MIKE TYSON IN THE RING...AGAIN?
Well, I GUESS EVERYONE HAS HEARD THE BIG BOXING NEWS! NO, LENNOX LEWIS HAS NOT DECIDED TO COME OUT OF RETIREMENT. MIKE TYSON IS GETTING BACK INTO THE RING. I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING, IT'S POSSIBLY THE SAME THING I'VE BEEN THINKING SINCE HIS LAST FIGHT... HIM AGAIN! BEFORE I GO INTO THIS SAD ARTICLE I WANT TO SAY THIS, I AM A TYSON FAN. I DO NOT BELIEVE HE RAPED DESIREE WASHINGTON. I WAS WITH THE POPULAR OPINION OF ROBIN GIVENS BEING A GOLD DIGGER WHEN THE TWO DIVORCED. I WAS SHOCKED WHEN HE LOST TO BUSTER DOUGLAS IN JAPAN. BUT I KNOW THAT THIS MAN IS LESS THAN 15% THE MAN WE ALL KNEW BEFORE ALL HIS PROBLEMS SURFACED.
REMEMBER THE OLD TYSON? I REMEMBER TYSON WHEN HE WAS FIGHTING ON ESPN'S NOW DEFUNCT TOP RANKED BOXING. HIS COMBINATIONS WERE DEVASTATING LEADING UP TO A VERY QUICK END TO THE FIGHT. THE TYSON CAMP WAS ROCK SOLID WITH CUS D'AMATO AND TEDDY ATLAS SHOWING HIM THE ROPES. THE FIRST ONE TO GO WAS ATLAS WHEN THEIR RELATIONSHIP WENT SOUTH IN A HURRY. THE CUS D'AMATO DIED. THEN TYSON CAREER STARTED TO DECLINE. EVERYONE KNOWS THE YEARS LOST IN PRISON. IT'S WHAT HE LOST IN PRISON IS THE PROBLEM. HE LOST THE FUNDAMENTALS THAT HIS EARLY TRAINERS TAUGHT HIM. THE COMBINATIONS, THE JAB. THE BODY PUNCHES THAT WOULD SET UP THE THOSE KNOCKOUT PUNCHES. HE GOT IN REAL TROUBLE GETTING HOOKED UP WITH DON KING, BUT THAT IS ANOTHER STORY. HE STARTED BELIEVING THE HYPE THAT ALL OF HIS BOYS WERE TELLING HIM. HE WAS THE BADDEST MAN IN THE WORLD. HE CARRIED THAT THOUGHT INTO THE FIRST EVANDER HOLYFIELD FIGHT. EVANDER HOLYFIELD TRAINED HARD WORKED AND EVEN PRAYED FOR THIS FIGHT. IF YOU WERE THE MAJORITY OF BOXING FANS AROUND THE WORLD, YOU THOUGHT HE MIGHT HAVE NEEDED IT. WHEN TYSON SAW THE CANVAS OVER ANDOVER AGAIN HE SAW HIMSELF ON THE WRONG END OF ANOTHER STUNNING UPSET. I SAW THAT PRESS CONFERENCE, FOLKS IT WAS A SIGHT TO SEE. IF YOU REMEMBER, ALL OF HIS BOYS IN THE BACKGROUND TELLING EVERYBODY THAT HE WOULD BE BACK AND THAT HOLYFIELD COULD NEVER DO IT AGAIN. THEN YOU WOULD SEE MIKE TYSON GO AS FAR AS TO SAY THAT HE WAS SO IMPRESSED THAT HE WANTED JUST TO TOUCH HIM. WHAT THE? AT THIS MOMENT THE JIG WAS UP, TYSON COULD GET BEAT AND WELL. THE BUSTER FIGHT WAS A FLUKE, THIS FIGHT WAS A CAN OF BUTT WHOOPIN' AND TYSON HAD A SIX PACK.
IF YOU THOUGHT THE TYSON CAREER WAS IN A TUMBLE BEFORE, WHAT ABOUT THE SECOND TITLE FIGHT WITH HOLYFIELD? HE BECAME A VERB IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE WHEN HE BIT OFF THE EAR OF EVANDER HOLYFIELD. HE WAS GETTING KILLED BY HOLYFIELD IN THE FIRST THREE ROUNDS AND HE COMPLETELY LOST CONTROL OF HIS MIND. THEN AFTER THE FIGHT HE SAID THAT HE HATED HOLYFIELD AND WAS GOING TO EAT THE MAN'S CHILDREN. UH, LET'S CHECK INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE THOROUGHLY SHALL WE? HE WANTED TO EAT HOLYFIELD'S KIDS LIKE A PORK CHOP. AT LEAST SOMEBODY WAS PAYING ATTENTION, HE WAS BANNED IN VEGAS AND ATLANTIC CITY ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. SADLY, THAT WAS THE LAST NIGHT THAT I WAS A TYSON FAN. NOT BECAUSE HE LOST, BUT HE KNEW HE COULDN'T WIN SO HE COPPED OUT.
AFTER TYSON GOT A LESSON IN BOXING FROM LENNOX LEWIS, HE HIT ROCK BOTTOM GETTING KNOCKED OUT BY TOMATO CAN DANNY WILLIAMS. EVERYBODY WILL SAY THAT HE HAD A BUM KNEE THAT HURT TYSON'S CHANCES. I SAY NO, LET'S GO BACK TO THE EARLIER PARAGRAPHS. HE HAS NO FUNDAMENTALS IN THE RING. HE DEPENDS ON THE ONE BIG PUNCH TO KNOCK OUT HIS OPPONENTS. HE REMINDS ME OF HIS NINTENDO GAME BACK IN THE DAY, "MIKE TYSON'S PUNCH OUT." IF YOU COULD GET THROUGH THE FIRST 1:30 OF THE FIRST ROUND YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO BEAT HIM. WELL IN REAL LIFE, IF YOU CAN GET PAST THE THIRD ROUND, YOU WILL BEAT MIKE TYSON.
FOLKS, THE REASON WHY MIKE TYSON IS FIGHTING IS MONEY. WHAT'S SHOCKING ME IS SOMEBODY THINKS SOMEONE'S GOING TO PAY FOR THIS PAY PER VIEW EVENT. VEGAS SAYS THE MAN WILL KILL A TOMATO CAN NAMED KEVIN MCBRIDE. SPORTS THE SOURCE SAYS THIS, IF MCBRIDE GETS THROUGH TO THE FOURTH ROUND, I'LL BE WRITING THIS SAME ARTICLE IN SIX MONTHS.
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