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ANN CURRY: Mike Tyson's boxing career

is still on the ropes.

He is temporarily suspended,

and his $30 million purse has been frozen because

he bit Evander Holyfield in last weekend's fight.

A lifetime ban from boxing is still on the table.

DAVID LETTERMAN: I saw this on the newswire

as I was coming out here earlier today.

Mike Tyson whispered an apology

into Evander Holyfield's ear.

Yeah.

Yeah, he had it with him in his hotel room.

REPORTER: ...even from the president

of the United States.

And I was horrified by it,

and I think the American people are.

REPORTER: ...the punches he threw after the fight--

MIKE TYSON: Monster, cannibal, loser.

I know another word for "nigga" when I hear it.

All this stuff Cus said I had to be

in order to be Iron Mike was not a joke.

Cus said people would love me,

that I would be the king.

Instead, I became the most hated man in the world.

ANN CURRY: The Nevada State Athletic Commission

will decide next week how to punish Mike Tyson

for biting Evander Holyfield.

Until then, Tyson is suspended--

REPORTER: This isn't the first act of violence for Tyson.

Five years ago,

he was convicted and jailed for rape.

Our team traveled to Rhode Island

to get a statement from his victim, Desiree Washington.

REPORTER: Desiree, do you have a comment on the latest

- Mike Tyson situation? - No, no comment.

REPORTER: Well, do you consider this latest display

of Mike Tyson's violence proof to those

who still don't believe your rape allegations?

FRIEND: Mike Tyson bites a man,

and now the media is outraged?

Now people are horrified?

Where was this indignation

when he assaulted a 18-year-old girl--

when he raped my friend?

You know what I see when I'm forced to watch those clips?

I see everybody that paid to see him.

I see the people who scream

even though they know who he is and what he is.

Excuse us.

MIKE: After the Holyfield fight,

I was banned from boxing for 15 months.

Maybe this wasn't the best response to all that,

but fuck, it was a shitstorm out there.

-(bell dings) -(crowd shouting)

By the time I got back in the ring,

I went on a tear.

I kept winning, and you kept watching.

(bell dings)

I was doing coke like I was on the Olympic coke team.

(crowd shouting)

I should've been in a psych ward.

(bell dings)

But I wanted my title back.

That's all I knew.

And there was only one person in my way.

I'm definitely not afraid of Mike Tyson.

I'm the best in the world.

MIKE: Lennox motherfuckin' Lewis.

I'm Mike Tyson. I'll take his fuckin' life.

That's what I'll do. He can't stop me.

Fuck him.

(action music)

♪ ♪

He's scared, champ. Don't even wanna come out.

MIKE: I was so coked up and angry,

I didn't even need a fucking ring.

- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! - Hey, hey, hey!

(all shouting)

(growls)

(screams) He fucking bit me!

(growls)

Get off me!

(all shouting)

Put him in a straitjacket!

Put your mother in a straitjacket,

you punk-ass white boy. Come here and tell me that.

I'll fuck you in your ass, you punk-ass white boy.

You can't touch me. You not man enough.

I'll eat your asshole alive, you bitch.

Lookit, he's scared now, scared of the real man.

Scared, little white pussy.

I'll eat your asshole alive, you fucker.

I'll fuck you till you love me, bitch.

MIKE: Yeah, not my best moment.

REPORTER: 16 years ago, Mike Tyson became

the youngest heavyweight champion ever.

Since then, his early career accolades

have turned into late career fiascos.

Can this be the night of his boxing redemption,

or is this the comeuppance

boxing fans are waiting to see?

(cheering)

MIKE TYSON: I was so fucking angry.

I finally had my chance.

I was ready to destroy this motherfucker.

He wasn't even gonna know what hit him.

(dance music)

(sustained deafening tone)

REFEREE (muffled): One, two, three,

four, five, six,

seven, eight, nine--

(bell dings)

MIKE: All my boxing gods,

the ones I worshipped as a kid,

it's like they deserted me.

I couldn't get any lower.

Nah, I could get a lot lower.

Fuck you mean I'm broke?!

- Mike, Mike-- - Please, Mr. Tyson, just--

-(growls) - Maybe bankruptcy

is an option we can consider.

I made $300,000,000.

Where's my fucking money? Where's my fucking money?

Where's my money?

Where's my fucking money?!

