“I Asked This Lady Lewd Question Because I’m in a Lot of Pain Too”: Robbed and Betrayed Mike Tyson Justified Why Media Deserves to Be ‘Stomped’ in Forgotten Interview

After his first defeat in 1990, the fans saw ‘Iron’ Mike’s world – personal and professional, taking a nosedive. Returning from jail, where he served a sentence for the Desiree Washington case, saw Mike Tyson become a world champion again on March 16, 1996. But a year later, the infamous ‘Bite Fight’ suspended him for almost eighteen months. Finally, at the age of thirty-five, he decided to have a last go at world titles; his opponent, then world champion Lennox Lewis.

The match was scheduled at Memphis, Tennesse’s The Pyramid, on June 8, 2002. So before the fight, a pack of reporters met Tyson in Maui, Hawai Islands. According to his trainer at the time, Ronnie Shields, the reason for keeping the former champion far away was to fend off “…the media and the street life that you try to keep fighters away from,” as reported by sfgate. But even then, he couldn’t prevent himself from telling a lady reporter that he has physical relations with most of the ladies interviewing him.

Mike Tyson talks about the pain and agony of his life

A short video of that session materialized yesterday on YouTube. It has received over 90k views, nearly eight thousand likes, and over a hundred comments. Mike Tyson said, “You guys don’t care about me. I don’t particularly care about you. But you guys know, I can’t beat you guys because you guys got the better ‘f**k you hand’ than I do. You guys control the media and the press, but hmm, sometimes I know I say things, and I offend people. I asked this lady lewd question because I am in a lot of pain too.“

Tyson continued how he was in pain and would probably be in a similar situation for the rest of his life. He also shared that he wanted to inflict some of that suffering on all of them, even if only a little. He lamented the journalists for their lack of understanding and shame. According to him, money was the only thing that mattered to them the most. He continued, “So every now and then, I kick you f*****g a** and stomp on you and put some kind of pain or inflict some kind of pain on you because you deserve the feel of pain. Some what of the pain that I feel.“

As it happened, Lennox Lewis knocked out Mike Tyson in the eighth round. It dashed all his hopes of becoming a world champion again. He knocked out Clifford Etienne in the first round a year later, but that was his last professional victory. Next, Danny Williams knocked out ‘Iron’ Mike in the fourth round of their 2004 bout. Finally, before the seventh round of the match against Kevin McBride started, he called it quits and retired from boxing for good.

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