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Boxing legend Mike Tyson has been sleeping in homeless shelters and
living like a 'street bum' since declaring himself bankrupt.
The former heavyweight champion of the world, who once had more than
£165million in the bank and regularly earned £5million per fight, also
said he has been accepting handouts from drug dealers.
He added: 'For two years I have been a bum, truly a bum in the
streets.
'I've got nowhere to live. I've been crashing with friends, literally
sleeping in shelters. Unsavoury characters are giving me money and I'm
taking it. I need it. The drug dealers, they sympathise with me. They
see me as some sort of pathetic character.'
Tyson, who will be 38 on Wednesday, will fight British boxer Danny
Williams on July 30 in an attempt to make some money.
But he is so deeply in debt that even the £7.6million to be paid to
him by promoter Don King to settle a lawsuit will not lift him out of
the red.
He said: 'When I had money I was an animal. I was so belligerent. I
lost all across the board. My life has been a total waste.'
Tyson, who served three years in jail for rape in the 1990s and who
bit off part of Evander Holyfield's ear during a 1997 fight, still
thinks he can be heavyweight champion again.
He added: 'I know I was a tough, bad-ass talking fighter, but I ain't
no mob figure. I did my time for the rape. I paid my money to Las
Vegas. I paid my dues.
'I ain't the same person I was when I bit that guy's ear off.'