Former Boxing World Heavyweight Champion "Iron" Mike Tyson has recently gone through a rebirth, though not as a boxer. Tyson, who at one time was known as "The Baddest Man on the Planet," recently exposed his softer side with the documentary "Tyson" by indie filmmaker James Toback and then his comedic side with appearances on the Teen Choice Awards and the hit comedy "The Hangover." Tyson has even gone vegan and now has a reality television show on Animal Planet (yes Animal Planet) called "Taking On Tyson" about one of his favorite past-time hobbies, pigeon racing.
His transition to a George Foreman-esque good-will ambassador was quite amazing to watch but I will always have a soft spot in my heart for the days when Mike would just knock a fool out. FightSportTV's YouTube Channel has a great little highlight reel that brings me back to the days of a pre-Iron Mike, a Mike known as "Kid Dynamite."
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