Tyson sparring stories?.

[catskills23]

idk who he was, and cant think of to many stories from my head but i know they were paying sparring partners like $100 a round

do you know any sparring partners giving tyson trouble when he was with rooney or did he just knock them over like bowling pins?.

[The Surgeon]

Catskills, this aint a sparring story but i met Mike a few weeks ago and he was great, so was Tim Wetherspoon who was with him. Spoon told this story where Tyson was at Don Kings house and Tim burst in raging at Don about a boat load of money he was owe him, They had to get seperated as Tim was gonna kill King! Tyson talked Tim down and gave him 50 grand while Don is standing there yelling "DONT GIVE THAT ***** ****!" Lol thought that was pretty cool

[joe strong]

how do you know this?.

i live in edmonton...its no secret here!

[ROSS CALIFORNIA]

There is an old show out there where Keven Rooney is talking about a sparing partner that got in the ring with Mike for the first time. He said Tyson started on the attack right off and after a few hits the new sparing partner put up his hands and said hold up stop, got out of the ring and walked out of the gym never to return.

[cusd'amatokid]

There is an old show out there where Keven Rooney is talking about a sparing partner that got in the ring with Mike for the first time. He said Tyson started on the attack right off and after a few hits the new sparing partner put up his hands and said hold up stop, got out of the ring and walked out of the gym never to return.

yup ive heard that one, dont even think he took his gloves off lol

[Hank19]

do you know any sparring partners giving tyson trouble when he was with rooney or did he just knock them over like bowling pins?.

While with Rooney Mcall and Mike Williams would give Tyson trouble.
But you have to remember, when preparing for a fight, most sparring partners only have to do 3 rounds at a time while the main fighter has to put in a full 8 or even 12.
Rooney had Tyson spar 12 rounds, Monday-through-Friday for four weeks before a bout. That's why he was razor sharp by the time of the fight.

McCall loves to talk about how he roughed up Mike all the time in sparring. I don't doubt he gave Tyson some problems. But usually fighters put their toughest guys in for the last few rounds of sparring. So there's a chance McCall walked in fresh as a daisy after Mike had already put in 9 hard rounds.

Sugar Ray Leonard has talked about doing that same thing and pointed out that his sparring partners were having their way with him as he prepared for Haglar.

I think it says a lot that even today, people are fascinated to hear about Tyson losing rounds during sparring.
That speaks volumes as to how good he was while focused and properly trained.

[catskills23]

While with Rooney Mcall and Mike Williams would give Tyson trouble.
But you have to remember, when preparing for a fight, most sparring partners only have to do 3 rounds at a time while the main fighter has to put in a full 8 or even 12.
Rooney had Tyson spar 12 rounds, Monday-through-Friday for four weeks before a bout. That's why he was razor sharp by the time of the fight.

McCall loves to talk about how he roughed up Mike all the time in sparring. I don't doubt he gave Tyson some problems. But usually fighters put their toughest guys in for the last few rounds of sparring. So there's a chance McCall walked in fresh as a daisy after Mike had already put in 9 hard rounds.

Sugar Ray Leonard has talked about doing that same thing and pointed out that his sparring partners were having their way with him as he prepared for Haglar.

I think it says a lot that even today, people are fascinated to hear about Tyson losing rounds during sparring.
That speaks volumes as to how good he was while focused and properly trained.

how do you know mccall and williams gave tyson trouble?.

[Haglerwins]

lol @ catskills' expert trolling. Shts hilarious.

[catskills23]

While with Rooney Mcall and Mike Williams would give Tyson trouble.
But you have to remember, when preparing for a fight, most sparring partners only have to do 3 rounds at a time while the main fighter has to put in a full 8 or even 12.
Rooney had Tyson spar 12 rounds, Monday-through-Friday for four weeks before a bout. That's why he was razor sharp by the time of the fight.

McCall loves to talk about how he roughed up Mike all the time in sparring. I don't doubt he gave Tyson some problems. But usually fighters put their toughest guys in for the last few rounds of sparring. So there's a chance McCall walked in fresh as a daisy after Mike had already put in 9 hard rounds.

Sugar Ray Leonard has talked about doing that same thing and pointed out that his sparring partners were having their way with him as he prepared for Haglar.

I think it says a lot that even today, people are fascinated to hear about Tyson losing rounds during sparring.
That speaks volumes as to how good he was while focused and properly trained.

how do you know tyson had trouble with mccall and mike williams?.

[catskills23]

While with Rooney Mcall and Mike Williams would give Tyson trouble.
But you have to remember, when preparing for a fight, most sparring partners only have to do 3 rounds at a time while the main fighter has to put in a full 8 or even 12.
Rooney had Tyson spar 12 rounds, Monday-through-Friday for four weeks before a bout. That's why he was razor sharp by the time of the fight.

McCall loves to talk about how he roughed up Mike all the time in sparring. I don't doubt he gave Tyson some problems. But usually fighters put their toughest guys in for the last few rounds of sparring. So there's a chance McCall walked in fresh as a daisy after Mike had already put in 9 hard rounds.

Sugar Ray Leonard has talked about doing that same thing and pointed out that his sparring partners were having their way with him as he prepared for Haglar.

I think it says a lot that even today, people are fascinated to hear about Tyson losing rounds during sparring.
That speaks volumes as to how good he was while focused and properly trained.

how do you know tyson had trouble with mccall and mike williams?.