You are right. He knew that whites would be quicker to believe he was just dumb, then to think that he outsmarted them. To cap it off, he pulled the conscientious observer trick which let the cat out of the bag and them mofo threw him in jail and stuck his ass with that Parkinson's needle. :yep
Tyson made a lot of bad choices and had some emotional issues, but he was not dumb. Even with some of the quotes you posted you can tell. He was a true student of boxing; watch some videos and hear him talk about some of the old greats and you will see that he has a very high boxing IQ.
Tyson was/is definitely not dumb. Comparing Tyson to Teddy Atlas, Teddy is definitely the dumber of the two.:yep
Andrew Golota's low blow vs riddick bowe. He could have been the champion of the world but dude couldn't punch above the belt
Riddick Bowe Did he think that throwing a coverted heavyweight belt in the garbage would assist his career in any way????
Stupid is as stupid does. The guys who made tens or hundreds of Millions who are now broke all top the list.