Last thing for Tyson

[The Diplomat]

As a dumb fan who appreciates the history, I feel like the last and best thing for him to do is to come to grips with Kevin Rooney.

After Cus D'Amato died, Kevin Rooney was his trainer. He was one of the few left that personally knew both, and knew what it took to make Mike the best.

Then Mike hooked up with Don King, they fired Rooney, and Tyson started losing. His personal life got worse after leaving Rooney, aswell.

Rooney ended up suing Mike for millions, and won. This ruined their friendship, and Mike has refused to talk about it since.

Mike needs to bury the hatchet. Hell, make a documentary out of it and get paid. But this is one of the saddest boxing stories that could be fixed, because they're both still alive.

 

[mozfonky]

As a dumb fan who appreciates the history, I feel like the last and best thing for him to do is to come to grips with Kevin Rooney.

After Cus D'Amato died, Kevin Rooney was his trainer. He was one of the few left that personally knew both, and knew what it took to make Mike the best.

Then Mike hooked up with Don King, they fired Rooney, and Tyson started losing. His personal life got worse after leaving Rooney, aswell.

Rooney ended up suing Mike for millions, and won. This ruined their friendship, and Mike has refused to talk about it since.

Mike needs to bury the hatchet. Hell, make a documentary out of it and get paid. But this is one of the saddest boxing stories that could be fixed, because they're both still alive.

i am pretty sure he's contacted him. Rooney has alcoholic dementia these days if I'm remembering correctly and is in a rest home. I honestly don't believe Mike ever had the hard feelings that Rooney or Atlas always had for him. He fired Rooney over some quote about his then wife, Robin Givens. Stupid reason but as Angelo Dundee said, never ever get into a fighters love life. In fact, when my best friend was trying to get me to help him fight his then girlfriend, I told him the Dundee story about a boxer coming to Angie and complaining, Angie said, "you know how women are" next day, the boxer said, "ang, I have to leave you, my girlfriend didn't like what you said." Ang replied, "I only said, 'you know how women are'". Anyway, long story short, I help my pal stand up to his then girlfriend, now wife and our friendship never really was the same, not even after 25 years.

 

[Chaotic Progressor]

Yeah. Most importantly Rooney kept up the style that got him where he was.

Rooney carried on Cus' strict traniing of that style, which was paramount for Tyson bc of his height and reach disadvantages. He was till fast, and powerful, but without moving his head and getting on the inside properly and slipping jabs... he was little more than a slugger who was quite easy to hit, bc of his stature and disadvantages.

As soon as he stopped moving his head and using combos, he started losing.

I'd imagine bc it's a very taxing style to keep up too, like, he'd have to be in constant top shape for it and he said after a while he started thinking he was invincible n didn't need to train, and I bet yes men and new trainers let him get away with less strict training, didn't enforce the style properly... yeah, he basically ruined what coulda been another 10 years reigning.

Rooney said it perfectly in an interview after the fallout, he said 'Mike's a head hunter now. If he hits you - he'll knock you out, but if you hit him, you'll knock him out. He's looking for 1 punch', and saying if he stayed with him these other guys wouldn't have even looked remotely good and he'd have retired undefeated. I believe him.

That's the ironic thing with Don King too, Don snaked him and manipulated him into anti-white bullshit and 'we're black brothers, and fuck all these white snakes tryna rip you off it's us vs. them' bullshit, when in reality he was the fkn biggest con man of all totally ripping and using mike like fuck. Wheras Rooney clearly cared about his best interests and career.

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

As a dumb fan who appreciates the history, I feel like the last and best thing for him to do is to come to grips with Kevin Rooney.

After Cus D'Amato died, Kevin Rooney was his trainer. He was one of the few left that personally knew both, and knew what it took to make Mike the best.

Then Mike hooked up with Don King, they fired Rooney, and Tyson started losing. His personal life got worse after leaving Rooney, aswell.

Rooney ended up suing Mike for millions, and won. This ruined their friendship, and Mike has refused to talk about it since.

Mike needs to bury the hatchet. Hell, make a documentary out of it and get paid. But this is one of the saddest boxing stories that could be fixed, because they're both still alive.

Well, he seems to be cool with Rooneys son.

If he stayed with Rooney, he would have gone down as the goat cause no one would have beaten him. A disciplined and composed Tyson was a different animal.