Yeah, I chat with Steve a little bit and he has told me how hes constantly trying to get back in touch with Mike, hes always sending him stuff in the post and calling or leaving messages on his numerous phones but he gets no replys.
It sounds like Steve is hacked off in that piece and to be honest I think he is, more that Mike wont just man up and rid his life of all the farcial shit and just work at being a decent bloke again.
Its a shame he never hooked back up with his old friends and team before Torres died, deep down that will hurt Mike, I think all his problems now are related to the way he treated that original team and his stubborness to not admit he was wrong.
Steve still works with Kevin Rooney who has some of his own problems but both would gladly take Mike back int o their lives and not for any money either, they all spent alot of time together and were very close, then Mike listens to King and basicly just shits all over them.
King got Mike to ask Jacobs if his friend could use his image on some merchandise and Jim was hesitant to do so, Mike kept on so he relented then King says that Jacobs has renaged on his part of the contract and gets Mike for himself
Steve told me Mike went looking for him and Kevin in 2000, neither were around but Steve found out and met up with Mike, they talked for a couple of hours and Steve put to him a plan to try to get back to the top of boxing which included alot of publicity stuff, taking a few bouts around the world and having Keving drilling him in the D'amato system again.
Mike was very interested and agreed but as soon as he walked out the door, the scum that need Mike as their gravy train talked him out of it, otherwise hed be back with good trainers, managers and advisors and wouldnt be doing the shit they had him doing.
Just think though, if he had gone through with it, the Lewis fight might have gone a whole lot better for him.
Mike is embarrassed at what he has let himself become and does still have respect for all the old team, you can see his eyes well up whenever he talks about them, I also talk to someone who is close with Mike now and they say he wont ever talk about Cus and the old crew because he gets too upset.
Its never too late for him to go back to New York and make amends, they made him one of the most devastating and skilled fighters ever, they gave him unbelievable advertising contracts, he was the most famous and loved sportsman in the world with them and they never did wrong by him but he just dumps them to make a joke out of his life and career.
He could still put it all back together, not for fighting but he would still make good money from his name, at the moment hes doing nothing and has nothing, compared to what he did have.
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