@IMnotSAS by the way.. bro u wont Last 2 Min with me haha.. take u MMGAY Back 2 u shit fagget.. my whole life i have been Praying 2 allah My whole life i have stayed away From Girls.. the only think i ask 4 is 2 become the New Youngest Champion ever.. and trust me My brother im on my way
@IMnotSAS by the way.. bro u wont Last 2 Min with me haha.. take u MMGAY Back 2 u shit fagget.. my whole life i have been Praying 2 allah My whole life i have stayed away From Girls.. the only think i ask 4 is 2 become the New Youngest Champion ever.. and trust me My brother im on my way
@IMnotSAS ahahha This is funny Fagget ass Motherfucker.u say that those bitches is just like my ?? mom the thing is.. that u are talking 2 those bitches.. u stupidt littel fagget ass.u mom is the biggest Bitch ever like those girls on u channel?? 4 real bro.. Im muslim myself?? and i have never done shit with any girl.. cus i fear Allah 2 much.but fagget listen up Paki Shit.. does girls wel Be u Way 2 HELL As i said..while u Fucking a Girl Im Praying 2 Allah while U Kissing a Girl Im Traiing
@IMnotSAS ahahha This is funny Fagget ass Motherfucker.u say that those bitches is just like my ?? mom the thing is.. that u are talking 2 those bitches.. u stupidt littel fagget ass.u mom is the biggest Bitch ever like those girls on u channel?? 4 real bro.. Im muslim myself?? and i have never done shit with any girl.. cus i fear Allah 2 much.but fagget listen up Paki Shit.. does girls wel Be u Way 2 HELL As i said..while u Fucking a Girl Im Praying 2 Allah while U Kissing a Girl Im Traiing
@IMnotSAS ahahha This is funny Fagget ass Motherfucker.u say that those bitches is just like my ?? mom the thing is.. that u are talking 2 those bitches.. u stupidt littel fagget ass.u mom is the biggest Bitch ever like those girls on u channel?? 4 real bro.. Im muslim myself?? and i have never done shit with any girl.. cus i fear Allah 2 much.but fagget listen up Paki Shit.. does girls wel Be u Way 2 HELL As i said..while u Fucking a Girl Im Praying 2 Allah while U Kissing a Girl Im Traiing
2. If he wher about that what you say he would say that more often and even promot it in many interwievs and documentarys about his life! I nearly saw them all and this is the first time he says this! So plz man!
@BunBRIP He was bulding im up but he never ended the project tyson! Because he died everybody from the Catskill connection says that. But if Cus wher alive when mike became World Champ then his life would go diffrent! But as a Young Guy everybody died around him that he trusted! So Don King and Givens fucked him up. He was blind because of the Love and had no Idea because of the Money Buissnes! Whit Cus this things would never happend like that because Mike was scared of Cus!
@BunBRIP well friend then i hope it works for you! Want to become pro myself! Much Respect and i wish you luck on your jurney! May we see us in the ring!
ok then bum licker, moving you head dont mean shit, its just 1 piece of the puzzle, let me test your knowledge of the cus d'amoto style then, how many times do you have to move the head after throwing a punch?
and how does the head movement change with straight punches and hooks?
@IMnotSAS bro u just a mad fagget.. im gonna be the new Tyson wait and see bitch.. im moving my head alort and im good.. fagget.. it dependes if i dont need 2 move my head ..im not gonna do it.. if i throw a poucnh i move my head 2 times if he throws hooks i im wawing and moving my head..u fagget ..i dont need u sry ass 2 tell me i already no fagget
@IMnotSAS by the way motherfucker.. i just seen u Channel.. and its full of bitches and hoes.. and sluts just like u mom .. ahah u fucking paki .. and u call uself muslim?? the Diffrendes between me and u is.. im trainng my whole life 2 become the best.. i dont got no bitches on my mind.. i only got a goal and that is 2 become the best... while u Fucking a Hoe.. im Traiing.. like a Animal.. Look at u page full of Hoes And Bitches.. look at mine NONE!!! Why CUS I DONT NEED NO PUSSY FAGGET
Dont give me advise on being a muslim you filthy infidel!
Those hoes are exact;y like your non muslim mom, and you love tyson because your met him one time and tyson fucked her like a bitch and came in her face!
and paki is better than a cunt who sucks black nigger cock, you piece of shit.
Shut the fuck up before i pay you a visit and fuck your life up for good. I wont read anymore of these messages cos i dont talk to retards and bitches and cos i always have the last laugh.
