Evander is quoted as saying no one could or would work as hard as Mike in his early days. Evander says Mike was his inspiration. (it's on evanders site)
I think there's no more petrol tickets though.
after rooney he trained in vegas with aaron snowell, a friend from the catskills.
Tim Witherspoon once described him as some kind of gym rat. Always hanging around but you never quite knew why.
We gotta be lenient on tyson. if we grew up the way he did, there would be a much higher chance that we would be as messed up or more messed up than he is. his achievements are pretty amazing considering the terrible environment that he grew up in
After he left Rooney he stopped training. Notice that's when his trouble's began.
I noticed Tyson's troubles started as a teenager, when he was caught trying to fondle a young girl and almost got his head blown off by Teddy Atlas.
Or when Jimmy Jacobs had to pay out some "hush money" to the family of a young girl who lived up in the Catskills, who Tyson had sexually assaulted in his amateur boxing days.
Or even earlier than that, when as a young boy Tyson would go around beating up and robbing the elderly.
Tyson ALWAYS had his "troubles", and with or without Kevin Rooney, he would've continued to do so. So don't blame Rooney for Tyson's downfall, as he had absolutely nothing to do with it.
All the blame should go on the only man whose responsible...Mike Tyson!