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Mike Tyson - Take 2 Early in Mike's career (and I mean early, before the big fights) he had superb defensive skills and a viscious body attack.
There were a few fights where opponents just gave up to get away from the body shots. After the split with trainer Kevin Rooney he dropped the solid fundamentals he had and became a headhunter. Beginning of the end. 
Famous/infamous Mike Tyson quotes: On Lennox Lewis... "My style is impetuous. My defense is impregnable, and I'm just ferocious. I want your heart. I want to eat his children. Praise be to Allah!" "My main objective is to be professional but to kill him." On Evander Holyfield... "I'll crush his head off." "I felt Holyfield was using his head illegally. I told the referee I wasn't getting any help, so I went back to the streets to smoke him. I cannot defend it, but it happened." On Razor Ruddock... "You're sweet. I'm going to make sure you kiss me good with those big lips. I'm gonna make you my girlfriend." On Tyrell Biggs... "He was screaming like my wife." "If I don't kill him, it doesn't count." On Francois Botha... "I think I'll take a bath in his blood." On His Wife... "I paid a worker at New York's zoo to re-open it just for me and Robin. When we got to the gorilla cage there was one big silverback gorilla there just bullying all the other gorillas. They were so powerful but their eyes were like an innocent infant. I offered the attendant $10,000 to open the cage and let me smash that silverback's snotbox! He declined." "Anyone with a grain of sense would know that if I punched my wife I would rip her head off. It's all lies. I have never laid a finger on her." On Fans... "I think the average person thinks I'm a f**king nut and I deserve whatever happens to me. That's what I believe." On Boxing... "I try to catch him right on the tip of the nose, because I try to push the bone into the brain." "Everyone in boxing probably makes out well except for the fighter. He's the only one that's on Skid Row most of the time; he's the only one that everybody just leaves when he loses his mind." "My power is discombobulatingly devastating I could feel his muscle tissues collapse under my force. It's ludicrous these mortals even attempt to enter my realm." "It's interesting that you put me in the league with those illustrious fighters [Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis, Jack Johnson], but I've proved since my career I've surpassed them as far my popularity. I'm the biggest fighter in the history of the sport. If you don't believe it, check the cash register." "Without discipline, no matter how good you are, you are nothing! One day, and I might not be around; you're going to meet a tough guy who takes your best shot. He'll keep coming because he's tough. Don't get discouraged. That's when the discipline comes in." "I'm scared every time I go into the ring, but it's how you handle it. What you have to do is plant your feet, bite down on your mouthpiece and say, 'Let's go.'" On His Family... On his mother who died in 1982: "I never saw my mother happy with me and proud of me for doing something: She only knew me as being a wild kid running the streets, coming home with new clothes that she knew I didn't pay for. I never got a chance to talk to her or know about her. Professionally, it has no effect, but it's crushing emotionally and personally." On His Mental Health... "Having no hope is the worst thing that could happen to anybody. I've been through that. I've come too far to turn back now." "I don't react to a tragic happening any more. I took so many bad things as a kid and some people think I don't care about anything. It's just too hard for me to get emotional. I can't cry no more." "I'm on this Zoloft thing, right? But I'm on that to keep me from killing y'all! ... It has really messed me up, and I don't want to be taking it, but they are concerned about the fact that I am a violent person, almost an animal. And they only want me to be an animal in the ring." On America... "I'm just a dark guy from a den of iniquity. A dark shadowy figure from the bowels of iniquity. I wish I could be Mike who gets an endorsement deal. But you can't make a lie and a truth go together. This country wasn't built on moral fiber. This country was built on rape, slavery, murder, degradation and affiliation with crime." On Himself... "Champions don't quit. The only way you quit is when you're face down on the floor. Not taking a beating like a man is unethical." Fear is your best friend or your worst enemy. It's like fire. If you can control it, it can cook for you; it can heat your house. If you can't control it, it will burn everything around you and destroy you. If you can control your fear, it makes you more alert, like a deer coming across the lawn." "Real freedom is having nothing. I was freer when I didn't have a cent. Do you know what I do sometimes? Put on a ski mask and dress in old clothes, go out on the streets and beg for quarters." "I'm the most irresponsible person in the world. The reason I'm like that is because, at 21, you all gave me $50 or $100 million, and I didn't know what to do. I'm from the ghetto. I don't know how to act. One day I'm in a dope house robbing somebody. The next thing I know, 'You're the heavyweight champion of the world.' ... Who am I? What am I? I don't even know who I am. I'm just a dumb child. I'm being abused. I'm being robbed by lawyers. I think I have more money than I do. I'm just a dumb pugnacious fool. I'm just a fool who thinks I'm someone. And you tell me I should be responsible?" "At times, I come across as crude or crass, that irritates you when I come across like a Neanderthal or a babbling idiot at times. But I like to be that person. I like to show you all that person because that's who you come to see." Miscellaneous Quotes... "I really dig Hannibal. Hannibal had real guts. He rode elephants into Cartilage." "I might just fade into bolivian, you know what I mean? I ain't got nuttin' to do or nowhere to go." "I like the British bikes. I like British people. They're real mellow." "I can sell out Madison Square Garden masturbating." "I have some pain I'm gonna have for the rest of my life. So every now and then I kick your f***ing ass." "Every fighter's got a plan until they get hit in the mouth." tA  Tribal Disorder
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I really liked him at the beginning of his career 
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AndGodCreatedMe said: I really liked him at the beginning of his career
Hello tA He was good. Back at ya. 
