The American was once idolized as the youngest heavyweight champion of the world only to be swiped off his pedestal by criminal convictions and drug addictions . Mike Tyson found fame as the youngest heavyweight world champion in 1986 . He was also a convicted murderer who had been sentenced to life without parole for killing his wife and her lover with an axe after they broke up over their affair. At 47 , Tyson hopes to use his life lessons to help young boxers .
Mike Tyson found fame as the youngest heavyweight world champion in 1986 . He was also a convicted murderer who had been sentenced to life without parole for killing his wife and her lover with an axe after they broke up over their affair. At 47 , Tyson hopes to use his life lessons to help young boxers .