@IMnotSAS haha fagget.. its funny how u think u no it.. but u dont no shit uself fagget.. trust me im going 2 get pro with this style.. i no it hurts that u never came pro but that sad 4 u fagget ass motherfucker.. i just had 5 matches.. and i only used my head movment .. and it worket so its funny that u say i wont get no were ahhahaha Fagget.. i cant wait 2 meet u bitch.. u just mad cus ú cant use hes style u 2 small and weak fagget
Mike Tyson continues to be one of the most interesting public figures in the history of sport, and entertainment, and even popular culture. Enigmatic, unpredictable, yet wise, lucid, and pleasantly sensible at times. I'll always be a fan.
seriously it might sound stupid to those that may not nderstand but people that go through depression are some of the most mis understood people in the world
I can't get over how articulate he is for a fighter. He could have been anything had he had the opportunities. He's extremely smart and incisive about his world. I wish more people would see this side of him. I really wish him well.
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"when you have something at home to go home to a nice soft bed, abeutiful wife or girlfriend a nice car or abunch of beautiful pigeons that you love or whatever"
That was very touching. Mike actually does have pet pigeons.
it sux that people still think he's this murderous psycho freak. he's alot calmer and cooler than he used to be. He just makes stupid choices these days, like the whole coke/DUI episode.
I can understand why you would call him a Violent Criminal Psychopath from his past.
but bisexual?...dude sorry to break it to you but that big black dude that you pay to fuk you in the ass isn't Mike Tyson...maybe you have so much hate cause he cheated on you.
nice observation boric, i feel the same way. he showed innate intelligence from a young age, and showed wisdom from his words as he grew older. unfortunely he didn't show much wisdom from his actions. i'd say cirmumstance dictated he'd be a very tortured person. mike tyson's story is part tragedy and part triumph. tyson gives me hope for the world.
I pray that he will have happiness and peace in his life now. It always seems to those who don't look closely enough that Tyson was nasty but he was always real. He's done some things that he will probably regret but he speaks from his heart, he also did a lot of stuff for charity. He deserves some peace and happiness.
i wasn't really being sarcastic. i might be giving him too much credit. maybe he had to grow up a bit, but i never thought of him as malicious. i truly feel he is a good man.
Mike is a beautiful human being. I have to respect someone who lives life on their terms. It's their life let him live. I love Mike and all his imperfections!
I met him in at LAX, waiting for a cab just like me. What surprised me was how down to earth he was. We lined up fists and took pictures like at the pre-fight weigh ins. What a great guy! His fist was the size of a brick!
damn i've never been able to see this side of mike tyson! he's a lot more intelligent and down to earth than i thought. he's pretty cool and now i respect him in a whole new way ^-^
Tyson should quit boxing cause it's really embarassing for him now and seriously go into motivational speaking. He'd really excel in that field. Regardless of what people say, he's really intelligent and I'm sure if he had a different background growing up, he could've used his sharp mind to make a living.
Mike's such a likeable man. Someone i know organised an after dinner speach with Tyson and Bruno, and he came across as a nice and freindly person. His entourage were a bunch of dicks, however.
lol yeah I tend to get carried away sometimes, deaddog, sorry about that! I'm a huge fan of Mike's as you can probably tell and have read some biographical books about him and watched the majority of his fights, so I do know a lot about him, but unfortunately have never met him before. Maybe some day I will.
I'd like to be involved in either writing or commentating about boxing and sports in general and making a living this way.
There was a time when Mike would let his fists do the talking for him. Whenever he did otherwise it was obvious that he was no longer the same fighter who could strike fear in his opponents with his boxing skills alone. The skilled Mike Tyson never had to resort to intimidation tactics during press conferences either, like he most notably did with Lennox Lewis.
Mike shoved a camera man on his way to the ring for that fight, just to make himself appear to be more of a bad ass fighter, possibly suggesting that he was either intimidated himself and felt as though he had to look tougher in order to scare Evander, or was simply in a bad mood, my pick would be the former.
For example, Mike went out of character and followed Peter McNeeley's eyes like some kind of ticking time bomb, while the referee was giving them instructions. Ironically McNeeley knew that it was all an act and actually smiled back. Another example would be during his ring entrance for his first bout with Evander Holyfield...
It's funny how people view Mike as being this great intimidator throughout his career and comparing him to Sonny Liston. The only time that I truly saw him trying to act tougher than he was or to intimidate his opponents, was once he back from prison. Deep down he probably knew that he wasn't the same fighter anymore and felt that through the use of intimidation, he would appear to be more threatening than he actually was...
Mikes boxing skills obviously attracted me towards him, but his gentle and generous side, a side that many people don't seem to realize he possesses, also won me over. Mike seems like a very caring person, who's emotions often get the best of him.
...I opted to call myself DTysonator as a last option, feeling that no one would have such a username.
Mike is definitely one of my biggest inspirations, as he made me believe in myself more than I ever used to, by proving that with determination anything is possible.
By the way, did Mike ever forgive you guys for having left you out in the cold? Hopefully he did and realized that you truly cared about him. I also care about Mike as a human being, despite what my screename may seem to suggest. I usually go by the screenname of Daniel T, but that name was taken and since I am a big fan of Mike's and his 1987 Nintendo game is my all-time favorite video game and I managed to whip his CPU counterpart in the first round...
