Retired boxer Mike Tyson has given Oscar winner Jamie Foxx the Ok to play him in a planned biopic after warming to the actor/comedian's famous impersonation.

Tyson admits he was very angry with Foxx the first time he saw the Ray star poking fun at him on U.S. TV show In Living Color - but the two men have recently met and now the sports star feels the actor is the best man to portray him in a film.

And Tyson insists he's grown up a lot since the days he went hunting for Foxx to let him know exactly what he thought of the funnyman's impression.

He says, "I was trying to catch him to let him know what I felt about it... It was just a form of flattery and I was just young back then and I had a little self-esteem (issue) and insecurity."

Jamie better start hitting the weights everyday... he should at least try to look kinda close to Tyson's size in his prime. guess if Will could end up the way he did for Ali then Foxx sure can do it for Tyson.

Tyson is 5'11. Foxx is 5'9, only a two inch difference in height, but we dont need to get into that, we'll leave that for Hollywood. Look at when Jaime played Ray for instance, dude got Rays posture, mannerisms etc. down, so I got faith in this project. In my opinion Foxx as Tyson > Smith as Ali.