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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

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To: Future Snake Eater

Bwahahahaha!


21 posted on 03/13/2015 6:14:30 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: EveningStar

“I didn’t understand me 15 years ago. I got old too soon and smart too late.” “Iron” Mike Tyson


22 posted on 03/13/2015 6:41:05 PM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: gaijin

(Tyson) sighs. “I didn’t understand me 15 years ago. I got old too soon and smart too late.”


23 posted on 03/13/2015 7:41:55 PM PDT by Pelham (The refusal to deport is defacto amnesty)
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To: quietly desperate

“Did he really use the word “didactical”?”

Don’t know if he used it quite right, but he sure did.


24 posted on 03/13/2015 8:02:14 PM PDT by Pelham (The refusal to deport is defacto amnesty)
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To: Inyo-Mono

‘More often, he reads. “I may read about Caligula, I may read about Moses, I may read about the history of African-Americans in America, I may read about the history of New York,” says Tyson in a gush. “I’m just a history-buff-time guy more than anything.

“During the height of the gladiators, they were celebrities as well. The nobility thought the gladiators were barbarians. But they weren’t barbarians; they were just people with their own culture,” exclaims Tyson. “Listen, this is what I’ve learned in life: The nightmares of thousands of generations live on the heads of the living now. Everything is from the past. The fighters are from the past. All our beefs is from the past. We can never let the past die.”’


25 posted on 03/13/2015 8:04:42 PM PDT by Pelham (The refusal to deport is defacto amnesty)
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To: EveningStar

What he wished he would have known then? How about don’t get a stupid looking tattoo on you face!


26 posted on 03/13/2015 8:08:12 PM PDT by TruthWillWin (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples money.)
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To: Pelham

New historical discoveries now tell us that gladiators were indeed superstars of their day but overall were closer to modern WWE wrestlers than the always fight to the death types that Hollywood shows us.

Seen “Mike Tyson Mysteries” yet? Show is hilarious. Tyson is good at it and Norm McDonald’s character is awesome. All episodes here;

http://www.adultswim.com/videos/mike-tyson-mysteries/?sr=mike_tyson_mysteries_norm_macdonald


27 posted on 03/13/2015 8:23:29 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
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To: Popman

I agree.. Mike Tyson may be a lot of things, but stupid is not one of them. He overcame a speech impediment, a really rough childhood where his boxing skills were on display from the age of 13. He has an interesting story to say the least.


28 posted on 03/16/2015 10:26:27 PM PDT by willyd (I for one welcome our NSA overlords)
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