I think so.
Here's a guy that was taken from a dead end life, nurtured and trained from a very young age by one of the greatest trainers in boxing history - introduced to the right people, injected into the sport at the right time, matched against the right opponents, basically had everything mapped out for him - and still managed to blow it.
In his career, Tyson made about 400 million dollars, but now he's 200 million dollars in debt, with no way to pay it back.
How the f**k does someone do that?
And I'm tired of people blaming Don King and the myriad of hangers-on that he had around him. Mike Tyson is a grown man in control of his own faculties. It was his choice to have those people there. Whatever happened to personal responsibilty?
The incredible athlete that Cus D'Amato created, that should have gone down in history as the greatest heavyweight champ ever, is now relegated to being a footnote in the sport, a case of what might have been
I see him ending up like Liston.
2006-09-05
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