If he'd lived...differently...outside the ring, I'd imagine that HBO, Showtime, or ESPN would love to have laid claim to a post-boxing career Tyson as a commentator the way that Big George, Bobby Czyz and at times Jones and Reid are. He's actually supposed to have an extensive body of knowledge regarding old fighters, fights, and boxing styles, trivia, etc. - undoubtedly bestowed upon him by D'Amato, which would conceivably add a lot to any of those shows. But it will never happen, because he's undoubtedly perceived as an intolerable behavioral and reputation risk to most any employer, moreover one with media exposure.
I've heard that his post-boxing plans include a rap music studio/label, although something tells me that if the "over-40 rule" recently proposed isn't passed, he'll be induced into the ring again and again and again - a mercenary boxer - as younger champs (the type who seem to look vulnerable only to former champs) come to the forefront and win belts.
Maybe 10 years from now, Mike Tyson will play the role of the Larry Holmes that he himself KO'ed in 1987.
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