March 31, 2013: Mike Tyson Responds to His Kids Wanting to be Boxers

Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be boxers, let em be engineers and footballers and such....

Mike is right. Of course there are exceptions when nerds from decent families become great boxers. Guys such as Barrera, Mikey Garcia, and Eubank came from decent family but still had the desire to become great fighters.

BUt generally, u gotta come from dirt poor poverty to know what real hunger is. There is an old saying in Korea that goes Boxing is a hungry man's sport.

Kids today are too soft..

I you have the hunger, dedication, and desire to prove yourself then you will succeed...simple as that, but if you're living life high on the hog already it's hard to stay that motivated.


The Klitschko's weren't destitute by any stretch of the imagination, they had a decent upbringing. Yes their father was sent to Chernobyl but he was in the Armed Forces, it was his job to go there.


Anybody can just be poor, but to be a champion you have to strive to better yourself and never lose that hunger, its difficult no matter where you come from.