Philip Brown is a writer with a deep interest in the culture of boxing and the stories of fighters through the ages. He has written books about great champions like Jack Johnson, Jack Dempsey and Joe Louis together with characters like Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom and battling Siki. He traces the career of the gifted but exploited Sonny Liston then from the modern era tells the story of the incredible Floyd Mayweather Jr. Now comes the roller coaster life of the one and only fighting machine - Iron Mike Tyson.