ACCOUNTANT: Ask Don King.

Where he at?! Don in there?!

Whoa, champ. You don't wanna do this.

You gon' shoot me, you fucking piece of shit?

- Get your fucking hands off me. - BODYGUARD: Iron Mike,

everybody needs to make an appointment to see Mr. King,

- including you. - MIKE: This nigga takes

all my money, and I gotta make a fucking appointment?

(growls)

I hope the devil fucks your mother in the ass

in the bowels of hell one day, you fucking pussy.

There he is.

The champ returns.

MIKE: Don wanted me to meet him up in Florida.

I wanted to fire him in person,

face-to-face, no drama.

(Don laughing)

MIKE: My friend Jackie insisted on coming with me.

- But she was nervous. - Want me to hold that for you?

I got it. My goody box, you know.

Don't you think you had enough?

I said I got it.

MIKE: She knew how angry I was with Don.

- Nice car, motherfucker. -(Don laughs)

MIKE: She also saw how much coke I had done on the plane.

Hey, you know me.

Only the best for you, champ.

Man, it's good to have you down here in Florida.

You gonna love the Delano. It's a beautiful hotel.

I swear it's like a sinner died, took a glimpse of heaven,

came back and built what he saw right on the beach.

-(laughs) - That sounds nice.

- Doesn't that sound nice, champ? - DON: Yeah...

MIKE: All I could think about was how Don had played me

from the moment that we met, making me think

that he would be the Black daddy in my life

that would finally take care of me.

He played me for stupid

every single day that I knew him.

- Oh! -(tires squeal)

- What? No! -(growling)

(screaming)

DON: Motherfucker!

Champ, where you going?

- DON: Crazy nigga, you're crazy! - JACKIE: What the?

- DON: This motherfucker! -(growls)

JACKIE: Mike, stop it!

Crazy motherfucker! Look at you!

Mother--

JACKIE: Stop, Mike!

-(growls) - JACKIE: Mike!

(yells)

BERNARD: ♪ Things are not goin' right ♪

♪ My head's just spinnin' day and night ♪

-♪ Things are not goin' right ♪ - DON: Tired.

Tired. Tired of these niggas.

The King is done.

I tried my best to do whatever I could for my people,

and this is the thanks I get?

Psh.

♪ ♪

MIKE TYSON: After Don, I needed some quick money,

so we set up a fight.

But I never should've been in the ring.

I was missing wildly.

I was standing still.

I couldn't stomach it.

I had loved my sport since 1990.

- REFEREE: Oh, hey, hey, hey! - MIKE: What was I doing?

REFEREE: Go to your corner!

MIKE: I was lettin' everybody down.

I know this wasn't the outcome

you were looking here for tonight.

Do you think you could've continued in this fight?

I just wanna say I'm most likely not gonna fight no more.

I'm done.

I'm not gonna disrespect the sport

by losing to this caliber of fighters.

Are you saying what it sounds like, Mike?

Iron Mike is retiring?

I don't think I have it no more.

I've been doing this for 20 years.

I'm basically just fightin' to pay my bills.

Not in my heart no more.

I'm done.

(reporters shouting)

REPORTER: Well, there you have it.

Mike Tyson appears to be walking away from boxing.

♪ ♪

MIKE: After I retired, I was fucked up for a long time.

All those managers and the people

that had a fucking hold on me,

they were all gone.

Everyone had abandoned me.

Everyone except her.

Hey, Mike.

Hey, Kiki.

I'm sorry I haven't been calling.

I've just been busy.

That ain't never stopped you before.

In fact, nothing ain't never stopped you before--

not a wife or a fight, nothin'.

Anyway, when you didn't answer my calls, I got worried,

so I wanted to check up on you.

MIKE: I know what you're thinking.

"Not another woman, Mike.

Didn't I already see that show?"

This is Lakiha Spicer. Keep watching.

When I first met Kiki, she was 18 years old.

I was introduced to her by her father,

who was a devout Muslim who worked

with my promotional team at the time.

Michael, this is my daughter.

As-salamu alaykum. My name's Lakiha.

Wa 'alaykumu s-salam. Nice to meet you, Lakiha.

Nice to meet you as well.

My friends call me Kiki.

Can I call you Kiki?

We're not friends. I just met you.

MIKE: I know I was dating Monica back then,

but what can I say?

