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Who would've ever guessed Mike Tyson could be a sympathetic figure?

Published Tuesday, August 03, 2004 by seanlmccarthy | E-mail this post

Um, that would be...nobody. Fifteen years ago, Iron Mike was the scariest man in the ring. Five years ago, he may have been the scariest man in or out of the ring. Now, Tyson is the man who looks scared. And that is scary.
I met the boxing man, myth and legend one summer's night(though not this summer) at a nightclub soiree in Scottsdale. Tyson seemed shy and slightly vulnerable. After everything that's happened in his personal and professional life, Mike Tyson looks like the kind of guy who never knew what hit him. Literally or figuratively.