As the circus wheels on around him, Mike Tyson knows there is nothing new to say – so at his pre-fight press conference he said nothing
before he fights Jake Paul in a charade of a contest on Friday night in Arlington, Texas. As I stared at his familiar tattooed face I remembered what he had told me on a sweltering afternoon in the summer of 1991.
Ariel Helwani, the astute and polished combat sports journalist hosting the Texas press conference, tried hard with Tyson. But there was no shifting old Mike. “I’m ready to fight,” was his most expansive comment asHelwani opened up the presser to other reporters. They also did their best but Tyson remained mute or mumbled a few words.
Tyson didn’t use such trauma to justify his malevolence. He said: “I look back at the life I once had and see that I didn’t have an emotional problem. I had a morality problem. I was without any morals.” He added: “That’s all I once knew – how to hurt people.” Desiree Washington has avoided publicity while Tyson claimed some kind of redemption from the sins of his past. But he has also been lost in endless struggles with drink, drugs and depression. He is now locked in the lunacy of this week.
Mike Tyson’s infamous second fight with Evander Holyfield in Las Vegas in June 1997 ended after he had bitten both his rival’s ears.All these memories tumbled through me on Wednesday night as people whooped at the sight of Tyson in Texas. Paul was frustrated. “It’s cute,” he initially said of Tyson’s reticence. But then the YouTuber declared: “I fear no man. I want him to be that old savage Mike … I want there to be no excuses when I knock him out.
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