and boxing career. Tyson, who is no stranger to the law, has had his fair share of domestic violence issues in the past with two different women.

While he was married to actress Robin Givens in the late 80’s, he was plagued by accusations of domestic violence and spousal abuse against him. Even after the end of that relationship, Tyson was then sentenced to 3 years in prison after be being convicted of raping Desiree Washington. Tyson recently sat down with MTV News and discussed his upcoming documentary at the same time they even asked him about the whole Chris Brown and Rihanna situation.

These were his comments:

“It’s none of my business, but you know what I say about that? I understand the situation. I understand passion with young kids. My personal opinion about that is he’s just a baby. He’s just a little baby that don’t know how to handle his emotions when it comes to a woman. And he probably hears this and thinks, ‘I know how to handle my emotions’; we all think we do. But the fact [is], you look at this person and you might be crazy in love, but we don’t know how to handle those feelings.”

Tyson continued, knowing that the situation that Brown endured is not too far from his situation that he went through years back. And even though there is comparison between the two, Tyson gave a humble, sincere answer to the situation that he regretted going through:

Now you’re a fly guy and a cool guy, you have this pimp mentality. You have to be hard like that. You can’t abuse them. It’s really sick what you [can] do. She has a space in your heart and you believe you care about her more than anybody in the world. Do I think it’s right to beat up a woman? No — hell no. Have I hit a woman before? Hell yeah. Was I wrong? Hell yeah. I’m a product of that environment. Do I regret ever doing that? Hell yeah. Would I do it again? Never.

At press time, the documentary entitled simply ‘Tyson’ has been set to be released this Friday (April 24). Somewhere down the line, Tyson even mentioned that Jamie Foxx might be playing him in the upcoming biopic.

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