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Not one of the best boxers around, but the man was oozing entertainment before Adrien Broner became a thing.
This interview is a fascinating time warp back to a time when boxers weren't making multi-millions to fight pies.
Highlights:
This interview is a fascinating time warp back to a time when boxers weren't making multi-millions to fight pies.
Highlights:
- Says Don King set him up - he didn't know King was going to head up the promotional which he felt favored Tyson
- Suspected that Tyson really was gay and when he saw Tyson kiss his cornerman it just added credibility to why he called him female names
- Says he's not sure he ****d the girl (the one that sent Tyson to prison originally), but if he did, that's why he always asks first and doesn't assume that paying for dinner is a guarantee like some guys do
- Says Tyson won't answer any questions about the fight because he knows that King did him dirty to help him win
- Says that he was the only one who wanted to fight Tyson at the time
- Says he was ranked #6 at the time which entitled him to a title shot, but King influenced to cheat him out of it
- Says that instead of being given a hotel suite he was put in a tiny room with insufficient facilities to properly train
- Says he went out calling Tyson out for a rematch so much to try and expose what he felt was a deck stacked against him
- Says that he was supposed to fight James 'Bonecrusher' Smith for the WBA title if he beat Tyson (Tyson would later beat Bonecrusher and unify WBC/WBA) - as a result of not winning, he didn't have a good downside guarantee and made a low five figures for the fight