Former undisputed heavyweight world
champion Mike Tyson claims he is “on the
verge of dying” from ongoing drug and
alcohol problems.
Mike Tyson. 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 defiling 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. “I’ve been lying to everybody that thinks I
was
champion Mike Tyson claims he is “on the
verge of dying” from ongoing drug and
alcohol problems.
Mike Tyson. 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 defiling 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. “I’ve been lying to everybody that thinks I
was
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