Mike Tyson -- I Was Sexually Abused As A Child (Video)

Mike Tyson has revealed he was sexually abused by a stranger when he was a child growing up in Brooklyn.

The 48-year-old said during a radio interview on Wednesday that the molestation took place when he was seven.

'He snatched me off the street,' the boxing legend said during a visit to SiriusXM's Opie Radio show. 'I was a little kid...[he was an] old man.' #Continue reading to watch video below:

'[He] bullied me, sexually abused me and stuff,' said Tyson. 'Never seen him again.'

The father-of-eight said he managed to escape, and claimed it was a one-time incident.

Tyson said he never told anyone, including the police, about the abuse.

'I just went on with my life,' he said.

When asked by the interviewer whether the event changed him, Tyson answered: 'I don't know if it did or not.'

He added: 'I don't always remember, but maybe I do but I don't. I'm not ashamed or embarrassed by it.'

Tyson, nicknamed 'The Baddest Man On The Planet,' was undisputed world heavyweight boxing champion in the 1980s but in 1992 he was convicted of raping teenage beauty queen Desiree Washington in Indiana and served three years in prison.

He added to his notoriety later in the decade when he bit rival Evander Holyfield on both ears in a 1997 bout, for which he was disqualified and temporarily suspended from boxing. 

Tyson declared bankruptcy in 2003 and retired from professional boxing in 2006.

Since his retirement, Tyson has appeared in the TV shows Entourage and Brothers, and had a cameo role in the 2009 hit comedy movie The Hangover.