Mike hints at his displeasure of taking orders from others towards the end of first part of the interview posted by Maxboxingvideo. "A bunch of beautiful pigeons that you love" gave it away, only a cool guy like Mike would say something like that haha.
I'm not sure whether Mike always had a foul mood in the gym, but the distractions in his mind likely made things worse for everyone.
I read in Jose Torres' Tyson biography, entitled "Fire and Fear", that Mike even told Kevin Rooney to fuck off when Kevin was asking him to train in a certain way. The stories in the book were later said to be fictional by Mike himself though, so who knows if any of this actually happened.
I definitely agree with you, Steve, about the negative influence that Robin Givens likely had in Tyson's life. She was a huge distraction from what I have read. Mike went absolutely crazy over this woman and would do anything for her, listening to her like a loved crazed puppy. Mike probably wanted to be with her rather than prepare for his next fight or watch footage of his opponent.
I mean Mike did say that he was going to retire after he destroyed Spinks and so maybe he had already accomplished everything that he had set out to do and had nothing more to prove and just wanted to live out the glamorous life and catch up on lost times. In doing so however, he lost everything that made him so great as a fighter and although he seemed like he was having a ball, he was ironically setting himself up for an eventual heartbreak in every sense of the word.
Mike obviously liked what he was hearing from Don King and probably thought that by getting rid of the entire team that gave him all of the essential tools that he required to remain successful, he would become independent and boy did he ever! Perhaps Mike no longer cared about his boxing career, as to make such a questionable move from a boxing standpoint.
I don't believe that Tyson was lying about the pressure that he felt building up inside of himself, he just did a good job at keeping it in check for many years. Don King likely did play on Mike's desires of wanting more freedom to be able to do the things that he truly enjoyed doing, instead of having to train hard for a fight. But at the end of the day Mike probably wanted more freedom, if he didn't, he would not have allowed Don King to sweet talk him.
He likely wanted to be just like other people his age and go out to parties or clubs, play around, talk about or engage in pleasurable experiences (especially fornicating with women), basically things that involved little pressure if any at all, rather than having to bust his chops in the gym and make the right weight at the weigh-in or worry about the quality of a particular performance (he didn't seem at all pleased with his win over Tony "TNT" Tucker for example).
...and in the aforementioned interview Mike explains how the general public has no idea how depressing the life of a young boxer can be, even going so far as saying that people wouldn't want to be in his shoes, as they would probably want to cry. Now, does that truly sound like a happy individual?
Mike always seemed to love to unleash his anger inside the ring, but despised training and the sacrifices that came along with maintaining his superior form.
BIGFIGHTS, if you are in the fact the same Steve Lott who was previously one of Mike Tyson's personal assistants, during his greatest days as a boxer, you most likely have a greater perspective as to what exactly happened to Mike when Don King and company came marshing along, since you did live with Tyson for a certain amount of time. However, I recall an interview of Mike conducted by HBO prior to his 1986 bout with Mitch "Blood" Green, long before Don King took him away...
Cool interview, Maxboxingvideo! I never knew that Mike was interested in the career of David Tua and liked him as a person as well as a fighter. It would have been great had they met in the ring, since their styles were similar. Oh well, the clash of the devastating knockout kings never happened for whatever reason and the heavyweight division suffered yet another blow because of it.
it's great to see tyson so lucid and so pragmatic. this video is the perfect antidote to the image of mike tyson the monster as has so often been delivered by the media.
Mike was fine. Until Robin Givens and Don King. The interesting thing is that to this day Mike is still embarrassed to say that he was destroyed by Don. Don knew Mike could never bring himself to tell the truth. Don knew that a guy like Mike, a kid from the street, would rather lie about their history ( by saying he was too young to fight for the title ) than say he was conned by King. Now that's a great con job.
Sensational victories over Smith, Thomas, Tucker, Biggs, Holmes, Tubbs, and Spinks. For two years Mike was a happy superstar - and conquered all the pressure. The world's most popular athlete. And he was successful through this entire period - with no Cus. Because Mike knew that Jim and Loraine Jacobs. Bill and Doris Cayton, Kevin Rooney, Jose Torres and others loved him and were there for him.
It is amazing that to this day Mike cannot bring himself to tell the truth. He said that being a champ at 20 was too much pressure for him and that's why he ended where he is today. An outright lie by Mike. After winning the title Mike was the happiest guy in the world. Living the life of "Riley." No problems. Commercials on TV. Spokesperson for the NYC Police Department, FBI, DEA.
I'v seen loads of interviews like this with mike hes actually an alright guy, I read another interview just before the williams fight, don king took him for a ride, thanks for posting this mate
mike is so intelligent.
