Mike Tyson interview on Sky Sports

Some interesting quotes from the interview:
(sorry for any small errors)


"...If I actually tried to become champion just being Mike Tyson, just being this guy that just has good skills & strong & fast, & not thinking & regarding myself as greater than what I really truly am, I would have never succeeded. I would of been intimidated of the bigger guys, I would of been hit with their jab, they would of hit me with their basic stuff..."

"...See, then you've got to worry, becuase this guy he no incoming coming at him & then you start to worry now, you know what I mean, he didn't take him out, becuase he's hit the guy, hit this guy, can't do nothing with his speed, he should be beating on the guy, right he should be beating on Ruiz's jab, his jab, boom, instead of trying to knock him out with one punch, he should be peppering him with the jab, hitting him with body shots & set him up. He's not gonna be able to do that with the Klitschkos, you can't fight them like that, becuase these guys are too consistent, they'd be consistent with him, this guy's not being consistent, he's not throwing punches in bunches..."

"...When you watch him fight, when he throws punches, watch him throw the punch, he doesn't move him head, he's not really elusive when you really think about it, he has a disadvantage by being lighter than these guys, he should be very elusive, when you're fighting Heavyweights, a Cruiserweight, a lighter guy coming at you, you have to be elusive, that's gonna be your main asset against a heavier guy, being elusive & not being able to get hit as often as the bigger guys do..."

"...You got to realise that he has to throw punches in bunches, you can't throw one or two punches looking for a knockout with one punch, you have to put them together..."

"...Just incase Saturday he decides to be elusive, he might be a different guy, he has to throw punches in combinations, you can't throw one punch at a time, you've got to connect the dots..."


Hauntingly ironic words coming from Mike himself.

 

Thanks for posting!

Tyson is like an Encyclopedia when it comes to Boxing. He knows so much about our beloved sport. And it clear by watching him, he still very much loves the sport.

When he talks about his heroes, he has tears in his eyes & its a very touching moment indeed. When he says "those guys were my heroes" he means it!

If I cud have a conversation with any man about anything, it would be Mike Tyson, & about Boxing! For I'm in no doubt I would come away from that experience more knowledgeable than before.

Why HBO don't try to sign Mike up is beyond me? He is a better analyst than any of those guys currently on there, and he's been there, seen it, done it!

Tyson is a legend. People will still talk about him in 200 years!:bbb

 

Can he not get through one interview without crying?? Big baby.

 

There is a great Howard Stern half hour where they listen to a Tyson interview and he says the exact same line then. He also keeps saying that he is an enigma. "The title is like a woman"!!!

****ing hysterical. The man is bonkers.

here it is
http://www.pakistan.tv/videos-howard-stern-goofs-on-mike-tyson-%5BSqhhALE5IrE%5D.cfm

 

Great interview from Mike. One of the best i've ever seen from him.

 

Great interview from Tyson. Would be great as a ringside analyst.

 

that was an amazing interview.

hbo needs to get him.

he looks so good and healthy. his talking has improved.

everyone loves tyson

 

I hope he becomes a regular on SKY, Mike likes it over here too.

 

Reminds me of Tarver vs RJJ... even if Jones was past his best when they fought.

 

Woah.

See the way he said some words?

****ing amazing.

 

like it mike!

 

Holmes was "shot" insofar as being at or really close to his championship level. He still had enough to fight on for a few more years actually, but the fight with Tyson was not a good indication of how a prime vs. prime fight would have gone.

Although I don't know who would have won. My guess is Holmes, but who knows? I'm sure Larry would have done much better than he did in this fight.