Blood Season: Tyson and the World of Boxing

The Blood Season Of Tyson, The Sport & Business Of Boxing. What I really liked about this book is how it tried - and succeeded - in making a few years of boxing into a season. Most sports - almost all of them actually - have seasons. What Berger wants to do here is present the early part of Mike Tyson's career and other bouts that were peripheral as a season - for Tyson's "season" up through the Spinks fight - with an Epilogue and a Seven Years Later chapter (not as good as the rest of the book) - also included are the side story issues that were spilling over into Tyson's world - Robin Givens and her mother and Don King - What's difficult is that because of when this book was written (it end after the Spinks bout) there is so much missing - but only because of the time line - obviously Berger couldn't predict the future - or write about what has not yet happened. I truly hope that Berger writes another book - Blood Season's 2nd Season - or something that picks up from Spinks and goes to now... Berger explains the Tyson tale through his perspective and through the eyes of a sports writer Sly - I thought it was interesting and informative and as a fan of Mike Tyson I enjoyed it. I was worried at first about reading another book about Mike Tyson - I was worried about just rehashing the same things or of the all too easy Tyson bashing (thankfully there wasn't too much of that at all). What makes this book different is the idea and effort of making these years of boxing into a season of sorts. It's a unique and interesting retelling of this familiar story. I liked it and recommend it to anyone interested in Mike Tyson and anyone interested in the sport and business of boxing.