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@IMnotSAS by the way.. bro u wont Last 2 Min with me haha.. take u MMGAY Back 2 u shit fagget.. my whole life i have been Praying 2 allah My whole life i have stayed away From Girls.. the only think i ask 4 is 2 become the New Youngest Champion ever.. and trust me My brother im on my way
BunBRIP 10 months ago
@IMnotSAS by the way.. bro u wont Last 2 Min with me haha.. take u MMGAY Back 2 u shit fagget.. my whole life i have been Praying 2 allah My whole life i have stayed away From Girls.. the only think i ask 4 is 2 become the New Youngest Champion ever.. and trust me My brother im on my way
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@IMnotSAS ahahha This is funny Fagget ass Motherfucker.u say that those bitches is just like my ?? mom the thing is.. that u are talking 2 those bitches.. u stupidt littel fagget ass.u mom is the biggest Bitch ever like those girls on u channel?? 4 real bro.. Im muslim myself?? and i have never done shit with any girl.. cus i fear Allah 2 much.but fagget listen up Paki Shit.. does girls wel Be u Way 2 HELL As i said..while u Fucking a Girl Im Praying 2 Allah while U Kissing a Girl Im Traiing
BunBRIP 10 months ago
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@IMnotSAS ahahha This is funny Fagget ass Motherfucker.u say that those bitches is just like my ?? mom the thing is.. that u are talking 2 those bitches.. u stupidt littel fagget ass.u mom is the biggest Bitch ever like those girls on u channel?? 4 real bro.. Im muslim myself?? and i have never done shit with any girl.. cus i fear Allah 2 much.but fagget listen up Paki Shit.. does girls wel Be u Way 2 HELL As i said..while u Fucking a Girl Im Praying 2 Allah while U Kissing a Girl Im Traiing
BunBRIP 10 months ago
@IMnotSAS ahahha This is funny Fagget ass Motherfucker.u say that those bitches is just like my ?? mom the thing is.. that u are talking 2 those bitches.. u stupidt littel fagget ass.u mom is the biggest Bitch ever like those girls on u channel?? 4 real bro.. Im muslim myself?? and i have never done shit with any girl.. cus i fear Allah 2 much.but fagget listen up Paki Shit.. does girls wel Be u Way 2 HELL As i said..while u Fucking a Girl Im Praying 2 Allah while U Kissing a Girl Im Traiing
BunBRIP 10 months ago
"Do you know any twenty year old in the world that would have handled that differently?"
Great observation by Mike. Truly an intelligent person you can feel the pain of his childhood in every word he speaks.
GrapeSwish87 1 year ago
tyson is a god
Archafka 1 year ago
tyson is a god
Archafka 1 year ago
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BunBRIP 1 year ago
@BunBRIP hahaha biggest bullshit i ever read man!
1. He sayd that because of his life!
2. If he wher about that what you say he would say that more often and even promot it in many interwievs and documentarys about his life! I nearly saw them all and this is the first time he says this! So plz man!
3. See you in the ring!!!
PunisherLobo 1 year ago
@PunisherLobo haha yer see u in the ring..
BunBRIP 1 year ago
@PunisherLobo by the way.. Bullshit guy.. a u saying that Cus a amato ´´Ruinet mike tyson life.. cus he was traiing him in sut a young age
BunBRIP 1 year ago
@BunBRIP He was bulding im up but he never ended the project tyson! Because he died everybody from the Catskill connection says that. But if Cus wher alive when mike became World Champ then his life would go diffrent! But as a Young Guy everybody died around him that he trusted! So Don King and Givens fucked him up. He was blind because of the Love and had no Idea because of the Money Buissnes! Whit Cus this things would never happend like that because Mike was scared of Cus!
PunisherLobo 1 year ago
@PunisherLobo true true.. yer mike had a hard life.. but im still going 2 break hes Record..
BunBRIP 1 year ago
@BunBRIP well friend then i hope it works for you! Want to become pro myself! Much Respect and i wish you luck on your jurney! May we see us in the ring!
PunisherLobo 1 year ago
@PunisherLobo you 2 bro.. im going 2 fihgt like tyson.. Im using te peek a boo style.. Moving my head.. All that..
BunBRIP 1 year ago
@BunBRIP
If anyone could do it would have been me, so forget it.
