The celebrated and controversial fighter Mike Tyson is fighting now to change his life.
When he was at the top of his game, Bill Whitaker reported in a CBS Sunday Morning profile, Tyson was at the top of the world: vanquishing contenders, flouting convention, living the high life on his terms, earning, by some estimates, as much as $400-million — more than enough to feed all his appetites.

His first marriage dissolved amid charges of spouse abuse, Whitaker reported. He was convicted and served time for rape. And he perpetrated one of the most infamous acts in modern sports history: In a 1997 comeback match, he bit Evander Holyfield’s ears and tore off a piece of one. Tyson really never came back from that.

Staying on the straight and narrow has had its ups and downs, Whitaker recounts. He’s had recent brushes with the law: a cocaine conviction in 2007; arrested for scuffling with a photographer in 2009. But he’s been to rehab and is now 2   years sober. He knows skeptics will think this new Mike Tyson is just another act. He wonders if he’s fooling himself. From his suburban enclave he can see Las Vegas shimmering in the distance, where he once was up in lights. Resisting the pull of the past is the hardest fight of his life.

“This is pretty interesting,” Tyson said of his quiet life with his third wife and two small children. “I like this life right now.”

“When in your life has been the best time?” Whitaker asks.

“Now!” Tyson says. “Now! Right now supercedes all those championship belts, all that money, all that liquor, all that dope. Right now.”