British journalist and author Graham Hancock was the latest guest at Hotboxin with Mike Tyson. Footballer Sebastian Day Joseph joined Mike as the co-host. Hancock has made a name for himself in parallel or pseudo-academic discourses on history and archaeology. He is the proponent of advanced Ice Age civilization theory.

The gloomy 80s

Curious, Graham checked if life was better than it used to be during his teenage years.

Mike was forthcoming in his admission, “Absolutely in the 80s everybody was dying, everybody died of drugs, diseases, guns, and knives it was just murder Row in the 80s drugs all of traffic oh you destroyed a whole generation of family.”

Mike Tyson: The Baddest Man on the Planet

Life changed for Mike after his professional debut. No other boxer has had such a forceful impact on the Heavyweight division as Mike Tyson did. He became the world champion at the age of twenty.

There was no looking back, and his winning streak continued till it was put to a stop by Buster Douglas in 1990.

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From that time on, his personal and professional life echoed the downsides of his teenage years. Yet, today, Mike is a happy family man and a successful entrepreneur. He is, instead, a fine example of putting social media to good advantage. Do you agree?