Comments Thread For: Mike Tyson Reflects on His Career, Living Life, The Future

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By Mitch Abramson - If this is how it’s going to be for Mike Tyson as a promoter, then the more shows he’s involved in and gets to hype and talk about himself, then the better.

In a bizarre conference call with reporters to promote his first trip into the promotional side of the business on Friday, Tyson went all Tyson on the news media on Monday, going off message and speaking as if he was a boxer talking about being a promoter instead of being an actual promoter (if that makes any sense). Tyson spoke about the time he thought about committing suicide. For a few brief hilarious seconds, he forgot he was a promoter, saying he didn’t really want to be a promoter but that his true passion lay in being a trainer.

He couldn’t help himself, speaking of his desire to punch Don King and of his financial problems. Yes, Tyson was in a talkative mood on Monday when he crowed about his first promotional endeavor, Iron Mike Productions and the first show on ESPN at the Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, N.Y., on Friday, just a short car ride away from where he learned to box in Catskill, NY under famed trainer Cus D’Amato. [Click Here To Read More]

[LoadedWraps]

WAR TYSON!! A legend, I wish his career would have been longer.

[ShoulderRoll]

I'm looking forward to reading his memoir. Hopefully it will be a big seller for him.

[DwightMare]

What fighter with any sense would sign with Iron Mike Promotions? I like Mike too an all but the dude made more money than any fighter in his era and had the worst financial difficulty than any other fighter in his era. That's not the kind of promoter I would want if I was a fighter.

[megadeth]

What fighter with any sense would sign with Iron Mike Promotions? I like Mike too an all but the dude made more money than any fighter in his era and had the worst financial difficulty than any other fighter in his era. That's not the kind of promoter I would want if I was a fighter.

What does that have to do w/ promoting? You think Mike is doing the accounting for the company as well?

[DwightMare]

What does that have to do w/ promoting? You think Mike is doing the accounting for the company as well?

So Mike trusting someone else to handle the money end again. How'd that work out last time?

[RawDawgHasSpokn]

Don't be an idiot. Mike Tyson is just the name and face of the company. You think Mike has the money to start a promotion company? Somebody else is behind the scenes making a power play.

[GRboxing]

I wish Tyson the best. A real guy to the fullest and I'd buy his book in a heartbeat

Anyone see "Tyson" ? Brilliant.

[JamesEarl]

Beware of Tyson He's on the edge

Mike Tyson is liable to explodeon society in a second. No one is safe around this felon. Beware of this time bomb Tyson. Violence will follow.

[JamesEarl]

Tyson ain't no promoter no way

Giving Mike Tyson a boxing promoters license is like giving Visine to a peeping Tom.