ABC to unveil two-part, four-hour documentary on Mike Tyson

The network announced on Monday that it will debut a four-hour, two-part documentary on the former undisputed heavyweight champion — “Mike Tyson: The Knockout” — beginning later this month.

The documentary will air May 25 from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET with second part airing at the same time on June 1. It will also be available the next day on demand and on Hulu.

According to ABC, whose news division produced the documentary, with Tyson as an interview subject, it will look at his life and “chronicle the former champion’s climb, crash and comeback, from his difficult childhood to becoming undisputed world champion to his 1992 rape conviction and his personal struggles. Through the lens of his life’s extreme highs and lows, the two-part primetime event will examine some of the most pressing questions about resilience and reinvention.”

Among those interviewed are actor and diehard boxing fan Rosie Perez, former president of HBO Sports Ross Greenburg, ESPN’s Jeremy Schaap and some from Tyson’s inner circle. It will also include exclusive ABC News archival material and previously unaired interview footage with Tyson, who reflects on what he has learned throughout his boxing career and his outlook on life.

“In addition to being an inspiring story of the perseverance and hard-won growth of one extraordinary person, Mike Tyson’s life and career are also relevant to the important collective self-reflection finally occurring in America,” executive producer Geoffrey Fletcher said.

According to ABC, the first part focuses on Tyson’s youth through his path to the heavyweight title, his short-lived marriage to Robin Givens and his eventual upset loss to Buster Douglas. Among the interview subjects are former trainers Bobby Stewart and Teddy Atlas, Douglas and Michael Spinks.

The second part delves into Tyson’s rape conviction and prison sentence. Tyson’s defense attorney, James Voyles, and special prosecutor Greg Garrison reflect on the trial nearly 20 years later. Then Tyson’s release from prison and the resumption of his career are examined with attention paid to his infamous biting of Evander Holyfield’s ears, as well as Tyson’s cocaine addiction and the tragic death of his young daughter, Exodus, in a freak accident. The second episode culminates with previously unaired footage from an interview with Tyson conducted by ABC News’ Byron Pitts.