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theAudience said: Famous/infamous Mike Tyson quotes: "I paid a worker at New York's zoo to re-open it just for me and Robin. When we got to the gorilla cage there was one big silverback gorilla there just bullying all the other gorillas. They were so powerful but their eyes were like an innocent infant. I offered the attendant $10,000 to open the cage and let me smash that silverback's snotbox! He declined."  "I saw a woman with major Hammer pants on the subway a few weeks ago and totally thought of you." - sextonseven | |
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minneapolisgenius said: theAudience said: Famous/infamous Mike Tyson quotes: "I paid a worker at New York's zoo to re-open it just for me and Robin. When we got to the gorilla cage there was one big silverback gorilla there just bullying all the other gorillas. They were so powerful but their eyes were like an innocent infant. I offered the attendant $10,000 to open the cage and let me smash that silverback's snotbox! He declined."  He was with Robin Givens.
Maybe the attendant should have let the gorilla put him out of his misery. tA Tribal Disorder
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Sorry , but i think boxing is a sick 'sport'
seeing 2 people slapping each other isn't amusing to me | |
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Dewrede said: Sorry , but i think boxing is a sick 'sport'
The sweet science? 
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theAudience said: minneapolisgenius said: He was with Robin Givens.
Maybe the attendant should have let the gorilla put him out of his misery. tA Tribal Disorder
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I grew up a big boxing fan, and when Tyson came on the scene he brought a lot of excitement to the game. Some of the attention came from his technique and some from his sheer brute ability. I was a big fan and even rooted for him when he was taking on my hometown fighter, "Bonecrusher" Smith (the first fighter to finish a match with Tyson). He was a lot of fun to watch, and at first it didn't seem like he would ever get beat. Then when he did, a life that was already out of control spiraled even further downward. The whole marriage to Robin Givens was a circus, and no amount of arguing will convince me that he was the victim in that marriage.
Last night's fight was a joke, even for a Tyson fight. "I don't have the stomach for this anymore," Tyson said. "I most likely won't fight anymore. I'm not going to disrespect the sport by losing to this caliber of fighters." The only one he disrespected was himself. He made a fool look even more foolish.  | |
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theAudience said: Early in Mike's career (and I mean early, before the big fights) he had superb defensive skills and a viscious body attack.
There were a few fights where opponents just gave up to get away from the body shots. After the split with trainer Kevin Rooney he dropped the solid fundamentals he had and became a headhunter. Beginning of the end.
