Was Mike Tyson mentally weak?

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  1. dbouziane

    dbouziane ............. Full Member

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    mentally unstable. splitting hairs maybe but still
     
  2. MagicMan91

    MagicMan91 The Main Event Mafia Full Member

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    As someone once said on here - "Tyson had a glass mind"
     
  3. brown_bomber

    brown_bomber BROWN BOMBER Full Member

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    in his documentary TYSON, he talked about how he was nervous and scared before all of his fights but he never showed it
     
  4. lefthook31

    lefthook31 Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    That doesnt necessarily make you mentally weak. If you fall apart during a fight because of that, it does, but Tyson when he was dialed in really didnt show those type of shortcomings. I was always nervous before I fought too, but once I got going I was fine. Its only natural.
     
  5. NeckBreaknAiken

    NeckBreaknAiken Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Only a ****-ass, armchair, keyboard warrior would have the gall to question Mike Tyson's mental strength.


    Walk a mile in his shoes and tell me what you would be able to do.
     
  6. SouthpawSlayer

    SouthpawSlayer Im coming for you Full Member

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    :deal

    a lot of people if had to walk in mikes shoes would have found the nearest rope and tree
     
  7. henrik

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    I think his life has been very rough from the very start,and that he is a true survivor..
    But offcouse he had his issues..Suddenly he was rich,famous and at the same time very young.And when Cus died,he began to trust some people,he absolutely couldnt trust...And i think along with that and all these things with robin givens,money,fame,wrong advisers, ect. ect. did that he made some crazy things.When i see the documentary about him,its a lot more complicated than just to say he is mentally weak...I think he is a strong person...But the things he had put himself into,made him unstable at times...
    I think he,finally got a life where he is quite happy,dispite all the things he been through.. A true champion in my eyes!!
     
  8. Caelum

    Caelum Boxing Addict Full Member

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  9. Jazzo

    Jazzo Non-Facebook Fag Full Member

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    Depends what you mean by "weak".

    Meaningless term.

    What really is silly is the notion that everybody he beat was too scared of him. It is ridiculous on so many levels that it is difficult to challenge.
     
  10. Jazzo

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  11. Jazzo

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    :yep
     
  12. newby johnson

    newby johnson Boxing Addict Full Member

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    After that (pressumably you saw that in that old documentary) Teddy says smth like God gave him a strong body but not a strong mind etc. he goes on about it a bit.
     
  13. Soloman

    Soloman Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Anyone ever read "The Last Great Fight"? Its a book about the Tyson-Douglasd fight. It was about both fighters careeres up until the fight, the fight itself after the fight and today. I dont normally buy boxing books but a buck at a dollar store? No hesitation there. After reading that, yeah I would say he is mentally weak. Very strange man that Tyson.
     
  14. HolgerD

    HolgerD Armscontrol Full Member

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    "Was Tyson a KO boxer?"

    Fixed your thread title.
     
  15. boxon123

    boxon123 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    There was always the rumour about that he smoked pot everyday!