The former heavyweight world champion and the namesake of one of the greatest Nintendo games ever made is coming to the Pearl River Delta next month.

Iron Mike Tyson has been invited by CLSA, a brokerage in Hong Kong, to give talk at an annual conference, which is also a bit of a party.  The CLSA is known for bringing in unique characters for its events.  Sarah Palin came in 2009, marking her first visit to Asia (although she saw it from her house). George Clooney and Tom Jones are also past speakers.  None possess sound financial insight or dispense valuable wisdom on the OTC derivatives market, but they are entertaining.

The Wall Street Journal says Iron Mike will appear at the conference on September 12:

“It’s really our flagship event,” says Edmund Bradley, CLSA’s group head of research. “Our clients are obviously interested in hearing from remarkable people who’ve had a role in shaping culture—people who can offer something unique and memorable.”

But the paper notes there’s been a mixed response on Tyson’s visit among Hong Kong’s financiers:

“It’s a letdown. I don’t think I’ll learn anything from him,” said one local portfolio manager, who still intends to attend the forum, which runs from Sept. 10-14 and will include 40 other keynote and specialist speakers, including Acumen Fund founder Jacqueline Novogratz and Supachai Panitchpakdi, secretary-general of the U.N. Conference on Trade and Development.

“I guess it’d be comical the drunker I got,” said Jeb Altonaga, who heads Northern Trust Hedge Fund Services. “If he was in a celebrity boxing match, that’d be better, especially if they’d have one of their managing directors jump in the ring with him.”

Mike Tyson has come along way since his fighting days.  He’s settled into a stable relationship and recently launched his own one-man show in New York called Undisputed Truth.

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