James Toback is set to do a documentary on the life of Mike Tysons, and has compiled dozens of interviews from the troubled ex-Heavyweight Champion boxer. He told Variety, “The point is not to polish his image or make a cinematic apology, but rather to get a firsthand look at a very complex and epic story”.

Toback has said that he has been intrigued with Tyson since his rise to fame in 1985, when ‘Iron’ Mike became the youngest boxing champion in the sports history. He says that Tyson was candid and open in the series of Interviews stating, “He was honest about all the things that have highlighted his life, from the bitter divorce, the ear-biting, prison, to his becoming a sex addict. He is self-aware, smart and a totally fractured personality, and he made himself completely vulnerable.”

The documentary is set to be finished in the Fall and sold for worldwide distribution to the highest bidder. This is not the first time that Toback and Tyson have worked together, as Toback screened the boxing champ in his 1999 film ‘Black and White’, which was met with much controversy upon its release.