IMnotSAS 10 months ago
@IMnotSAS suck my di ck fagget im moving my head just like tyson and trust me im going 2 be the new Youngest champion ever.. see u in the ring bi tch
BunBRIP 10 months ago
@BunBRIP
ok then bum licker, moving you head dont mean shit, its just 1 piece of the puzzle, let me test your knowledge of the cus d'amoto style then, how many times do you have to move the head after throwing a punch?
and how does the head movement change with straight punches and hooks?
dont know do you? bitch you dont know jack shite
IMnotSAS 10 months ago
@IMnotSAS bro u just a mad fagget.. im gonna be the new Tyson wait and see bitch.. im moving my head alort and im good.. fagget.. it dependes if i dont need 2 move my head ..im not gonna do it.. if i throw a poucnh i move my head 2 times if he throws hooks i im wawing and moving my head..u fagget ..i dont need u sry ass 2 tell me i already no fagget
BunBRIP 10 months ago
@BunBRIP
Im aint ya bro fagget, all your answers were wrong, you dont know fuck all about the cus'dmato style!
you aint getting nowhere, bitch
IMnotSAS 10 months ago
@IMnotSAS by the way motherfucker.. i just seen u Channel.. and its full of bitches and hoes.. and sluts just like u mom .. ahah u fucking paki .. and u call uself muslim?? the Diffrendes between me and u is.. im trainng my whole life 2 become the best.. i dont got no bitches on my mind.. i only got a goal and that is 2 become the best... while u Fucking a Hoe.. im Traiing.. like a Animal.. Look at u page full of Hoes And Bitches.. look at mine NONE!!! Why CUS I DONT NEED NO PUSSY FAGGET
BunBRIP 10 months ago
@BunBRIP
Dont give me advise on being a muslim you filthy infidel!
Those hoes are exact;y like your non muslim mom, and you love tyson because your met him one time and tyson fucked her like a bitch and came in her face!
and paki is better than a cunt who sucks black nigger cock, you piece of shit.
Shut the fuck up before i pay you a visit and fuck your life up for good. I wont read anymore of these messages cos i dont talk to retards and bitches and cos i always have the last laugh.
IMnotSAS 10 months ago
@IMnotSAS haha fagget.. its funny how u think u no it.. but u dont no shit uself fagget.. trust me im going 2 get pro with this style.. i no it hurts that u never came pro but that sad 4 u fagget ass motherfucker.. i just had 5 matches.. and i only used my head movment .. and it worket so its funny that u say i wont get no were ahhahaha Fagget.. i cant wait 2 meet u bitch.. u just mad cus ú cant use hes style u 2 small and weak fagget
BunBRIP 10 months ago
@PunisherLobo i wish u good luck 2 i hope u Become a good boxer maby 1 day u become the best.. Good luck
BunBRIP 1 year ago
very intelligent!
jink199 1 year ago
Man I could listen to this guy talk for hours. I love his interviews!
TKollaKid 1 year ago
I guess his old friend/trainer Jay Bright was there @ 3:43
area51er6 1 year ago
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area51er6 1 year ago
Mike Tyson continues to be one of the most interesting public figures in the history of sport, and entertainment, and even popular culture. Enigmatic, unpredictable, yet wise, lucid, and pleasantly sensible at times. I'll always be a fan.
soulinthewall77 1 year ago 4
mikes had the ultimate life!!
HENRYHOBBS1 1 year ago
@HENRYHOBBS1 shutup!
jink199 1 year ago
Midst all the bullshit, his life could have ended up God knows where, but Mike finally got his mind right.
imobeus1 1 year ago
thats so messed up when he set chille up on that reality show wht chille wants lol anyone no if she every found wht she was lookin for. or wht
sparkle6092 1 year ago
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tyson is a god
Archafka 1 year ago
tyson is a god
Archafka 1 year ago
I want the old Mike back!
Jurijgud 2 years ago 2
5:50 jeff fenech!
EdgeStormcrow 2 years ago
i wish cus d mato lived for 10 more years just imagine or even 5!
H4554N 2 years ago 4
greatest ever to ever fight..20 yr old world champ that will never happen again.....never and i said never
ingableshadow 2 years ago
I agree with improvmaniac, its just the world he was brought into created him as a fighter and with natural strength he gained skill
nparky1989 2 years ago
seriously it might sound stupid to those that may not nderstand but people that go through depression are some of the most mis understood people in the world
H4554N 2 years ago
BEST OF ALL TIME
MiCkYsLaSh007 2 years ago 2
I can't get over how articulate he is for a fighter. He could have been anything had he had the opportunities. He's extremely smart and incisive about his world. I wish more people would see this side of him. I really wish him well.
improvmaniac 2 years ago 5
greatest of all time
snoball1976 3 years ago 19
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look at his mouth! ugh!
mankepierdasss 3 years ago
LOL@"that dark age world"
Esquire212 3 years ago
I love mike!!!! He's very misunderstood
lharrel2 3 years ago 25
@lharrel2 lol
H4554N 1 year ago
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Have you ever wished or dreamed for something? Have you ever wanted something soooo much.... then I'm Your Fairy... all your...wishes at my command.... I can make all your fantasies come true... I will bring you into a world of sexual magic.. I have a spell, I'm a fairy... and I can make all Your fantasies come true... all you need is to taste one of my potions :) come visit me at Play-Cam (.COM) my user-id there is Makayla-gjyq Mwah x
suskalokohan 3 years ago
"when you have something at home to go home to a nice soft bed, abeutiful wife or girlfriend a nice car or abunch of beautiful pigeons that you love or whatever"
That was very touching. Mike actually does have pet pigeons.
