This image released by Starpix shows, from left, former boxer Mike Tyson, his wife Kiki Tyson and director Spike Lee posing backstage after the curtain call for the opening night of “Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth,” Thursday, at the Longacre Theater in New York. — AP NEW YORK — Former heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson is telling the Undisputed Truth about his life in a one-man show on Broadway. The one-time world champion shares his tumultuous struggles both in and out of the ring. “That's what I did my whole life is put my life out there. At least I don't have to go to the hospital every day,” Tyson said before the show which was written by his wife Lakiha ‘Kiki' Spicer. But he does admit that some topics open old wounds. “Certain things I won't say. Certain things I know how to ad-lib and stuff. “Right now if you asked me to talk about something right now I couldn't do it. I wouldn't be able to do it. I'd probably sniffle up. But on stage, there's a job to be done. And even though it's real, it's not real, it's an illusion,” said Tyson. On stage, he tells a story of being separated from former wife Robin Givens and coming home to find her and Brad Pitt talking. But Tyson says he holds no grudge. “I'm just joking and stuff. I'm not mad at anyone. I hope he gives me a damn job or something.” Directed by Spike Lee, the show, which lasts nearly two hours, chronicles Tyson's life from childhood and his early boxing career to his public divorce from Givens and his time spent in prison. Lee, famous for chronicling the New York City borough of Brooklyn, feels this work adds a notch to his belt. “You can't get more Brooklyn than Mike Tyson,” said the director. “And if you remember the film Do The Right Thing, the great Robin Harris had many references to Mike. And the side of Sal's Famous Pizzeria we painted a mural, Brooklyn's Finest: Mike Tyson, so this is history. This is history.” — Agencies Before the show, boxing great Jake LaMotta walked the red carpet. The 91-year old former middleweight champion was the subject of Martin Scorsese's 1980 film, Raging Bull. He was portrayed by Robert De Niro, who won an Oscar for Best Actor. The celebrity packed first night audience also included members of the New York Yankees baseball team, property tycoon Donald Trump and magician David Blaine. Mike Tyson Undisputed Truth is on at Broadway's Longacre Theatre until August 12.
