Tyson set for Cannes
by Michelle Fortune, 14 May 2008
Mike Tyson will swap the boxing ring for the red carpet when he attends the premiere of a new documentary charting his rise and fall from grace at the Cannes Film Festival.
Tyson became the youngest heavyweight champion in boxing history in 1986 at age 20 and was the undisputed champion from 1987 until 1990, winning his first 37 fights in overwhelming fashion.
However, he was never far from controversy, spending three-years in prison for rape as well as squandering over $400 million.
'Tyson' examines the boxer's climb to the top of the sport and his subsequent demise with the 42-year-old set to reveal all on his life and career in candid detail.
"I look at it now and I'm embarrassed I did it," Tyson told the New York Times.
"There's a lot of information people didn't need to know.
"I don't know who I am. That might sound stupid. I really have no idea. All my life I have been drinking and drugging and partying and all of a sudden this comes to a stop.
"I never thought I would live to this age.
"I didn't know how to be any other way. I felt like one of those barbarian kings just coming to conquer the Roman Empire. I was crazy."