For Iron Mike Tyson Fans ONLY

[vytko]

Mike: "Everybody has a gameplan until he gets hit"

 

[vytko]

Mike about gold diggers:

"Everybody always want something from you. They want to find a way to get your money. Just as hard as you work in the gym there are people working that hard to separate you from your money"

 

[vytko]

 

[vytko]

 

[vytko]

 

[vytko]

 

[vytko]

Kevin Rooney:

 

[vytko]

kevin rooneyabout the best punch Mike threw:

 

[vytko]

Jose Torres on seeing the Mike still as a kid working in the gym:

 

[vytko]

 

[vytko]

Eddie Richardson, after being knocked out by Tyson, was asked if he

 

[vytko]

 

[vytko]

And there is Sterling Benjamin, the Jamaican who sagged under a furious body attack after 58 seconds of Round 1:
'He has a sledgehammer, man!'

 

[vytko]

 

[vytko]

Sammy Scaff, the 250-pound Kentuckian who buckled under a barrage of Tyson punches, finally succumbing to a left hook after 1:19 of the first:

'I sparred with Greg Page, and I went four rounds, with Tim Witherspoon,' said Scaff, whose nose was still bleeding half an hour after the fight, 'but I've never been hit that hard in my life.'

 

[vytko]

William Hosea after being knocked out in the first round by Tyson:
'He fights you like you stole something from him'

 

[vytko]

Frank Bruno:
"I'd rather fight Lennox once every week than fight Tyson once every year."

 

[vytko]

Michael Spinks:
"Boxing is the best job in the world to let off steam, and people are in trouble when Tyson wants to let off steam"

Someone asked one of Mike

 

[vytko]

Freddie Roach about Tyson:
"Early in his career, he was unbeatable. He feared no one and was always in great shape. Great speed and a great puncher."

 

[vytko]

Manny Steward about Tyson:

"What was so amazing about him was he was such a small guy in an era of tall fighters... just like Marciano was. Mike was 220 but he was fighting guys 240-250."