I had a big heart.

SINGER: ♪ Take the good with the bad ♪

♪ All the happy and the sad ♪

How was that?

That was fine.

SINGER: ♪ Don't you forget ♪

And that's all that happened, for real.

That was some new shit for me.

(laughter)

You know, honestly, I think I loved her from day one.

We dated on and off for the next few years

despite the fact that I was married--there was that--

and insane--that too.

I kept messing things up 'cause that's just

what I was about back then.

KIKI: You fucking bitch!

MIKE: But she hung in there with me,

and believe me when I tell you,

she was full of surprises.

KIKI: Fuck you!

KIKI: Jesus Christ, Mike, such a mess.

Just so you know, I'm probably going to jail soon, so...

What?

Yeah, my mother too.

MIKE: Turned out her dad was caught up

in some fake businesses,

running phony schools and stuff--

like, the same shit people get away with

out in Washington, D.C.

They needed Kiki to set up a dummy account

so that the money could look legit.

They all went to jail together, like a good family should.

(laughter)

I'm not gonna lie, Kiki,

you goin' to jail kinda turnin' me on.

What the fuck, Mike?

I mean, I hate to see you go, but, I mean, think about it.

I've been to jail. You're goin' to jail.

I can throw a punch.

You can slap a bitch to next Tuesday.

- I'm a mess, you're a mess? - Yeah.

Every pot has its lid.

We're kinda like a fucked-up Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan movie.

- You've Got Mail? - Oh, yeah.

- Except for we're goin' to jail. -(chuckles)

MIKE: Shit, I thought the only reason women liked me

was 'cause of my money,

but Kiki knew I was bankrupt by then

and really fucked up.

I had to borrow money for groceries and shit,

but she stayed.

- SINGER: ♪ From the Lord ♪ - CHOIR: ♪ Yeah ♪

SINGER: ♪ She give me what I'm askin' for ♪

♪ Ah, ah, she makes me say ♪

CHOIR: ♪ Amen ♪

- SINGER: ♪ Good God, Almighty ♪ - CHOIR: ♪ Amen ♪

SINGER: ♪ She make me say ♪

MIKE: But first, she had to do her time...

♪ ♪

Which meant I was left alone to my worst devices

while I waited for her to finish her stint.

CHOIR: ♪ Amen ♪

SINGER: ♪ Thank you, Lord, now ♪

MIKE: But at least this time, since I was

madly in love with Kiki, I tried to get better.

KIKI: Mike... (winces)

Here we go.

DOCTOR: Lakiha, it's time to push!

(screams)

I'm right there with you, baby. I'm right there with you, baby.

(both screaming)

(screaming)

(laughter)

The day our daughter Milan was born

holds an extra special place in my heart.

She was born on the same day as my mother.

ALL: Aww...

- SINGER: ♪ Good God, Almighty ♪ - MIKE: Yeah.

I took that as a sign that I needed

to get my shit together--

for real this time.

Kiki said I had to do something new

if I expected a new outcome.

So I let her talk me into something crazy.

I went back to therapy

and let this old-ass white lady kick my ass.

Actually, she changed my life.

My mother told me I was shit. That's why I hate myself.

She fucking did this to me. I hate her.

You've done horrible things.

Should people hate you?

(sighs)

They do hate me... a lot.

MARILYN: That wasn't the question.

I asked, "Should they hate you?"

You know what I love about boys

from rough neighborhoods who do well?

They tell everybody

they're gonna take care of their mother one day.

They brag they're gonna buy their mother a house.

I didn't buy my mother a house.

Sure you did.

You exhumed her body and gave her a new, grand resting place

befitting a queen.

That's what a son who loves his mother does,

not a son who hates her,

and if I had to guess, you honored her

because you appreciate what Lorna Mae did for you.

She didn't do shit for me.

MARILYN: She didn't do what you wanted,

but she did what you needed.

She let you go, Mike,

because that's the best she could do for you at that time,

and in her own way,

she admitted her shortcomings and let you become you.

That's why you gave her a new home,

even in death.

So let's talk about what you're running away from.

I ain't running away from nothin'.

Bullshit.

Everybody's running from something.

You said your mother's a bad mother,

yet she made the ultimate sacrifice for you.

Can't say that about your fathers.

- My father. - MARILYN: I said what I meant.

