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June 22, 2004
Bum of the month: In yet another comeback, Mike Tyson is to fight Britains Danny Willams, who is distinguished mainly by having lost to Julius Francis, who sold advertising space on the soles of his shoes when he fought Tyson. Will anybody actually part with real money to witness this freak show?
posted by Fat Buddha to boxing at 01:53 PM - 11 comments
Of all athletes, I feel the most pity for Mike Tyson. I find him and his story depressing.
posted by rocketman at 02:40 PM on June 22, 2004
I'll never understand how some people can accrue millions and millions of dollars, only to lose it all. What the heck did he spend it on? I suspect he wasn't a finance major.
posted by sixpacker at 03:22 PM on June 22, 2004
I have enormous sympathy for Tyson, although I wouldn't want the bugger moving in next door. At every turn, he seems to have lost the plot or taken the wrong advice and he has ended up a sad, broken individual. It's a shame.
posted by Fat Buddha at 03:44 PM on June 22, 2004
come on...he's as entertaining as michael jackson, in a grotesque/car crash kind of way. I'd buy the PPV, if I hear his facial tatooing is complete.
posted by garfield at 04:00 PM on June 22, 2004
Tyson to his handlers: You want me to fight who? Thith ith ludacrithp! Thith ith an abomination! I'm a profethional athlete you ath-holes! What? Fifty buckth to thay what? Thally thellth thellth by the thee thore.
posted by lilnemo at 04:40 PM on June 22, 2004
That's just cold, lilnemo. And funny.
posted by dusted at 05:06 PM on June 22, 2004
Very funny.
posted by Fat Buddha at 05:08 PM on June 22, 2004
Personally, I'm waiting for the Tyson/ Dredrick Tatum/ Secretariat bout.
posted by lilnemo at 05:12 PM on June 22, 2004
"I'll be punching out a White Rhino at 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:00, 9:00, and 11:00" - Dredrick Tatum
posted by Ufez Jones at 05:17 PM on June 22, 2004
What the heck did he spend it on? Don King's wallet. And I find this post's title to be deceptive.
posted by yerfatma at 05:39 PM on June 22, 2004
I feel oddly priviliedged to have lived my life throughout the entire Tyson career - from unbeatable to unforgiveable. Strange creature - a mutant breed; never meant for mass-production. Prediction: Wins this fight - dead before 2010.