As we reported on Nov. 10, Mike Tyson has a new book coming out which reveals shocking stories from his past. Tyson's life outside the ring has been equally memorable and equally violent, and he has spared few details in his new autobiography "The Undisputed Truth."
Asked by ABC News correspondent Paula Faris whether he felt any shame for his 1992 rape conviction or for biting off part of Evander Holyfield's ear in 1997, Tyson admits, "None of that stuff shames me. Only thing that shames me is that I was really poor."
Tyson's mother was an alcoholic who shuttled him from home to home in one of Brooklyn's bleakest neighborhoods, Brownsville. He felt himself lucky if the roof over his head had heat and hot water.
Convicted of raping a contestant for Miss Black America, Desiree Washington, some would think 1992 was the year Tyson hit rock bottom. He disagrees. Prison, far from being hellish, became a place where Tyson says he could be "free." "I was pretty much adapted to being there," Tyson reasons. "All my life I've been institutionalized ... I knew how to conduct myself in these places."
Source: bossip.com
