I have always loved those people that buckle under the pressure of the spotlight. I love the people that show their weaknesses, their flaws and transgressions.

It may be because I find humor in other peoples dismay, and I will jump on them in a heartbeat and exploit their problems. I do feel pain, sorrow, pity and other words that connote empathy for the human race.

Take for example, Mr. Mike Tyson. He had his share of trouble in the past. From the death of a patriarch, in Cus d’Amato, a scandalous wife that was nothing but a rotten gold digger in Robin Gibbins, a crooked promoter in Don King and an inability to separate boxing form the real world, he has basically just “rolled the the punches,” (no pun intended).

It is that inability that has made me love and respect him for the person he is today. Albeit, he is not a pretty sight, nor is he someone that would even speak to me if I approached him on a blazing hot, sunny, day in Phoenix, but when it comes to just being yourself – he is the best.

It is hard to find someone that can make a perfect situation into a horrible one. Tyson does it with the ease of a grifter in an old-folks home. From the eating children of a man named Lennox, to publicly admitting he takes medication to help him from murdering certain members of the media, Tyson never swayed form his instinctual nature of coming out and fighting.

Tyson’s legal battles over the past decade have landed him in and out of court more times than a bailiff, but does that stop him from pursuing his dream job? How many people would continue to do their own jobs if 99 percent of the company feared and despised them?

Not many. I know that I wouldn’t be able to persevere like Tyson.

He pushes the envelope of a modern day hero. He may not have the prestige of Ray Robinson or Jack Johnson – they were never angels themselves – but one cannot deny his presence in the culture or on the world of boxing. He was on every critics Christmas list for years, now he is on their crap list.

I don’t want to sound like a misogynist, but I still have a hard time believing that those July 1991 charges from Desiree Washington where accurate. This from the same judicial system that acquitted Orenthal “the fence-jumpin’-murderer” Simpson and had troubles with Clarence Thomas and Billy Clinton.

When it comes to the system, one better not be involved with a woman, it only leads to trouble and it how many 18 year-old third-rate beauty queens would “bribe” a judge for a favorable position. When her time came she ceased the moment and defeated the virtually undefeatable man.

Now the judicial system has come full circle on Mr. Tyson in that a September 2001 incident fueled an investigation by the Las Vegas Police and they believe they have enough evidence to charge Tyson with rape. How much does one man have to go through to keep his job?

This new problem along with last weeks little tirade may hurt Tyson’s chance to reclaim the belts for a third time in three different decades. Tuesday the Nevada State Athletic Commission will rule on whether or not to relicense him for boxing in the state of Nevada.

No matter what, the outcome, the fight will happen. There is going to be too much money for HBO, Showtime and the host city (New York’s Madison Square Garden and Las Vegas have already expressed interest in the fight) to lose in this time of lack-luster entertainment revenue. WBO President Jose Sulaiman released a statement that guaranteed a backing form the organization.

“The World Boxing Council ordered this mandatory fight which will be sanctioned by our organization in any city where it is held.”

It seems there are speculations that the fight will proceed as planned for the April 6 date. Even if Nevada doesn’t rule in Tyson’s favor he could go anywhere else in the United States to get his license – like for instance, New York City.

So after all of his public and private mishaps there should one resounding truth- Mike doesn’t care. He doesn’t care about you, he doesn’t care about me, he might not even care about boxing or the belts.

But it is not Nevada’s nor is it the media’s decision to tell Mike what he should care about.

Let the man fight. Let him do what he was born to do – be the best fighter in the world and be himself, Mike Tyson.