"I wouldn’t go to school because people would pick on me. I so desperately wanted to be like the so-called tough guys."
The narrative around Mike Tyson usually focuses on his aggression. Tracing his path from Brownsville to Catskill reveals a child who was relentlessly bullied, sexually abused, and failed by every safety net meant to protect him. His toughness was a pure survival adaptation in a world that offered absolutely no sanctuary.
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