Mmmm
I've followed the fight-game for many years. First one I went to was Sugar Ray Leonard v Alan Minter (God I'm old) and since then have followed certain fighters along their careers.
One of them is Mike Tyson. I can understand peoples hatred of him but we must understand the shi5t he has had to deal with over the years. We can all sit in judgement of people from a distance but I think we should look past the hype and lies of the tabloids and perhaps realise this guy had been dealt a really tough deal in life. OK we can say he got convicted by a Court of this and that but at the end of the day we must realise that 'innocent' people are convicted guilty and being in the public eye people are all to ready to tread all over you.
Luckily Lennox has had a great Team around him for his career and this has enabled him to keep his act together over the tough times he has had. Lennox is a worthy champion and he MUST now go down in the 'Hall Of Fighting Fame'.
It was sad to see last night the demise and fall of a legend. This is sad in any sport but I feel that Tyson's demise has been through others involvement and actions and not from his own doing. Tysons interview showed the REAL him as when he won the World Championship 16 years ago. A quietly spoken, unassuming bloke who looked for all the world lost and vunerable.
No doubt I'll get shot down in flames here but hey, thats BB's

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glen