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"Sex addiction" stopped Tyson from being the best boxer ever

Former boxer Mike Tyson. PHOTO / COURTESY

Mike Tyson was the most feared boxer on the planet, a wild animal who literally tore chunks out of his opponents.

And he could have been the greatest of all time if he hadn’t been floored by his “weakness for women”, says his former manager Rory Holloway. Instead, Tyson ended up a convicted rapist.

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