i used to hate tyson in the 80s esp. when he beat up one of my favorite boxers Larry The easton Assassin Holmes. I rooted for McNeeley, seldon and all the tomato cans, right up to the 2 Holyfield fights. I even rooted for Botha. But something changed in me after that fight. I started to care about Tyson the human being. You know, feel some sympathy/compassion for him as a man, for everything he went through, and how totally unprepared he was for the stardom/finances/marriage etc. I mean really even I with a relatively stable upbringing compared to that would find it hard at age 20 to be thrust into all that. what a toxic mix for tyson. and he never really got it together until maybe this year or so. I felt horrible to see him standing tough and taking those shots from Lewis, and felt equally bad to see him lose to Williams and McBride.

Call me Mr. Empathy, go ahead.