What’s the first thought that comes to your mind when you hear MIKE TYSON’S name?
Heavyweight Boxer?
Convicted Rapist?
Woman Beater?
Ear Biter?
Thug?
Cheater?
Tattoo’d Freak?
Here’s a man I remember growing up knowing as the “Greatest Heavyweight of all time”. Tyson was a household name. We all watched him rise to glory… and quickly fall out of it. But doesn’t everyone who rises to glory eventually fall? Isn’t it what we expect now?
What’s interesting is recently, we’ve seen him speak pretty boldly, transparently and authentically about his past addictions. He’s not hidden from his past. He actually seems like he’s stepped up, stepped out and choosing to play a more responsible role as a citizen. And some seem to even accept him back into “our” society by supporting him in his special appearances in multiple movies and “functions”…
But how many of us are still writing him off as a loser. A freak. A cheater.
Does Mike Tyson deserve a second chance?
Is he a People of the Second Chance?
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