Mike Tyson never lost a fight with Kevin Rooney as his trainer.Why fired?

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by TerryESB, Mar 26, 2012.


  1. Villain

    Villain Active Member Full Member

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    Not only was Don King a factor, but Rooney pushes his fighters hard in training. Mike got lazy after all the fame and distractions outside the ring. Never again in his career was his work ethic a tenth of what it was back with Rooney. Something that was an absolute factor on his steep decline.
     
  2. tobias

    tobias Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Why, why.. All Mike's life! :)
     
  3. Hands of Iron

    Hands of Iron #MSE Full Member

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    http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1066258/index.htm

     
  4. ecdrm15

    ecdrm15 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    :deal
     
  5. doylexxx

    doylexxx Boxing Junkie Full Member

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  6. Dorfmeister

    Dorfmeister Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    With Rooney or without Rooney, with King or without Don, with Robin, Desiree and the whole Indianapolis Justice Dpt, Larry Holmes predicted that Mike would self-destruct himself right b4 their fight. No matter the outcome of their fight, Larry was right on.
     
  7. TerryESB

    TerryESB The Final Boss Full Member

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    Iceman71 is mentally weak. He cant handle adversity, when it starts gettin into a heated debate he resorts to name calling, and he falls apart. He is a bully that gets owned everytime someone stands up to him
     
  8. Imperial1

    Imperial1 VIP Member Full Member

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    All went down hill when Jacobs died ..What a shame ..
     
  9. Forza

    Forza Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    You can't blame don king, he's just a promoter. Fact is tyson was sitting on like 50m and thought to himself "I'm set for life, what do I need this lil white boy for?"

    Tyson didn't want white people profiting off his hard work and success, he didn't want to be a slave to rooney. He was too rich now to be told what to do like some kind of field worker.
     
  10. Imperial1

    Imperial1 VIP Member Full Member

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    Wow :patsch

    No field worker has ever made over 1 million dollars !
     
  11. TerryESB

    TerryESB The Final Boss Full Member

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    Tyson made 20 million dollars for a 90 second fight against Michael Spinks.

    I cant worry about Iceman. He's a bum thats not on my level. We all wanna talk about Kevin Rooney and Mike Tyson as well.
     
  12. Farmboxer

    Farmboxer VIP Member Full Member

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    After Cus died, Tyson was crushed. Later when Jimmy Jacobs died Tyson lost it. Don King came along and took advantage of Tyson, had Kevin Roony fired. Then Tyson lost to Buster Douglas! Don King destroyed Tyson's career...........
     
  13. Boom_Boom

    Boom_Boom R.I.P Boxing 6/9/12 Full Member

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    Racism

    Don king didn't want any white man to share in the success and glory of Tyson.
     
  14. Caelum

    Caelum Boxing Addict Full Member

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  15. Imperial1

    Imperial1 VIP Member Full Member

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    :deal