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Mike Tyson may be the exception to this rule.

by dabent 16y ago

angstrom 16y ago
Outlier...on many levels.
- ibejoeb 16y ago
  Tyson is exceptional, certainly. Rick Astley, David Beckham... I don't know. I'd read the paper if it surfaces.
moolave 16y ago
Although he could pack a Phil Collins drum roll punch.
zavulon 16y ago
I've read somewhere that his voice actually was actually one of the reasons for him becoming a boxer. He was bullied in school for his lisp, and in order to stand up to them and take up boxing.
- aantix 16y ago
  Yep. He was made fun of and was afraid to fight at first. But then, apparently Tyson owned pigeons as a kid. Some guy from his neighborhood took a pigeon and said to him "You want your pigeon back?", and then proceeded to pop the pigeon's head off. Tyson then proceeded to beat the shit out of him (~6 mins into the documentary). He was also so scared during his first amateur match that he thought about grabbing a train and leaving (minutes before the fight). Watch "Tyson" on Netflix (streaming). He tells his life story, first person. Surprisingly moving and not a sensationalized account like you'd expect. http://www.netflix.com/WiMovie/Tyson/70100412?trkid=1211018 http://www.netflix.com/WiMovie/Tyson/70100412?trkid=1211018
  - ZeroGravitas 16y ago
    Slightly different version of that story from the Tyson quotes link posted by chancho in this thread: "One morning I woke up and found my favorite pigeon, Julius, had died I was devastated and was gonna use his crate as my stickball bat to honor him. I left the crate on my stoop and went in to get something and I returned to see the sanitation man put the crate into the crusher. I rushed him and caught him flush on the temple with a titanic right hand he was out cold, convulsing on the floor like a infantile retard."
chancho 16y ago
Any excuse to post these: http://kjkolb.tripod.com/homepage/miketysonquotes.html http://kjkolb.tripod.com/homepage/miketysonquotes.html

Mike Tyson may be the exception to this rule.

by dabent 16y ago

Mike Tyson may be the exception to this rule.

angstrom 16y ago

Outlier...on many levels.

ibejoeb 16y ago
Tyson is exceptional, certainly. Rick Astley, David Beckham... I don't know. I'd read the paper if it surfaces.

moolave 16y ago

Although he could pack a Phil Collins drum roll punch.

zavulon 16y ago

I've read somewhere that his voice actually was actually one of the reasons for him becoming a boxer. He was bullied in school for his lisp, and in order to stand up to them and take up boxing.

aantix 16y ago
Yep. He was made fun of and was afraid to fight at first. But then, apparently Tyson owned pigeons as a kid. Some guy from his neighborhood took a pigeon and said to him "You want your pigeon back?", and then proceeded to pop the pigeon's head off. Tyson then proceeded to beat the shit out of him (~6 mins into the documentary). He was also so scared during his first amateur match that he thought about grabbing a train and leaving (minutes before the fight). Watch "Tyson" on Netflix (streaming). He tells his life story, first person. Surprisingly moving and not a sensationalized account like you'd expect. http://www.netflix.com/WiMovie/Tyson/70100412?trkid=1211018 http://www.netflix.com/WiMovie/Tyson/70100412?trkid=1211018
- ZeroGravitas 16y ago
  Slightly different version of that story from the Tyson quotes link posted by chancho in this thread: "One morning I woke up and found my favorite pigeon, Julius, had died I was devastated and was gonna use his crate as my stickball bat to honor him. I left the crate on my stoop and went in to get something and I returned to see the sanitation man put the crate into the crusher. I rushed him and caught him flush on the temple with a titanic right hand he was out cold, convulsing on the floor like a infantile retard."

chancho 16y ago

Any excuse to post these: http://kjkolb.tripod.com/homepage/miketysonquotes.html http://kjkolb.tripod.com/homepage/miketysonquotes.html