Long gone are the days where Mike Tyson was the most ruthless and deadliest fighter on the face of this planet. Long gone are the days of lavish spending and expensive sports cars. However, apparently, the troubled days of Mike Tyson are long gone as well. Tyson allows you to go into his personal life and is able to share hitting rock bottom with the best medicine there is when discussing tough times: laughter.
Tyson welcomes you into his living room, the stage, and for a little over than an hour and a half he enchants fans with stories many have heard before and some not covered by the media. He talks about his mother, focuses on a major error on his birth certificate and then once again talks about his mother. Tyson discusses his famous pigeons and how they led him to his first fight. Tyson talks about crime, Cus D'Amato, boxing, white people, his friends from Brooklyn and even an unexpected encounter with Brad Pitt. Tyson attacks his life story from every angle, similar to how he attacked opponents on the ring when at the top of his game.
However, the more shocking attribute to Tyson's performance are his imitations. When Tyson imitated Cus D'Amato, his mentor, guardian, father and first trainer, the crowd immediately applauded his effort. Tyson imitates himself when he was in jail, his voice going a few pitches lower, which apparently made him tougher while in the cell. Most of all, Tyson constantly makes fun of Don King, practically sending him to hell whenever invoking the promoters' name.
Tyson seems frank, honest and stable. He uses props when bringing characters from his past back to life. He uses all the mobility left in his 46-year-old body and can vividly remember conversations and incidents that took place years ago.
All in all, the performance is great, entertaining and more importantly, Tyson feels approachable wanted fans wanting to know more about his life. Though Iron Mike can probably still pretty hard, his performance makes him seem a little more like us.
Mike Tyson, in his prime, was probably the most publicized fighter of all time. Whether truthful or false, many stories were written about Tyson. Everybody wanted to know what Tyson was up to back in the days when he became the youngest heavyweight title owner in the history of the sport. Now, It only seems right that Tyson tells his story from his point of view to set his story straight.
Whether you want to believe his story, that's up to you, but Tyson opens himself up to the public, something Tyson himself would have never done in fear of having his story once again misconstrued.