Famous/infamous Mike Tyson quotes: On Lennox Lewis... "My style is impetuous. My defense is impregnable, and I'm just ferocious. I want your heart. I want to eat his children. Praise be to Allah!" "My main objective is to be professional but to kill him." On Evander Holyfield... "I'll crush his head off." "I felt Holyfield was using his head illegally. I told the referee I wasn't getting any help, so I went back to the streets to smoke him. I cannot defend it, but it happened." On Razor Ruddock... "You're sweet. I'm going to make sure you kiss me good with those big lips. I'm gonna make you my girlfriend." On Tyrell Biggs... "He was screaming like my wife." "If I don't kill him, it doesn't count." On Francois Botha... "I think I'll take a bath in his blood." On His Wife... "I paid a worker at New York's zoo to re-open it just for me and Robin. When we got to the gorilla cage there was one big silverback gorilla there just bullying all the other gorillas. They were so powerful but their eyes were like an innocent infant. I offered the attendant $10,000 to open the cage and let me smash that silverback's snotbox! He declined." "Anyone with a grain of sense would know that if I punched my wife I would rip her head off. It's all lies. I have never laid a finger on her." On Fans... "I think the average person thinks I'm a f**king nut and I deserve whatever happens to me. That's what I believe." On Boxing... "I try to catch him right on the tip of the nose, because I try to push the bone into the brain." "Everyone in boxing probably makes out well except for the fighter. He's the only one that's on Skid Row most of the time; he's the only one that everybody just leaves when he loses his mind." "My power is discombobulatingly devastating I could feel his muscle tissues collapse under my force. It's ludicrous these mortals even attempt to enter my realm." "It's interesting that you put me in the league with those illustrious fighters [Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis, Jack Johnson], but I've proved since my career I've surpassed them as far my popularity. I'm the biggest fighter in the history of the sport. If you don't believe it, check the cash register." "Without discipline, no matter how good you are, you are nothing! One day, and I might not be around; you're going to meet a tough guy who takes your best shot. He'll keep coming because he's tough. Don't get discouraged. That's when the discipline comes in." "I'm scared every time I go into the ring, but it's how you handle it. What you have to do is plant your feet, bite down on your mouthpiece and say, 'Let's go.'" On His Family... On his mother who died in 1982: "I never saw my mother happy with me and proud of me for doing something: She only knew me as being a wild kid running the streets, coming home with new clothes that she knew I didn't pay for. I never got a chance to talk to her or know about her. Professionally, it has no effect, but it's crushing emotionally and personally." On His Mental Health... "Having no hope is the worst thing that could happen to anybody. I've been through that. I've come too far to turn back now." "I don't react to a tragic happening any more. I took so many bad things as a kid and some people think I don't care about anything. It's just too hard for me to get emotional. I can't cry no more." "I'm on this Zoloft thing, right? But I'm on that to keep me from killing y'all! ... It has really messed me up, and I don't want to be taking it, but they are concerned about the fact that I am a violent person, almost an animal. And they only want me to be an animal in the ring." On America... "I'm just a dark guy from a den of iniquity. A dark shadowy figure from the bowels of iniquity. I wish I could be Mike who gets an endorsement deal. But you can't make a lie and a truth go together. This country wasn't built on moral fiber. This country was built on rape, slavery, murder, degradation and affiliation with crime." On Himself... "Champions don't quit. The only way you quit is when you're face down on the floor. Not taking a beating like a man is unethical." Fear is your best friend or your worst enemy. It's like fire. If you can control it, it can cook for you; it can heat your house. If you can't control it, it will burn everything around you and destroy you. If you can control your fear, it makes you more alert, like a deer coming across the lawn." "Real freedom is having nothing. I was freer when I didn't have a cent. Do you know what I do sometimes? Put on a ski mask and dress in old clothes, go out on the streets and beg for quarters." "I'm the most irresponsible person in the world. The reason I'm like that is because, at 21, you all gave me $50 or $100 million, and I didn't know what to do. I'm from the ghetto. I don't know how to act. One day I'm in a dope house robbing somebody. The next thing I know, 'You're the heavyweight champion of the world.' ... Who am I? What am I? I don't even know who I am. I'm just a dumb child. I'm being abused. I'm being robbed by lawyers. I think I have more money than I do. I'm just a dumb pugnacious fool. I'm just a fool who thinks I'm someone. And you tell me I should be responsible?" "At times, I come across as crude or crass, that irritates you when I come across like a Neanderthal or a babbling idiot at times. But I like to be that person. I like to show you all that person because that's who you come to see." Miscellaneous Quotes... "I really dig Hannibal. Hannibal had real guts. He rode elephants into Cartilage." "I might just fade into bolivian, you know what I mean? I ain't got nuttin' to do or nowhere to go." "I like the British bikes. I like British people. They're real mellow." "I can sell out Madison Square Garden masturbating." "I have some pain I'm gonna have for the rest of my life. So every now and then I kick your f***ing ass." "Every fighter's got a plan until they get hit in the mouth." tA Tribal Disorder
http://www.soundclick.com...rmusic.htm His view on America is quite interesting... | |
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