Undisputed Truth

Remarkably candid, brutal, and dramatic is Mike Tyson’s autobiography. He became an icon of world boxing, but beyond the ring his life was no less stormy, reckless, and furious than any bout.

In Tyson, different personae coexist: a ruthless fighter and a mocking thinker, a man with a criminal record and a Broadway performer, a vulnerable teenager and an tireless ladies’ man… A boy from the ghetto who became the youngest undisputed world champion in the heavyweight division, taking fame for granted—and yet never managing to learn how to live with it. A millionaire who suddenly found himself broke; convicted for what, according to him, he did not commit, and yet more than once escaping situations where he very well could have faced a life sentence. An alcoholic and a drug addict who managed to get the upper hand over his own demons.

In the ring, he didn’t spare opponents. Now he spares neither himself nor the reader. But it was this relentless honesty that helped him come to terms with himself, restore a sense of dignity and self-respect, and find love and family.