Boxing, Sex and Madness: Mike Tyson, James Toback and the Ties That Bind

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From Los Angeles Film+TV – Boxing, Sex and Madness: Mike Tyson, James Toback and the Ties That Bind – page 1:

For 90 uninterrupted minutes, there is only one talking head in Tyson, and it is one that speaks with startling alacrity and candor about the humiliating taunts he suffered as a chunky, high-voiced mama’s boy; the petty criminality that earned him street respect and, ultimately, time served in a youth correctional facility; the confidence and sense of purpose he gained from boxing; the sharply honed physical and psychological manipulation he deployed in the ring; the qualities he seeks in a woman; his inability to manage money. Above all, Tyson speaks of the consuming desire to truly know thyself.

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