It Ain't Easy Being Mike Tyson
Ex-Champ Running Out of Luck
Everybody's favorite punching bag -- Mike Tyson -- has just sold one his last possessions of any great value: his luxurious villa in Phoenix, Arizona's private Paradise Valley residence. Tyson needs the money to pay for his lawyer as he gets ready to return to court yet AGAIN on AugustTyson's villa -- purchased back in 2004 for about 2.1 million dollars was quickly and quietly sold for about 2.3 million. This according to reports published in Maxboxing.com.
Certainly the money won't be going into Tyson's wallet to be spent on a good time. At 40 years old and with few options left -- prosecutors are looking to put Tyson in jail for up to 7 and 1/2 years. For his part, Tyson went into rehab immediately after his arrest and has since said he's "...been clean now for over 70 days..." (15 Apri, Maxboxing.com).
On one hand it's all to easy to sympathize with Mike Tyson - who has come up with some inventive ways to blow an estimated 300 million dollars in ring earnings as the world's youngest heavyweight boxing champion: he was used and abused by boxing promoter Don King. He was taken to the cleaners in a costly divorce settlement with his ex-wife (actually there has been more than one. Robin Givens just happens to be the most famous). And oh yeah - he bit off a portion of Evander Holyfield's ear.
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