Mike Tyson is a very classy ambassador for the sport.

because he takes pics with fans for money? :huh

 

You got him mixed up with Bowe.

 

Tyson is the man. He's come a long way, and is basically an encyclopedia of the sport. Also, he is beloved by many.

 

Somehow people are still intrigued by him. He is a true celebrity. I think he is the only boxer well respected in all forms of combat/fighting sports. I think people see a change for the better in his persona.

 

Mike Tyson's bad image is mainly media hype. Ive met him several times over the years & he has always acted like a gent to all. I wish everyone could get a chance to talk to him he really is a walking boxing encyclopedia.
Someone mentioned on of Ali's fights & Mike amazed everyone by listing every one of Ali's fights from his pro debut Tunny Hunsaker to the final travesty. Another thing he did showed class A well endowed woman wearing a tee shirt & obviously no bra asked him to sign
"Across Here". Mike looked at her & said I'll sign a pic for you Maam that's all" She cussed him out.. He said afterwards " Can you imagine what would have happened if I'd touched her? It happens all the time"
Mike had had a very unhappy life I wish him nothing but the best in the future

 

Tyson has really mellowed out and not allowed all that dough he owed the IRS and others to bring him down.
He started making the change when China made him their Boxing ambassador. I'm not sure of what happened there but I'm sure his reading of Mao had something to do with his selection and visits to China.
I was very impressed with the quality of bouts he managed to put together under the Iron Mike Promotion company, and he provided the networks with some very good competitive matches. All of a sudden they stopped and I wonder if the IRS made it impossible for him to continue.
I feel that Mike would make a very good trainer to pass on some of Cus's training techniques. If Atlas with his limited knowledge can do it, I'm sure Tyson could do better.

 

I'm on IE I cannot see periscope Dammit

 

It's an interesting case. How many other rapists do people believe are genuinely reformed? Or welcome back in to society?

 

I was watching a netflix's show called champs, which was about Tyson, Holyfield and Hopkins and how they grew up. Mike really earned my respect in that show.

His son had just died and another parent in the hospital who's child had also just died came up to Mike and gave him his condolences. He said he was shocked. He said who the **** am I to get condolences from this guy when his child died too. He said that made him realize the world doesn't revolve around him, he's just a human being like the next guy is. It seemed to really have touched him.

When you see how these fighters grew up in the ghetto, no fathers, school frowned upon, needing quick money to eat, which leads to criminality you have to appreciate anyone who can overcome that. And like Tyson says, poverty hurts and you never forget it. Boxers have no unions, they don't have money managers, or lawyers or anything else that much of the sporting world takes for granted, and they're only a permanent injury away from loosing everything they spend years and years accumulating.

But in Mike's case, once your signature is worth money, you should never really go broke, at least not twice.