“My wife gave me painkillers” – Corriere.it

Mike Tyson
he always talks about himself in the fluctuating life between the ring and extra sporting events. Sometimes he seems ready to fight again, on other occasions he is seen in the airport in a wheelchair. And once again he was caught training hard with his fearsome muscle mass, despite he is 56 years old, on full display. There was a moment when, for him, he scared everyone off during a TV link, an interview for the Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid show, Good Morning Britain. On that occasion, it was October 13, 2020,
Iron Mike showed up in front of the cameras in obvious difficulty. He tried hard to stay awake, but in the end the former heavyweight world champion raised the white flag and he fell asleep, squatting on himself, mumbling words incomprehensible to everyone. He had thought of a sudden illness. Instead, after some time the truth about what happened emerged, thanks to the person concerned.

Back in front of Piers Morgan for the Talk TV show, Tyson gave his side of the story: Hey listen. I was hurt, I was training and something happened. My wife gave me painkillers and after taking them I was unable to articulate a wordit was a mess, but it was my fault, he clarified.

But that wasn’t the only revelation made by Iron Mike. He also spoke of the assault on the flight from San Francisco to Florida. The former boxer was betrayed by a video posted on the net: I came from a place where 60,000 people smoked cannabis. When I was on the plane, I was hungry and tired. There was this guy who kept provoking me, then I came back and kicked him in the c..o. Just kidding, I wish I did. My bodyguard jumped on top of him, he explained. This Mike Tyson. The man who is ready to fight against a gorilla or a shark, but who has fought against so many demons all his life.