Mike Tyson’s new Netflix docuseries proves he’s run out of new material, recycling a life story he’s already told in books, films, one-man shows, and podcasts for decades.sn
Tyson is still the youngest champion in the heavys in history, a record that still stands to this day.
A great boxer in his time but since retirement he had some success and looks to be all over the place again recently, his exhibition against Floyd never happened in the end.
Some notes on this latest documentary series and more on Tyson’s over hashed life story at this point, for context;
- Tyson already told his story in the 2008 documentary Tyson
- He released a one-man show and book Undisputed Truth in 2013
- Hulu aired a Tyson series in 2022 that he publicly disowned
- The new Netflix trailer shows the same beats: Brooklyn, D’Amato, fame, prison, redemption
- Tyson once joked any film about his life would be “sold on street corners”
- Netflix is releasing two Tyson projects: a docuseries and a comedy special
- He has appeared in Fallen Champ, Champs, and Mike Tyson: The Knockout
- He also played himself in The Hangover, Entourage, and Ip Man 3
- The trailer leans on Tyson crying about being “addicted to chaos”
- His 2024 fight with Jake Paul was brand maintenance, not competition
After looking at the trailer, it looks like Tyson turned on the water works as some of these actors do.
Not convincing, he is a salesman, looking to make a fast buck and it comes across as much.
Some money in the production but this is more than anything a reaction to the Floyd exhibition falling through most likely.
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