Rooting for Mike Tyson has never been a simple proposition. This is someone raised in destitute conditions in Brownsville who then rose to the peak of boxing, sure, but also someone convicted of a violent sexual crime (that he has maintained his innocence around). But also: Someone who returned from that stint in prison to rise to the peak of the sport again, only for his career to devolve into one of the most gruesome and horrific public spectacles in sport. Only, of course, to then rise again as a pop culture figure with a one-man Broadway show reckoning with the violent nature he’s aspired to resolve. He's a family man now, an embarrassing dad, a guy who stars in hit comedies and cartoons and who has become an avatar of projections about second and third acts in public life.
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