Mike Tyson supports the book signing for The Bite Fight: Tyson, Holyfield and the Night That Changed Boxing Forever by George Willis

Mike Tyson is in a Very Good Place

At the end of every year, we like to take a look back at the things we have achieved during the year. Sometimes that gets us to thinking about the things that we have accomplished in previous years. And, this year, we’re thinking about a quick interview we conducted with former heavyweight boxing champion of the world, Mike Tyson.

Andrew Rosario, a host for What’s The 411Sports, talked with Mike Tyson at the book party for sports columnist George Willis’ book, The Bite Fight: Tyson, Holyfield and the Night That Changed Boxing Forever.

Tyson joined Willis at the Bounce Sporting club in Manhattan to help promote the book. His entrance was very animated as he danced his way through the crowd, at one point doing his version of Michael Jackson's moonwalk to the pounding music.

Tyson will be the first to admit that he's lucky to be alive today. He's lucky to be drug and alcohol-free and he's lucky to have a wife that is with him and supports him fully and not because of his fame and fortune.

When it comes to the negative things that made headlines, Tyson believes the negativity was a “big growth process,” basically forget about the past, “look at me now that’s all that matters.”

In this video, Rosario questions Tyson about how the death of Hector "Macho" Camacho may have affected him, his foundation, and how the foundation operates to impact today's youth in our nation's inner cities. You can feel Tyson’s sincerity.

Sports columnist Tim Smith, boxing analyst Harold Lederman, and Willis talk about their most memorable Tyson moment.

There has never been an athlete in modern times that has gained and lost as much as Mike Tyson has and we're not just talking about money. If you want to get more information about Tyson’s rise, fall, and rise again, then read George Willis' book, The Bite Fight: Tyson, Holyfield and the Night That Changed Boxing Forever.

Be sure to check out the video featuring Mike Tyson and author George Willis. It’s “Iron Mike” in rare form and in a really good place.