Mike Tyson: I’m A Vicious Alcoholic

Mike Tyson has revealed that he is on the verge of dying from alcohol and drug abuse after years of lying about being sober.

The former heavyweight champion and WWE Hall Of Famer made the startling revelation while at a press conference to promote ESPN’s Friday Night Fights at the Turning Stone Resort in Verona, New York on Friday.

‘I’m a bad guy sometimes,’ he said. ‘I did a lot of bad things, and I want to be forgiven… I wanna change my life, I wanna live a different life now. I wanna live my sober life.

‘I don’t wanna die. I’m on the verge of dying, because I’m a vicious alcoholic.’

Tyson went on to note that he has not consumed alcohol or drugs in six days, which he called ‘a miracle’.

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Mike Tyson has had several encounters with the world of professional wrestling, having appeared as the ‘Special Enforcer’ for the massive showdown between WWE Champion Shawn Michaels and “Stone Cold” Steve Austin at WrestleMania XIV. In 2012, Tyson was inducted into the WWE Hall Of Fame’s Celebrity Wing.