Teabonesteak 3 years ago
Tyson is awesome.
magicbibledotcom 3 years ago 4
he is not sub-human, he is super-human..
i dont agree with the nation of islam but...
fuck them.
maffy81 4 years ago
"people think im an animal"wipes face slowly."after i met cus it was all uplifting after that,uplifting"walks away
talleyho12 4 years ago
when was this video recorded???
KingDong121 4 years ago
Tyson's the shit!! much respect.
primeDecomposition 4 years ago 7
it sux that people still think he's this murderous psycho freak. he's alot calmer and cooler than he used to be. He just makes stupid choices these days, like the whole coke/DUI episode.
truboricua 4 years ago
his a sick man, people just didnt know him, he always was clever like this, and sensible
ballerketballer 4 years ago 2
beautiful. i can listen to Mike talk all day. he makes sense
marabdl 4 years ago 3
i agree. great interview too, thanks for uploading this Maxboxingvidea
spawnedfighter 4 years ago 3
So true. I too could listen to him all day. I wish our paths cross someday. (I do not mean it in a Japanese Samurai Movie sense).
binsaif 4 years ago
i am not defending him, i am defending what i believe.
UseF007 4 years ago
I can understand why you would call him a Violent Criminal Psychopath from his past.
but bisexual?...dude sorry to break it to you but that big black dude that you pay to fuk you in the ass isn't Mike Tyson...maybe you have so much hate cause he cheated on you.
I suggest you see a psychologist or something.
UseF007 4 years ago 3
ROFL USE YOU OWNED HIM AHAHHA
swordgod 3 years ago
he is not in his old age... that makes him sound like an old man... he is Older
UseF007 4 years ago
dont think so, i always thought mike was a sophisticated dude....just a person with a lot of ersonal trouble and a lisp
boricualinkz 4 years ago
nice observation boric, i feel the same way. he showed innate intelligence from a young age, and showed wisdom from his words as he grew older. unfortunely he didn't show much wisdom from his actions. i'd say cirmumstance dictated he'd be a very tortured person. mike tyson's story is part tragedy and part triumph. tyson gives me hope for the world.
nedmu 4 years ago
I pray that he will have happiness and peace in his life now. It always seems to those who don't look closely enough that Tyson was nasty but he was always real. He's done some things that he will probably regret but he speaks from his heart, he also did a lot of stuff for charity. He deserves some peace and happiness.
NLT31 4 years ago
yes, tyson was never a malicious man. he is a good man.
nedmu 4 years ago
yup, i can tell you're being sarcastic thou....nobody's perfect buddy, but overall he looks like a decent guy
boricualinkz 4 years ago
i wasn't really being sarcastic. i might be giving him too much credit. maybe he had to grow up a bit, but i never thought of him as malicious. i truly feel he is a good man.
nedmu 4 years ago
Mike is a beautiful human being. I have to respect someone who lives life on their terms. It's their life let him live. I love Mike and all his imperfections!
sdubbjets 5 years ago
I met him in at LAX, waiting for a cab just like me. What surprised me was how down to earth he was. We lined up fists and took pictures like at the pre-fight weigh ins. What a great guy! His fist was the size of a brick!
Toki52 5 years ago
damn i've never been able to see this side of mike tyson! he's a lot more intelligent and down to earth than i thought. he's pretty cool and now i respect him in a whole new way ^-^
BrEaThLeSz 5 years ago
The gorilla´s on Zoloft...but I can see there´s been a road travelled for Mike. Good for you Mike!!!!
RideMyBMW 5 years ago
all respect and cred to the man Tyson
shamoul 5 years ago
hes the man
ducran1967 5 years ago
man hes my hero
ducran1967 5 years ago
wow, is he on prozzak or something...he is a different person
getthis162001 5 years ago
This and other vids totaly changes peoples perspective on Mike!
Mike trully is the greatest (and the badest :D) !
SickBoyP 5 years ago
Mann that guy is so sweet,and so peacefull..hi es a sensetive person..
HakanBoy 5 years ago
lol "i dont need any goddamn money"
embryo923 5 years ago
Tyson should quit boxing cause it's really embarassing for him now and seriously go into motivational speaking. He'd really excel in that field. Regardless of what people say, he's really intelligent and I'm sure if he had a different background growing up, he could've used his sharp mind to make a living.
kireedam 5 years ago
he retired like 2 years ago
embryo923 5 years ago
hahahahaha
anwealde 5 years ago
darinio shut yo deepak chopra talikn behind outta here
dblock64 5 years ago
darinion shut yo depak chopra talking behind outta here
dblock64 5 years ago
mike is actually very sensible he just have some CRAZYYYYYYYYY moments
yungstubs 5 years ago
mike is like 45 right omg hes still fighting he looks like smeagal ''where my precious heavy whieght belt''
papichulo37 5 years ago
THis interview actually makes mike sound sensible.
dmokim 5 years ago
Tyson shows his articulate and intelligent side here.
