Can you see Mike Tyson lighting the Olympic Torch someday?

[NWO4Life]

I've had this question floating around in my head for several years now.

Say we are 15-20 years from now. Do you think Mike Tyson would ever receive the honor of lighting the Olympic torch if the games were back on US soil? If it was not for the **** conviction, I would say "better than 75% chance", but even with the **** conviction, I see it being a possibility. America is a country all about forgiveness and redemption. We forgive people all the time for some of the most heinous things imaginable, especially if the person in question has turned their life around completely.

Mike Tyson, much like Muhammad Ali, has been an icon, a pariah, a convict, a ******, an engaging speaker, and is known the world over. Ali was outright reviled by much of white America for his stance on Vietnam, whereas Tyson went to prison for ****...which I see being the major factor differentiating the two when it comes to receiving the honor of lighting the torch. However, the more time has passed since his conviction it seems like the more people question his guilt and have been willing to forgive him, especially since he has turned his life around.

What do you guys think?

[BKM-2010]

His troubled past will prevent it.

[DeadLikeMe]

Brett Favre

[BKM-2010]

I hope Vince Carter too one day.

[The Noose]

No.
He is currently giving public speeches about his love for **********s.

I met him a few months ago in Scotland where he spoke for half an hour about trying to get with a girl and being confronted by Mitch Green, then proceeding to beat the crap out of him.

[The Noose]

I've had this question floating around in my head for several years now.

Say we are 15-20 years from now. Do you think Mike Tyson would ever receive the honor of lighting the Olympic torch if the games were back on US soil? If it was not for the **** conviction, I would say "better than 75% chance", but even with the **** conviction, I see it being a possibility. America is a country all about forgiveness and redemption. We forgive people all the time for some of the most heinous things imaginable, especially if the person in question has turned their life around completely.

Mike Tyson, much like Muhammad Ali, has been an icon, a pariah, a convict, a ******, an engaging speaker, and is known the world over. Ali was outright reviled by much of white America for his stance on Vietnam, whereas Tyson went to prison for ****...which I see being the major factor differentiating the two when it comes to receiving the honor of lighting the torch. However, the more time has passed since his conviction it seems like the more people question his guilt and have been willing to forgive him, especially since he has turned his life around.

What do you guys think?

Ali refusing to participate in a war, and being an icon for black pride is now celebrated.
Tysons **** conviction, saying afterwards he wished he did **** her and her mama, biting Holyfields ear off, trying to break Bothas arm, biting Lennox Lewis and saying he waned to eat his children and being arrested for assault and DIU's means he stands no hope of redemption in the public eye. Only boxing fans have sympathy for him.

[mezoomozaa]

yes , he deserves it
I don't like USA [ may be hate ] for all the wars and meddling in others affairs , but I still admire USA for letting Muhammad Ali to do it in 1996
Muhammad Ali is global icon and was fully deserving it . but I thought that official circles in USA don't like him , or don't want someone like him with long history of criticizing USA politics .
if they let the old 62-year-old Tyson to do it in 2028 , I will admire USA more and more , for giving the example in forgiving the person and let him has new more clean way of life
and don't forget that Tyson is the ONLY other global boxing icon , besides Ali
believe me , no one outside boxing fans circle in Africa or Asia know who Joe louis or Mayweather are !!

[Enzo Mc is SHIT]

No.

I think Tyson is a truly changed man from the wild and nasty individual he was, but an honour so significant shouldn't go to a convicted rapist.

[sdcluser]

Mike Tyson will light the torch with chains and orange jumpsuits. How likely is that?

[CHOWWOKKA]

Not after The Hangover no...