In a new interview with Details magazine Mike Tyson talks about everything from his young daughter dying to the art of intimidation. Check out some of our favorite snippets:
Details: And what did you learn from Mr. Ali?
Mike Tyson: Believe it or not, with all that poetry and the butterflies, what I learned from Ali was meanness. He was the meanest fighter of all time. He’d be in there with Foreman, hardest puncher of all time, he’d be in there with Frazier, another hardest puncher, and he’d be taking it, boom, getting pounded, and then he’d turn, when it was his time, and you’d look at that face, and he’s screaming. [Does an Ali impression] “I’m not [Throws a punch] scared [Throws a punch] of you, you fu@%ing fa&&ot. [Throws two punches] You fu@%ing punk. I’m fu@%ing God, and worship me. I’m the greatest. [Throws two punches] You’re a little fu@%ing boy, cocksucker.” Nobody at ringside reported it, but nobody shit-talked like Ali.
Mike Tyson: You know, physically, he was just a pussy. He walked into this room, people would think he’s a wimp. He can’t kick no one’s ass. But his intensity, his tenacity. Wow, it’s like: What kind of guy is this? He was a doctor, man. He was a wimp. And then he’s a killer? A revolutionary. He got turned out! But they got him. They got him good. And when that guy came to shoot him? The guy respected him, and he hesitated. Che said, “You gonna shoot me? C’mon, shoot me, you fu@%ing pussy.”
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the smartest dumbest man ever not dumb mentally just actions i guess thats just his craziness
show me a more honest person. I love Mike!