New & Notable: I Beat Mike Tyson
Directed by: Joshua Weinstein
We love a comeback story. There is something about the self trying to get back to the place where it used to be that is immediately relatable and aspirational. I Beat Mike Tyson begins with this promise, but this short documentary takes us to a very different place.
It tells the story of boxer Kevin McBride who in 2005 knocked out Mike Tyson to the chagrin of many. He never lived up to the promise of that accomplishment and has been trying to fight his way to that level of competition and opportunity ever since. It is a terrific story of a man on the verge of a dream deferred and the realization that perhaps there is no coming back, that perhaps he is just the guy who beat Mike Tyson.
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