Interesting Mike Tyson interview.

Road Warrior Number of posts : 17069 Age : 48

Looks like Mike has some big regrets.

http://www.details.com/culture-trends/news-and-politics/201008/interview-boxing-mike-tyson?currentPage=1

Bukkake Tsunami Number of posts : 25557 Age : 52

Interesting. Check out the documentary 'Tyson'. He talks about alot of that stuff in the interview and much more. He has (or had) some major issues in his life.

You tend to forget just how young he was when he was champion. Having that much money and power at such a young age will screw you up in ways you can't believe.

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He needed a good manager to quide him through and instead he got robbed.

Bukkake Tsunami Number of posts : 25557 Age : 52

TheNazgul wrote:: He needed a good manager to quide him through and instead he got robbed.

Yea, he pretty much admits it now that his original manager/trainer Cus D'Amato was the only one that truly cared about him. After he died, Mike got caught up in all the "yes-men" and hanger-ons that he surrounded himself with. His association with Don King was the beginning of the end.

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Metal is Forever Number of posts : 7831 Age : 43

MetalGuy71 wrote:: Interesting. Check out the documentary 'Tyson'. He talks about alot of that stuff in the interview and much more. He has (or had) some major issues in his life.

You tend to forget just how young he was when he was champion. Having that much money and power at such a young age will screw you up in ways you can't believe.

That documentary is very good indeed.

Road Warrior Number of posts : 17069 Age : 48

Now that i think of it... the Tommy Morrison character in Rocky 5 seems like a loose reference to a young Tyson getting used by Don King.

Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 3830 Age : 44

I've met Mike twice, once at a club in LA when my friend wanted to go shake hands with him and once on Sunset right outside a cigar shop smoking his cigar all alone. I always thought that was weird, just seeing him standing there all alone by the door and smoking a cigar as I walked by him. Strange character for sure.

Road Warrior Number of posts : 17069 Age : 48

GrandNational wrote:: I've met Mike twice, once at a club in LA when my friend wanted to go shake hands with him and once on Sunset right outside a cigar shop smoking his cigar all alone. I always thought that was weird, just seeing him standing there all alone by the door and smoking a cigar as I walked by him. Strange character for sure.

Strange indeed considering he was once a huge celebrity.

Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 3830 Age : 44

Troublezone wrote:

GrandNational wrote:: I've met Mike twice, once at a club in LA when my friend wanted to go shake hands with him and once on Sunset right outside a cigar shop smoking his cigar all alone. I always thought that was weird, just seeing him standing there all alone by the door and smoking a cigar as I walked by him. Strange character for sure.

Strange indeed considering he was once a huge celebrity.

Exactly. I was telling my buddy this story as we were cruising on Sunset yesterday about Mike, and today I see this thread.

Road Warrior Number of posts : 17069 Age : 48

GrandNational wrote:

Troublezone wrote:

GrandNational wrote:: I've met Mike twice, once at a club in LA when my friend wanted to go shake hands with him and once on Sunset right outside a cigar shop smoking his cigar all alone. I always thought that was weird, just seeing him standing there all alone by the door and smoking a cigar as I walked by him. Strange character for sure.

Strange indeed considering he was once a huge celebrity.

Exactly. I was telling my buddy this story as we were cruising on Sunset yesterday about Mike, and today I see this thread.

This is a bit off subject... but, this reminds me of the time i spotted Robert "freddy krueger" Englund chillin' on a corner in Laguna Beach off of PCH. I saw him but i had to do a double take! I later learned he does indeed live in Laguna so i know it was him. Interesting Mike Tyson interview. Icon_lol

Metal master Number of posts : 815 Age : 37

MetalGuy71 wrote:: You tend to forget just how young he was when he was champion. Having that much money and power at such a young age will screw you up in ways you can't believe.

Corey Haim is a good example poor bugger

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akeldama wrote:

MetalGuy71 wrote:: Interesting. Check out the documentary 'Tyson'. He talks about alot of that stuff in the interview and much more. He has (or had) some major issues in his life.

You tend to forget just how young he was when he was champion. Having that much money and power at such a young age will screw you up in ways you can't believe.

That documentary is very good indeed.

That was intense. Made me realize that Mike was the baddest badass of all-time. At least in the modern era of history. Scary dude - in and outta the ring.

Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 3361 Age : 51

I still vividly remember sitting at a party laughing about Tyson fighting this Buster Douglas guy. And how shocking the outcome was. Until then Tyson was an indestructible wrecking machine. Used to love the way his fights to that point were these huge events that went 90 seconds. Sad how it all turned out. Yet not surprising either.

Heart of Metal Number of posts : 1939 Age : 52

I remember how we (poor students) used to pool our money for those pay-per-view events and then we would be really hacked off because it only went 90 seconds. But sure enough, next fight we would do the same thing.