One of Tyson's old foes knew he was always destined for the top.
Lennox Lewis has previously detailed what sparring sessions would look like with a young Mike Tyson – and it sounds frightening, to say the least.
"I thought the Americans sent the best team? 'Yeah but one guy, he doesn't like taking planes and his manager don't like taking planes either.' They told me it was"While we were up there, Razor Ruddock was up there. They said, 'Razor Ruddock didn't spar with us'. So I said, 'Okay, I'll spar with you, I'm here for four days'."
"The first time Tyson actually met me he was a really nice guy, he took me to his room and showed me some old flicks that I have never seen before of old time fighters," he added.
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