Wallace108
Posts : 18260 Join date : 2011-04-03 Location : Y'Town, Ohio
| Subject: Mike Tyson says he's 'close to death from drugs and alcohol' Mon Aug 26, 2013 8:09 am | |
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- Former undisputed heavyweight world champion Mike Tyson claims he is "on the verge of dying" from ongoing drug and alcohol problems.
Tyson, 47, admitted he is a continual substance abuser but added he is hopeful of finally getting clean.
"I want to live my sober life. I don't want to die. I'm on the verge of dying, because I'm a vicious alcoholic," Tyson said on ESPN's "Friday Night Fights".
"I'm a bad guy sometimes. I did a lot of bad things, I want to be forgiven."
At the age of 20, in 1987, the American fighter held the record as the youngest boxer to win the WBC, WBA and IBF heavyweight titles.
But five years later Brooklyn-born Tyson was convicted of raping Desiree Washington and sentenced to six years in prison.
He returned to the ring but retired from the sport in 2006 and in 2007 was sentenced to 24 hours in jail and 360 hours of community service for drug possession and driving under the influence.
Tyson, who now works as a boxing promoter, added: "I hope they can forgive me. I want to change my life, I want to live a different life now.
"I haven't drank or took drugs in six days, and for me that's a miracle.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/boxing/23831263 _________________ If you're going to be a smart ass, you'd better be smart. Otherwise, you're just an ass. | |
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solardave
Posts : 6228 Join date : 2011-09-30 Location : State of Confusion
| Subject: Re: Mike Tyson says he's 'close to death from drugs and alcohol' Mon May 12, 2014 4:51 pm | |
| I wish him a clean,sober life and a chance to make amends to everyone that he feels he needs to. | |
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SteelersYak
Posts : 6476 Join date : 2011-04-04
| Subject: Re: Mike Tyson says he's 'close to death from drugs and alcohol' Fri Oct 03, 2014 3:05 pm | |
| I could have told you that. Did you see his part in The Hangover? No boxer plays the piano and sings Phil Collins without some feel good in their system.
If you watch his "standup", he sweats like a mad man. _________________ Twitter: @SteelersYak
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