The Best Tyson Video Yet...

[straight down the pike]

I love Mike Tyson it is so sad how he wasted his whole life away. Great video i almost cried when i watched it. almost. lol

[Shamrock]

Someone once said 'You can take the kid outta the streets but you can't take the streets outta the kid' The phrase could have been invented to describe Tyson.

Teddy Atlas saw issues with the way he treated women from when he first when to the Catskills but they were ignored to re-surface later. Personally I don't think he was guilty of rape but there's no doubting his attitude towards women is neanderthal. Then there was the infamous spat with Mitch Green - what the hell was he doing on the streets of Harlem (i think it was) at silly o'clock in the morning getting himself into that situation.

In general if you take any kid from a poor background that has money and fame thrust upon them and something bad will happen. They start to think that the rules don't apply. Tyson was emotionally a child in mans world. Yes he brought a lot of it on himself but those that set his potential to be World Champion above everything else including his development as a person have to share some of the blame.

[bikersk]

I agree about the tyson issues but the stuff about people from poor backgrounds is a bit generalised and judgemental. Tyson sure had/has issues that needed attention and it is sad that those who were around him seemed to not help him. However he was a grown man and capable of making his own choices, he just made some bad ones. i'm amazed that anyone could blow the kind of money he had though something like $800Mil gone. On the other point there would be plenty of examples of people coming from poor backgrounds and doing well. The mundines are an example here. Tony and Anthony have excelled at their sport and remained great role models for their people despite success and money.

[Shamrock]

I agree about the tyson issues but the stuff about people from poor backgrounds is a bit generalised and judgemental. Tyson sure had/has issues that needed attention and it is sad that those who were around him seemed to not help him. However he was a grown man and capable of making his own choices, he just made some bad ones. i'm amazed that anyone could blow the kind of money he had though something like $800Mil gone. On the other point there would be plenty of examples of people coming from poor backgrounds and doing well. The mundines are an example here. Tony and Anthony have excelled at their sport and remained great role models for their people despite success and money.

Don't get me wrong I did start it of by saying 'In general...'

Reading it back it did sound a little judgemental.Wasn't meant to be - I was brought up in a poor council estate in the North East England and have nothing but the utmost respect for anyone who fights there way out of it either with their fists in the ring or with their brains out of it.

[bikersk]

Yeah i could tell you wern't trying to be judgemental. You are probably right about it applying to Tyson though unfortunately, but with Tyson you get the impression it wouldn't have mattered where he grew up there is just something in him....