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From Barnes & NobleHe was the undisputed heavyweight champion at twenty; a convicted rapist at twenty-five; a Boxing Hall of Famer who was bankrupt by 2003 despite having earned nearly a third of a billion dollars during his multiple careers. In his new autobiography, Mike Tyson talks candidly about his early life; his controversial bouts; his troubles, marital, financial, legal, and otherwise; his problems with depression and alcohol; and his dreams of getting back on track for his family. The New York Times - Michiko Kakutani Mr. Tyson's idiosyncratic voice comes through clearly on the page herenot just his mix of profane street talk and 12-step recovery language, cinematic descriptions of individual fights and philosophical musings, but also his biting humor and fondness for literary and historical referencesThere is a lot of self-mythologizing (and de-self-mythologizing) at work in these pages.
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Christian Giudice is a boxing writer whose previous works include Hands of Stone: The Life and Legend of Roberto Duran and Beloved Warrior: The Rise and Fall of Alexis Arguello. His passion for boxing stems from watching fights in Atlantic City in the 1980s with his father, and he now writes for boxing.com and his own website christiangiudice.com. In addition to his work covering boxing in Latin America, Giudice also teaches English at Parkwood High School in Monroe.
