I heard that Mike begged Rakim Oaks to write the forward to his new autiography. But Rakim was too busy sailing around the world in a viking ship he built out of toothpicks.
I heard I't was a bull**** story deliberately spread on boxing forums by the poster/troll FelixTrinidad.
Mike Tyson was here at IYC...a level 2, low security prison in Plainfield IN...about 25 miles west of Indianapolis. A lot of people refer to it as a camp. Nothing about that place hardcore at all. I had a buddy who was in the same dorm as Tyson. He said that everyone treated him like a celebrity and was enamored with him the whole time. Here in Indiana, no one ever tried to fight him or any of that ****.
Its hard to believe what a skinhead con says. Would you believe me if i told you that Tyson tryed ballet before boxing? Just because its plausible doesnt mean its true.
mercer is an old man. he won a gold medal in the '88 olympics and was pushing 30. so losing to kimbo slice at 46 yrs old is nothing to be ashamed of.
I thought Rakim Oaks was Felix Trinidad's trolling masterpiece. This Is one of the most elaborate stories ever created by him. Really a true trolling work of art. So good that in fact that some people really think there's a Rakim Oaks out there.
This is like that Wesley Snipes and Ving Rhames movie "Undisputed" I think it is called... Pretty good for a time waster.