Mike Tyson: Fight To Your Last Breath | E58

My guest today is Mike Tyson, a former heavy-weight boxing champion of the world and one of the greatest boxers of all time.

At the age of 20, he became the youngest boxer ever to win a heavyweight title. He was the first heavyweight boxer to simultaneously hold WBA, WBC, and IDF titles and a member of the international boxing Hall of Fame.

Mike has appeared in many movies and TV shows. He is the actor and creator of a one-man Broadway show Undisputed Truth, and the author of the best-selling book of the same name.

Mike is also a very successful entrepreneur and a founder of two cannabis companies, including Tyson 2.0. He is an incredible person and a dedicated philanthropist through his Mike Tyson’s Care foundation, and the support of other charities including The Make a Wish Foundation and The Special Olympics.

(1:52) Fame and money

• Neither will make you happy
• Become your own alarm system
• The pain is the same at the top and the bottom of the world

(06:43) Three years in prison

• Three best years of his life
• Everything in life is psychological
• Confidence brings success
• Prison shifted his perspective (no one’s better than anyone else)

(11:33) Mike’s famous fights

• Evander Holyfield - The Bite Fight
• First fight in 1996, rematch 1997
• The Sound and the Fury match
• In the second fight – Mike got frustrated and got disqualified
• Now they are partners
• Buster Douglas – lost a fight from an underdog
• Mike was happy that happened
• He learned that losing is not as bad as you think
• Never got discouraged in his life
• Won the title again
• His message to people who want to give up
• The story of Don King
• Adversities never stop, it’s how you handle them that can change

(19:16) Mike and Rodney Jerkins

• Great friends with Rodney Jerkins Darkchild
• Rodney is one of the nicest people he ever met
• One of his best friends
• Godley soul

(22:31) The importance of Extreme Preparation

• It’s not for everyone
• Balance doesn’t exist
• Trained more than everyone else
• Extreme preparation came from fear of failing
• Everybody has a plan until they are punched in the mouth

(26:23) Life after boxing

• Went totally broke after boxing and didn’t know what to do (called his wife for help and she helped him get back his life)
• Discovered cannabis and got into the business
• People allowed to drink and smoke on the show
• Regrets he didn’t smoke pot while fighting
• Mike Tyson's definition of success
• The ingredients of success
• What motivates Mike Tyson today?
• The advice to a young boxer (prepare for disappointment and never give up and fight to your last breath)
• Mike Tyson as a dad (7 kids)
• Mike Tyson Cares Foundation

(39:16) Fill in the blank to Excellence

• Mike Tyson's 10 year vision
• Mike Tyson's biggest accomplishment 
• Mike Tyson's biggest regret
• Mike Tyson's bucket list
• Mike Tyson's hero

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