Documentary deities have birthed glorious news; Mike Tyson will soon have his own documentary. We get the saucy news from the movieweb:
Are you ready to be punched through the screen? Well, Director James Toback is going to try and do just that. The indie auteur is jumping back in the ring with former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson. Together, they will make a feature documentary that follows the path Tyson took in losing both his championship ring, and his place amongst the legends of boxing.
Toback has more than thirty hours of recently completed interviews with the ex-champ at his disposal. According to Variety, James complimented his subject on being very forthcoming about everything that has happened to him.
Mike Tyson is a boxing legend. This is a guy that would rip heads off of people in mere seconds. He tattooed his face. He is a destructive, explosive relentless force and I can watch his early boxing footage all day long. This is a guy that needs his story to be told.
Say what you will about this man now, he is a warrior and a delightfully interesting character. I loved his cameo appearance in Rocky 6 and always am excited when I see him on TV. The best Arsenio Hall episode ever was when Mike Tyson and Mohammad Ali explained why the other would win in a fight between the two.
Here are a few glorious Mike Tyson Quotes for you to enjoy to tide you over till the film is released:
“Lennox Lewis, I’m coming for you man. My style is impetuous. My defense is impregnable, and I’m just ferocious. I want your heart. I want to eat his children. Praise be to Allah!”
“Anyone with a grain of sense would know that if I punched my wife I would rip her head off. It’s all lies. I have never laid a finger on her.”
“My power is discombobulatingly devastating all I could feel is muscle tissues collapse under my force. It’s ludicrous these mortals even attempt to enter my realm.”
“I want to throw down your kid and stomp on his testicles, and then you will know what it is like to experience waking up everyday as me. And only then will you feel my pain.”
“All praise is to Allah, I’ll fight any man, any animal, if Jesus were here I’d fight him too.”
“I’m on the Zoloft [an antidepressant] to keep from killing y’all.”
