Tyson Says He Is Ready to Go back in the Ring

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Tyson Says He Is Ready to Go back in the Ring

Former world boxing tycoon MikeTyson said he's ready to get back in the ring.

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Former world boxing tycoon MikeTyson said he's ready to get back in the ring.

"I feel good. I'm just very happy. I'm tired of being stupid," Tyson said Tuesday at a news conference announcing a Feb. 22 fight with Clifford Etienne in Memphis, Tennesse.

Tyson said he is learning from his past.

"Things basically have come together as far as my personal life. I just feel so much good about my transformation and just forming to be a decent human being."

Tyson, who spent three years in prison for raping a beauty pageant contestant, has a long history of violence outside the ring and in it.

Wearing a black suit with a modest brown and black striped tie and matching pocket scarf, Tyson said his rough past is behind him and he just wants to fight and make a living.

"We've all got to live. We've got to make a living ... I don't have to be a cold-blooded ... mean individual on the streets just to be a great fighter," he said.

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