TanSupaman 5 years ago
mike's just an imature boy with an oversize ego that eclipsed his talent. sorry mike, i'm still your fan...
saintshinoda 5 years ago
Mike's such a likeable man. Someone i know organised an after dinner speach with Tyson and Bruno, and he came across as a nice and freindly person. His entourage were a bunch of dicks, however.
DW01 5 years ago
when u meet him maybe youd like to suck him off?
sextoyjimi 5 years ago
lol yeah I tend to get carried away sometimes, deaddog, sorry about that! I'm a huge fan of Mike's as you can probably tell and have read some biographical books about him and watched the majority of his fights, so I do know a lot about him, but unfortunately have never met him before. Maybe some day I will.
I'd like to be involved in either writing or commentating about boxing and sports in general and making a living this way.
DTysonator 5 years ago
dam this is like an essay!!!
deaddog 5 years ago
There was a time when Mike would let his fists do the talking for him. Whenever he did otherwise it was obvious that he was no longer the same fighter who could strike fear in his opponents with his boxing skills alone. The skilled Mike Tyson never had to resort to intimidation tactics during press conferences either, like he most notably did with Lennox Lewis.
DTysonator 5 years ago
Mike shoved a camera man on his way to the ring for that fight, just to make himself appear to be more of a bad ass fighter, possibly suggesting that he was either intimidated himself and felt as though he had to look tougher in order to scare Evander, or was simply in a bad mood, my pick would be the former.
DTysonator 5 years ago
For example, Mike went out of character and followed Peter McNeeley's eyes like some kind of ticking time bomb, while the referee was giving them instructions. Ironically McNeeley knew that it was all an act and actually smiled back. Another example would be during his ring entrance for his first bout with Evander Holyfield...
DTysonator 5 years ago
It's funny how people view Mike as being this great intimidator throughout his career and comparing him to Sonny Liston. The only time that I truly saw him trying to act tougher than he was or to intimidate his opponents, was once he back from prison. Deep down he probably knew that he wasn't the same fighter anymore and felt that through the use of intimidation, he would appear to be more threatening than he actually was...
DTysonator 5 years ago
Well, although Mike is caring, I should have wrote that he is a very sensitive person, who often allows his emotions to get the better of him.
DTysonator 5 years ago
Mikes boxing skills obviously attracted me towards him, but his gentle and generous side, a side that many people don't seem to realize he possesses, also won me over. Mike seems like a very caring person, who's emotions often get the best of him.
DTysonator 5 years ago
...I opted to call myself DTysonator as a last option, feeling that no one would have such a username.
Mike is definitely one of my biggest inspirations, as he made me believe in myself more than I ever used to, by proving that with determination anything is possible.
DTysonator 5 years ago
By the way, did Mike ever forgive you guys for having left you out in the cold? Hopefully he did and realized that you truly cared about him. I also care about Mike as a human being, despite what my screename may seem to suggest. I usually go by the screenname of Daniel T, but that name was taken and since I am a big fan of Mike's and his 1987 Nintendo game is my all-time favorite video game and I managed to whip his CPU counterpart in the first round...
DTysonator 5 years ago
Mike hints at his displeasure of taking orders from others towards the end of first part of the interview posted by Maxboxingvideo. "A bunch of beautiful pigeons that you love" gave it away, only a cool guy like Mike would say something like that haha.
I'm not sure whether Mike always had a foul mood in the gym, but the distractions in his mind likely made things worse for everyone.
DTysonator 5 years ago
I read in Jose Torres' Tyson biography, entitled "Fire and Fear", that Mike even told Kevin Rooney to fuck off when Kevin was asking him to train in a certain way. The stories in the book were later said to be fictional by Mike himself though, so who knows if any of this actually happened.
DTysonator 5 years ago
I definitely agree with you, Steve, about the negative influence that Robin Givens likely had in Tyson's life. She was a huge distraction from what I have read. Mike went absolutely crazy over this woman and would do anything for her, listening to her like a loved crazed puppy. Mike probably wanted to be with her rather than prepare for his next fight or watch footage of his opponent.
DTysonator 5 years ago
I mean Mike did say that he was going to retire after he destroyed Spinks and so maybe he had already accomplished everything that he had set out to do and had nothing more to prove and just wanted to live out the glamorous life and catch up on lost times. In doing so however, he lost everything that made him so great as a fighter and although he seemed like he was having a ball, he was ironically setting himself up for an eventual heartbreak in every sense of the word.
