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    Mike Tyson Talks of Retiring
    By Mitch Abramson (December 27, 2004)

    Mike Tyson was at Gleason’s Gym in Brooklyn a few weeks ago, not to train, but to complete community service stemming from a fight he was involved in last year. Looking fleshy and relaxed, Tyson slipped on a pair of training mitts and offered a group of kids a short lesson in throwing and ducking punches, something his career has taken plenty of recently.


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    After he satisfied his last autograph seeker, of which there were hundreds, Tyson sat down for an impromptu press conference and confirmed his loyalists’ worse fears, rattling off a grocery list of Tysonisms that showed he was in top form, not physically but mentally: He admitted to snubbing his therapy sessions to rehab his recently operated knee, which he tore in a knockout loss to Danny Williams on July 30.

    “I haven’t been to therapy in more than a few months,” he said.

    Although he is cautiously scheduled to fight in March, Tyson shot down that rumor by confessing, in a statement that would be startling coming from anyone else that he may never fight again.

    ”I’ve reached a point in my life where I’m saying to myself, ‘what’s all of this stuff for?’” he said. “I don’t want to do it.”

    Warming to the subject, when a reporter asked him what he might miss of boxing if he left the sport for good, Tyson replied, “nothing,” and used an expletive to show his disdain.

    “Sometimes I train and sometimes I don’t,” he went on. “I don’t know what I’m doing. I’m trying to eat.”

    His need to pay off his famously incurred debts might drive him back into the ring. He made nearly $400 million during his career, yet filed for bankruptcy last year.

    Enormously popular, Tyson has always been a magnet for trouble.

    Earlier this year, Tyson pleaded guilty to charges of disorderly conduct from a brawl in a Brooklyn hotel lobby. Gleason’s owner Bruce Silverglade suggested to Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes that part of Tyson’s sentencing is spent teaching kids to box, and Tyson was ordered to complete 100 hours of community service, which he satisfied in Arizona, where he now lives, and at Gleason’s.

    This past November, Tyson was arrested when a man accused him of jumping onto the hood of his car in the parking lot of an Arizona nightclub.

    It’s this reporter’s opinion that Tyson should never fight again. It’s obvious his love of the sport has been replaced by an indifference and contempt that is astonishing given Tyson’s credentials. Yes, a well-conditioned, healthy Tyson would probably whip some of today’s premier heavyweights, but it’s clear that Tyson is not serious about the sport anymore, a shame since he has more charisma and talent in one of his fingers than practically the whole division.

    In his current state, John Ruiz would beat him. With all due respect to Ruiz, what does that tell you?

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    Tyson still has the tools to be cham again in today heavyweight division, but lack of purpose or direction in tysons life is sweeping that under the rug
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    Tyson was done when Buster Douglas beat him in 1990...I hate to say it but that was it for him no head movement no combos he's been ripe for the picking for quite some time....the only thing is he hits hard and that is what he owes his recent wins to...I mean Frans Botha was beating him before Mike caught him

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    Default Re: "IRON MIKE TYSON"

    tyson can be champ, the person that say something else

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    Default Re: "IRON MIKE TYSON"

    And I'm quite sure if the net exsisted 'fans' would be explaing how Ali would beat Berbick, then go on to beat Holmes in a rematch. Or how Louis was going to blow apart Marciano, then regain the world title

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    Default Re: "IRON MIKE TYSON"

    A fat mike tyson would kill a good shape Ruiz

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    My how a year can change things. Tyson has been blown out in his last fight and retired.
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    Default Re: "IRON MIKE TYSON"

    i aint taking the mick but the state the heavyweight devision is, Ali will probably come out of retirement and knock em all out.

    tyson still can stick in with the top 15. compare his hand speed to anyother heavyweight of today, even though he is washed up, he still has enuff to do the heavyweights today. maybe not the top 5!


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    Quote Originally Posted by TheChosenOne
    Tyson still has the tools to be cham again in today heavyweight division, but lack of purpose or direction in tysons life is sweeping that under the rug
    did u see the fight vs kevin mcbride?

    or danny williams

    or lennox for that matter

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    Quote Originally Posted by LawHoops
    Quote Originally Posted by TheChosenOne
    Tyson still has the tools to be cham again in today heavyweight division, but lack of purpose or direction in tysons life is sweeping that under the rug
    did u see the fight vs kevin mcbride?

    or danny williams

    or lennox for that matter
    Excatly, god i hated watching them.....I would of loved to see them in there with a Prime Tyson though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LawHoops
    Quote Originally Posted by TheChosenOne
    Tyson still has the tools to be cham again in today heavyweight division, but lack of purpose or direction in tysons life is sweeping that under the rug
    did u see the fight vs kevin mcbride?

    or danny williams

    or lennox for that matter

    No one had in March 2005
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fenster
    Quote Originally Posted by LawHoops
    Quote Originally Posted by TheChosenOne
    Tyson still has the tools to be cham again in today heavyweight division, but lack of purpose or direction in tysons life is sweeping that under the rug
    did u see the fight vs kevin mcbride?

    or danny williams

    or lennox for that matter

    No one had in March 2005
    Fenster.

    Now...on the subject of Tyson...he needs to just do a reality show...seriously...I hate reality television...but I have heard that he was made an offer & then he turned it down...now he's rethinking the matter.

    Honestly...I know a shatload of peeps that would watch it. Myself?

    Let's just say that the most fond memories I have of Tyson are the Lennox Lewis fight.

    God I miss Lewis.
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    Quote Originally Posted by wacko3205
    Quote Originally Posted by Fenster
    Quote Originally Posted by LawHoops
    Quote Originally Posted by TheChosenOne
    Tyson still has the tools to be cham again in today heavyweight division, but lack of purpose or direction in tysons life is sweeping that under the rug
    did u see the fight vs kevin mcbride?

    or danny williams

    or lennox for that matter

    No one had in March 2005
    Fenster.

    Now...on the subject of Tyson...he needs to just do a reality show...seriously...I hate reality television...but I have heard that he was made an offer & then he turned it down...now he's rethinking the matter.

    Honestly...I know a shatload of peeps that would watch it. Myself?

    Let's just say that the most fond memories I have of Tyson are the Lennox Lewis fight.

    God I miss Lewis.
    OOH harsh, Wackster!!!

    I love Tyson, he was a great, great fighter....Its a shame he lost the ability to charm, but the '80's version was a treat to watch....

    If I had the opportunity of seeing an 80's Tyson in the heavyweight division today or a 90's Lewis I would choose Tyson just like that

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    Default Re: "IRON MIKE TYSON"

    Tyson was tremendous in his day. Recently watched a program which showed all of his fights and in his prime he was nothing short of devastating with his speed and power. A very explosive fighter who nobody could touch in his day. Just a shame he couldn't always make the right decisions out of the ring.

    This talk of a reality show sounds interesting and would be worth watching.

    One thing is for sure that if another young Mike Tyson was offered to the sport of boxing we would take him in a second and he would walk through pretty much all the Heavyweight division has to offer now.

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    ...but devistating vs WHO?

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