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Don't watch Mike-Tyson-loses-it video if profanities disturb you

Mike Tyson lost it during an interview in Toronto.

Not that the ex-heavyweight champ threw any physical punches or even got that animated.

But something snapped when an interviewer brought up Tyson's 1992 rape conviction.

Be forewarned that none of the profanities are censored on the video.

The boxer with the face tattoo was in town promoting his touring one-man show, Mike Tyson: The Undisputed Truth, and had caused a bit of hubbub by visiting Mayor Rob Ford, who has infamously admitted abusing booze and crack cocaine.

"Some of your critics would say there's a race for mayor, we know you're a convicted rapist, this could hurt his campaign -- how would you respond to that?" asked CP24 Toronto News anchor Nathan Downer.

There a minute or so of civil conversation before Tyson throws the first verbal jab: "You know, it's so interesting, because you come across like a nice guy, but you're really a piece of sh--," followed soon thereafter by an f-bomb.

Downer calmly reminded Tyson he was on live TV, and steered talk to the touring show.

But asked whether performing or boxing was tougher, Tyson replied, "It more nerve-wracking talking to a rat piece of sh-- like you." Two more POS epithets were followed by another FY.

Here are a few tweets by a Toronto Globe reporter about the mayor meeting the boxer:

That's Mayor Ford at bottom left.

Contact staff writer Peter Mucha at 215-854-4342 or pmucha@phillynews.com. Follow @petemucha on Twitter.