Quote Originally Posted by bikersk View Post
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.