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To: Lorianne
Truly awful, it only takes a few minutes.

I've felt sorry for Tyson at times, he never seemed to be right after Cus died.

14 posted on 05/25/2009 7:41:11 PM PDT by BallyBill (Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
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To: BallyBill
You got that right. Cus D'Amato/Mike Tyson was like Mickey/Rocky Balboa. A father figure.

Tyson reminded me so much of Joe Frazier when he was 20. That hard to hit bob-and-weave style, with a devastating punch.

Then Don King got hold of him.

I think Tyson was already on the edge of the cliff except that D'Amato was able to keep him from going over, much like Chuck Daly was able to keep Dennis Rodman from going over. Then, along comes someone who wants to exploit a fragile personality, or simply not capable of recognizing the need.

21 posted on 05/25/2009 8:06:20 PM PDT by FlyVet
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