"I deserve a second chance" or How I Squandered $400 million
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Tyson: 'I Deserve Another Chance'
Former Champ To Fight In Kentucky July 30
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Former world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson said despite his troubled past, he thinks he deserves a second chance.
Tyson, who took the boxing world by storm in the late 1980s, will fight former British champ Danny Williams at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Ky., on July 30. Tyson spoke to reporters at a news conference in Louisville Tuesday morning, Louisville television station WLKY reported.
"This is a free country," said Tyson, who's squandered approximately $400 million in career winnings and is now trying to get out of debt. "It's the greatest country in the world."
The July 30 bout is the first of seven scheduled to get Tyson, who will turn 38 on Wednesday, out of debt, WLKY reported. He hasn't fought in about 17 months, and has spent some of his time lately living on the street, according to the London Evening Standard.
"For two years, I have been a bum."
-- Mike Tyson
"For two years I have been a bum, truly a bum in the streets," he told the newspaper of Williams' hometown. "I've got nowhere to live. I've been crashing with friends, literally sleeping in shelters."
Tyson, whose troubled past includes a rape conviction among other transgressions, said Tuesday he looks forward to the opportunity to show he's matured, WLKY reported.
"I may have a checkered past, which we all have, some more publicized than others," he said. "But I think I've grown since then, and I deserve another chance to prove that my checkered past can be swept away."
Though the boxer has been in and out of hot water for much of the last 15 years, sports fans have seemed forgiving of Tyson, as the ovation at the conclusion of Tuesday's press conference might have suggested.
Former Champ To Fight In Kentucky July 30
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Former world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson said despite his troubled past, he thinks he deserves a second chance.
Tyson, who took the boxing world by storm in the late 1980s, will fight former British champ Danny Williams at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Ky., on July 30. Tyson spoke to reporters at a news conference in Louisville Tuesday morning, Louisville television station WLKY reported.
"This is a free country," said Tyson, who's squandered approximately $400 million in career winnings and is now trying to get out of debt. "It's the greatest country in the world."
The July 30 bout is the first of seven scheduled to get Tyson, who will turn 38 on Wednesday, out of debt, WLKY reported. He hasn't fought in about 17 months, and has spent some of his time lately living on the street, according to the London Evening Standard.
"For two years, I have been a bum."
-- Mike Tyson
"For two years I have been a bum, truly a bum in the streets," he told the newspaper of Williams' hometown. "I've got nowhere to live. I've been crashing with friends, literally sleeping in shelters."
Tyson, whose troubled past includes a rape conviction among other transgressions, said Tuesday he looks forward to the opportunity to show he's matured, WLKY reported.
"I may have a checkered past, which we all have, some more publicized than others," he said. "But I think I've grown since then, and I deserve another chance to prove that my checkered past can be swept away."
Though the boxer has been in and out of hot water for much of the last 15 years, sports fans have seemed forgiving of Tyson, as the ovation at the conclusion of Tuesday's press conference might have suggested.
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PfffftPolitical Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
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What Confucious said over 2000 years ago is still true today: "A fool and his money are soon parted.";)Proud and loyal citizen of the Digital Domain and Solid State Country!
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What a buffoon! :rolleyes:2 channel - Willsenton R8 tube integrated, Holo Audio Spring 3 KTE DAC, audio optimized NUC7i5, Windows 10 Pro/JRiver MC29/Fidelizer Plus 8.7 w/LPS and external SSD drive, PS Audio PerfectWave P3 regenerator, KEF R3 speakers, Rythmik F12SE subwoofer, Audioquest Diamond USB cable, Gabriel Gold IC's, Morrow Audio SP5 speaker cables. Computer - Windows 10/JRiver, Schiit Magni 3+/Modi 3+, Fostex PMO.4n monitors, Sennheiser HD600 headphones
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"This is a free country," said Tyson, who's squandered approximately $400 million in career winnings and is now trying to get out of debt. "It's the greatest country in the world."
HOW THE F*** DO YOU BLOW THAT MUCH MONEY!
How did he come up with SECOND chance. He's had 10 times that amount and STILL blew it. Leave the bum on the streets!
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Don King robbed him blind.
He recently got a license to fight in NJ. So, you should expect to see in Atlantic City soon.RTi70 Fronts
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Don King would be more than happy to give him his 11th chance. Tyson musta funded half Don's crooked bank account.The Family
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This is pretty f***ed up right here.
