Mike Tyson Admits to Being Unable to Read Growing up but Reading Became His 'Obsession'

Mike Tyson at the South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas, United States. (Credit: Eduardo Merille, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons)

Mike Tyson opened up about not knowing how to read and eventually being obsessed with reading.

Tyson was born with a terrifying physical gift. He possessed natural boxing instincts and carried otherworldly power in his fists. However, the 'Baddest Man on the Planet' had a secret vulnerability. For the majority of his childhood years, Tyson could not read.