Tyson's tears over shot pal

Tyson's tears ... The former boxing champ breaks down as he recalls his friend's death

 

 

TOUGH guy Mike Tyson was reduced to tears as he recalled the murder of his pal for his reality TV show.

The former boxing champion stopped filming for his show Taking On Tyson as he talked about the killing of his friend Robert 'Tito' Montanez, who was shot outside a friend's bar over a jewellery dispute in 2005.
The 44-year-old broke down after returning to an old boxing gym during the show, broadcast in the States on Saturday, and covered the camera with a mitt to try to hide his tears.
The former fighter blubbed: "I don't want to let my friends down no more.
"We have lost one of our best jewels in the world - we lost Tito. He was one of our best..."
Mike, who was jailed in 1992 for rape, told the programme makers about how wild his life used to be.

Friends ... Mike with Robert 'Tito' Montanez

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He said: "I was a dope fiend, I didn't care about my life no more. "I was really crazy. I'm surprised I didn't die or kill anybody. I was so infected with drugs and a crazy lifestyle. I was addicted to chaos."
He added: "We evolved. Some of us evolved and some of us gone. It's about responsibility and taking care of your family."
Iron Mike also explained that his boxing days were well behind him.
He said: "I like gyms - but I don't think I'd ever want to fight again."
The six-part show, which airs on Animal Planet, sees the hard man discuss his love of keeping pigeons, which started in his childhood.