DTysonator 5 years ago
Mike obviously liked what he was hearing from Don King and probably thought that by getting rid of the entire team that gave him all of the essential tools that he required to remain successful, he would become independent and boy did he ever! Perhaps Mike no longer cared about his boxing career, as to make such a questionable move from a boxing standpoint.
DTysonator 5 years ago
I don't believe that Tyson was lying about the pressure that he felt building up inside of himself, he just did a good job at keeping it in check for many years. Don King likely did play on Mike's desires of wanting more freedom to be able to do the things that he truly enjoyed doing, instead of having to train hard for a fight. But at the end of the day Mike probably wanted more freedom, if he didn't, he would not have allowed Don King to sweet talk him.
DTysonator 5 years ago
He likely wanted to be just like other people his age and go out to parties or clubs, play around, talk about or engage in pleasurable experiences (especially fornicating with women), basically things that involved little pressure if any at all, rather than having to bust his chops in the gym and make the right weight at the weigh-in or worry about the quality of a particular performance (he didn't seem at all pleased with his win over Tony "TNT" Tucker for example).
DTysonator 5 years ago
...and in the aforementioned interview Mike explains how the general public has no idea how depressing the life of a young boxer can be, even going so far as saying that people wouldn't want to be in his shoes, as they would probably want to cry. Now, does that truly sound like a happy individual?
Mike always seemed to love to unleash his anger inside the ring, but despised training and the sacrifices that came along with maintaining his superior form.
DTysonator 5 years ago
BIGFIGHTS, if you are in the fact the same Steve Lott who was previously one of Mike Tyson's personal assistants, during his greatest days as a boxer, you most likely have a greater perspective as to what exactly happened to Mike when Don King and company came marshing along, since you did live with Tyson for a certain amount of time. However, I recall an interview of Mike conducted by HBO prior to his 1986 bout with Mitch "Blood" Green, long before Don King took him away...
DTysonator 5 years ago
Cool interview, Maxboxingvideo! I never knew that Mike was interested in the career of David Tua and liked him as a person as well as a fighter. It would have been great had they met in the ring, since their styles were similar. Oh well, the clash of the devastating knockout kings never happened for whatever reason and the heavyweight division suffered yet another blow because of it.
DTysonator 5 years ago
it's great to see tyson so lucid and so pragmatic. this video is the perfect antidote to the image of mike tyson the monster as has so often been delivered by the media.
glynchandeliers 5 years ago
Part 3
Mike was fine. Until Robin Givens and Don King. The interesting thing is that to this day Mike is still embarrassed to say that he was destroyed by Don. Don knew Mike could never bring himself to tell the truth. Don knew that a guy like Mike, a kid from the street, would rather lie about their history ( by saying he was too young to fight for the title ) than say he was conned by King. Now that's a great con job.
Steve Lott
BIGFIGHTS 5 years ago
how do you know if he was happy? your not him
money does NOT bring happiness, a well rounded life does
Darinion 5 years ago
Part 2
Sensational victories over Smith, Thomas, Tucker, Biggs, Holmes, Tubbs, and Spinks. For two years Mike was a happy superstar - and conquered all the pressure. The world's most popular athlete. And he was successful through this entire period - with no Cus. Because Mike knew that Jim and Loraine Jacobs. Bill and Doris Cayton, Kevin Rooney, Jose Torres and others loved him and were there for him.
BIGFIGHTS 5 years ago
Part 1
It is amazing that to this day Mike cannot bring himself to tell the truth. He said that being a champ at 20 was too much pressure for him and that's why he ended where he is today. An outright lie by Mike. After winning the title Mike was the happiest guy in the world. Living the life of "Riley." No problems. Commercials on TV. Spokesperson for the NYC Police Department, FBI, DEA.
BIGFIGHTS 5 years ago
oh ic. it sounds like mike is at peace with his life. do you have any interviews from this year by mike?
oheleye 5 years ago
yeah, when was this interview?
oheleye 5 years ago
I think this was when he was training for Kevin McBride. 2005.
Maxboxingvideo 5 years ago
Damn... This makes it office Mike Tyson is awesome... dude is sounding on it right here... smart, sensible, cool as fuck...
Coldsun3000 5 years ago
nice interview. tyson the greatest
shakur7 5 years ago
when wus this interview???
ironmike31 5 years ago
He's not a saint...but he is far from the animal rapist beast that he is portrayed as by the media.
TheTankjfsdjkf 5 years ago
I'v seen loads of interviews like this with mike hes actually an alright guy, I read another interview just before the williams fight, don king took him for a ride, thanks for posting this mate
ginjajake 5 years ago
evry1 likes u mike! iron mike is the best heavyweight fighter eva, n thanx so much 4 putting this vid up, keep up the gd work.
ironalex 5 years ago