And I meant what I said-- fathers, plural.

MIKE: Cus was the only real father I had,

the only person that cared about me.

He loved me.

He also told you to be a monster.

When I was in the ring, not in real life.

Does your life look like you really understood that?

You were 14 when he drove that into you.

Fuck you, Marilyn.

Bitch. (growls)

See you next week, Mike.

(growls)

(sighs)

Fuck that shit.

There was a lot of shit I was dealing with,

and then this happened.

My daughter Exodus.

She left us on May 26, 2009.

Her mother's soul was distraught.

(solemn music)

She was playing on the treadmill

and somehow got tangled up in the cord.

♪ ♪

(sniffles)

It was an accident.

That's all it was.

(sniffles)

It was an accident.

That pain, it was too much for me.

You're not supposed to outlive your kids.

KIKI: Mike.

Mike, come on. You can do this.

MIKE: I don't know why Kiki stuck around.

- But she did. - I got you.

MIKE: She never gave up on me.

(footsteps approaching)

(door opens)

(baby cooing)

Baby, go away.

KIKI: Why?

MIKE: Just...

just please go away.

Why?

She was just an innocent little girl.

Maybe bad things are supposed to happen.

KIKI: I've done bad things too.

I've been to prison, but I'm a good Muslim.

We're not just one thing.

Listen, you did not deserve this.

But no one does.

Your kids are downstairs, Mike...

Waiting to see you.

Mikey Lorna gonna be dropped off soon.

Rayna, Amir, and Miguel are already downstairs.

They came to see you.

Do you want to hold Milan?

You ain't hardly held her since she came home.

I can't, babe.

I'm just too fucked up right now.

Then when?

Yo, this shit owns you, Mike.

Are you gonna punk out like that?

You love me?

Yes, I love you.

We all do.

Get rid of this for me, baby.

MIKE: That right there?

That was the last time I did coke.

For real.

(Nina Simone's "Sinnerman" playing)

♪ ♪

Monsters aren't supposed to get the girl

or the happy ending,

but two weeks later, we got married.

(applause)

18 months after that,

our second child, Morocco, was born.

NINA: ♪ Where you gonna run to? ♪

♪ All on that day ♪

MIKE: I didn't want to think she pity-married me,

so six months after Morocco was born,

Kiki and me renewed our vows.

We got married again.

(cheering)

Now I know I won the lottery just by being here.

I finally got better-- got a second chance,

or really like a second, and a second,

and a second, and a second.

(laughter)

NINA: ♪ I ain't gonna hide you, guy ♪

MIKE: At 13, I'm already arrested 37 times.

NINA: ♪ I said, "Rock, what's the matter with you?" ♪

MIKE: At 20, I'm world champion.

I couldn't handle that. You couldn't handle that.

♪ ♪

NINA: ♪ Lord, Lord, Lord ♪

MIKE: That's a sucker punch right there.

I could tell you who I am, but you're gonna decide

for yourself.

Only, I'm not just one thing.

It's much more complicated than that.

Listen, when I was insane,

everything I thought was important wasn't,

and it fucked me up.

I was insane for a long time in front of you.

I didn't know how to ask for help.

I was a fighter,

a gladiator.

I walked into situations prepared to fight.

That's all I knew.

That's how I survived.

NINA: ♪ He was waiting, I ran to the devil ♪

MIKE: Now I walk into situations prepared to love.

Do that.

Watch how every fucking thing changes.

Me? I'm the American dream, man.

Red state and blue.

NINA: ♪ Oh, power ♪

MIKE: From nothing to something.

I'm the good and the bad, just like you.

NINA: ♪ Power ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Power ♪

MIKE: Before, I'd look at my opponent

and know that I was gonna brutalize them,

but now,

I wonder if they got kids they love too.

♪ ♪

Fuck, I've-- I've talked too much.

Just never thought I'd live this long.

Neither did you. Admit it.

-(laughter) - But that's my story.

(applause)

It's fucked up. It's crazy.

It's violent. It's wild.

It's tragic. It's unbelievable.

It's mean. It's unfair.

It's lucky.

It's one of a kind.

It's Mike.

(applause)

(all chanting "Mike")

(cheers and applause)

NINA: ♪ Power ♪

♪ Power ♪

♪ Power ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Go down ♪

♪ Bring down ♪

♪ Bring down ♪

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