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Hollywood actor Jamie Foxx to play Mike Tyson in Martin Scorsese-directed biopic

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Hollywood actor Jamie Foxx reveals that he will play former heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson in a biopic directed by Martin Scorsese.

Hollywood actor Jamie Foxx has revealed that he will play former heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson in a new biopic.

The Oscar-winning star will team up with world-renowned filmmaker Martin Scorsese, who will direct the piece focusing on the career and life of Tyson.

Foxx told The Breakfast Club on Power 105.1: "This will be the first boxing movie that Martin Scorsese has done since Raging Bull."

Tyson holds the record of being the youngest boxer to win the WBC, WBA and IBF heavyweight belts having scooped the three titles at just 20 years of age.

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