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Mike Tyson, History Buff: Tyson opens up about everything he wished he had known then
OC Weekly ^ | March 12, 2015 | Amy Nicholson

Posted on 03/13/2015 4:04:29 PM PDT by EveningStar

"Mark Twain said boxing is the only sport where a slave, if he's successful, can rub shoulders with royalty," says former heavyweight Mike Tyson, who once knocked out 19 opponents in a row. "Can you imagine that? Just by fighting another human being, he can meet a king, a prince, a queen, eat at the same table with them, be invited to the castle." Or in modern times, make $30 million in one fight, build your own castle, stock it with tigers, and still wake up every morning the pawn of powerful men who make money off your sweat.

When Tyson was a fighter, he studied tapes of old brawls to learn what made men win or fail. He was an encyclopedia of the past. After retirement, after the bankruptcies and prison sentence, after the public shame, he widened his interest to learn about the history of fighting, going all the way back to the gladiators. He wanted to figure out what had happened to him.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History; Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: boxing; gladiators; godsgravesglyphs; marktwain; miketyson; sweetscience
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1 posted on 03/13/2015 4:04:29 PM PDT by EveningStar
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To: EveningStar
"Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the face."

-- Mike Tyson

2 posted on 03/13/2015 4:09:39 PM PDT by The KG9 Kid
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To: EveningStar

Boo hoo, he got used by EVVVERYONE —nothing is Mike Tyson’s fault.

In fact nothing is the fault of ANY black person, says Muslim Mike Tyson, who thought a really, really trustworthy person was...

DON KING.

What a sniveling, crying, racist little BOY.


3 posted on 03/13/2015 4:10:01 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: EveningStar

Watch Tyson go off on the host of a Toronto TV show => https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGViDiaGZC0


4 posted on 03/13/2015 4:16:14 PM PDT by Ken H (DILLIGAF)
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To: gaijin

A little harsh...maybe?

This isn’t a poor pitiful me story about Tyson...

He seems to have grown wiser and humbler...

Considering he was a poorly educated street thug...he seems to have stepped up a few notches...


5 posted on 03/13/2015 4:17:37 PM PDT by Popman (Christ Alone: My Cornerstone...)
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To: EveningStar

Read the article, Tyson doesn’t appear to be pulling the race card here.


6 posted on 03/13/2015 4:18:03 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono
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To: gaijin

Yeah, but Tyson has become somewhat of a folk hero now. And he WAS a helluva boxer (Still can’t get past him in Mike Tyson’s punchout)


7 posted on 03/13/2015 4:18:22 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: EveningStar

This is one of the most interesting articles I’ve read all week, EveningStar. A heavy appetite for reading history is a mark of a serious man, and it sounds like Mike Tyson has finally grown up. That’s saying a lot considering where he started and the tough path that he took. Few come through a long boxing career with a clear mind, and Tyson appears to be putting his to good use. Good for him.


8 posted on 03/13/2015 4:18:51 PM PDT by Always A Marine
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To: gaijin
Read the article.. hes not saying Boo hoo.. he is saying he was stupid...
9 posted on 03/13/2015 4:20:38 PM PDT by tophat9000 (An Eye for an Eye, a Word for a Word...nothing more)
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To: Popman
He seems to have grown wiser and humbler...

Must've happened in the last 6 months. See post #4.

10 posted on 03/13/2015 4:22:06 PM PDT by Ken H (DILLIGAF)
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To: Ken H
Must've happened in the last 6 months. See post #4.

Oh' come on...the old Tyson would have cold cocked the little dewb...

11 posted on 03/13/2015 4:32:00 PM PDT by Popman (Christ Alone: My Cornerstone...)
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Correct..I was not a Tyson fan.. but i am impress with what he is saying here.. he could wallow in self pity but instead it seem he been looking in the mirror and has gain some perspective and some wisdom..that a worthy goal for any man and most fail to do

..its bounce.. if you take a big fall will you bounce back humbled but wiser ... it his case it seem so...

12 posted on 03/13/2015 4:32:47 PM PDT by tophat9000 (An Eye for an Eye, a Word for a Word...nothing more)
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To: EveningStar

I watched a number of interviews of him and he always struck me as surprisingly intelligent. Troubled but intelligent.


13 posted on 03/13/2015 4:37:23 PM PDT by fso301
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To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
He's studying history, which is easier for him, because he is history. Thanks EveningStar.

14 posted on 03/13/2015 4:49:40 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
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To: Always A Marine

My thoughts too on this article. No pity party here and I admire anyone who reads and studies history.


15 posted on 03/13/2015 4:49:44 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono
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To: The KG9 Kid

One of my absolute favorite (and accurate) quotes. Is it really his or did he take it from someone else?


16 posted on 03/13/2015 4:59:26 PM PDT by vmivol00 (I won't be reconstructed.)
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To: EveningStar

Did he really use the word “didactical”?


17 posted on 03/13/2015 5:24:13 PM PDT by quietly desperate
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To: gaijin

“I got old too soon and smart too late.”

I sense a lot of regret in that statement, but I don’t hear any demand for pity.


18 posted on 03/13/2015 5:28:05 PM PDT by GrootheWanderer
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To: EveningStar

19 posted on 03/13/2015 5:31:56 PM PDT by Future Snake Eater (CrossFit.com)
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To: vmivol00

It’s really his but it was “Everybody has a plan until they get hit. Then, like a rat, they stop in fear and freeze.”

http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2012-11-09/sports/sfl-mike-tyson-explains-one-of-his-most-famous-quotes-20121109_1_mike-tyson-undisputed-truth-famous-quotes


20 posted on 03/13/2015 6:02:34 PM PDT by Personal Responsibility (Changing the name of a thing doesn't change the thing. A liberal by any other name...)
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