back training for upcoming exhibition matches every day except Sunday for the next four weeks on the mezzanine level of the resort for press and public viewing.
this is a guy who made 300 + million in boxing. he now trains for $. kinda how Pete Rose signs autos at Cesar ( he is broke now too ).
The fact that he is broke is an indictment not only against him, but his management. He should be balling with Gates with all that change.
PRIDE = Smart to snag Tyson. Even if its exhibition bouts, this is going to bring the mainstream media to cover PRIDE's event.
I don't think many from the mainstream media are going to flock to cover Tyson exhibition matches. Only one reporter was there to see Tyson train at the Alladin.
im gonna check him out tomorrow
saw this article on tyson on the web this morning...
| Tyson's become another Vegas sideshow <script> function BlogThisStoryTools() { var headline = "Tyson's become another Vegas sideshow"; var url = document.location.href; var destination = "http://blogs.foxsports.com/BlogThis.aspx?r_title=" + escape(headline) + "&r_url=" + url; //alert(destination); //return; window.location.href = destination; } </script>
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| <!-- search: --> <script> if(fanid.length > 0 && typeof(nflDefaultLeague)!= "undefined") { leagueId = nflDefaultLeague; //find teamId of default league (if exists) for(var i=0; i < teamsInfo.length; i++){ if(teamsInfo[i][4] == leagueId){ defaultTeamId = teamsInfo[i][0]; } } var fantasyLeaguePlayerJsPath = 'http://msn.foxsports.com' + '/nugget/200002_' + leagueId + '|||' + fanid; } </script> LAS VEGAS (AP) - Some crowded around the ring with cell phone cameras in hand. Others sat at a bar not 20 feet away drinking beer. Still others ignored it all and smoked cigarettes and played slot machines. Mike Tyson used to put on displays. On this day, he was just on display.
Down the street, tourists watched lions and dolphins between breaks at the slot machines. In the Aladdin hotel, they didn't need to move from their seats at the bar to see another curiosity in a makeshift ring. The former baddest man on the planet has been reduced to this - just another freak show on the Las Vegas Strip. The signs said he was in training, and that was enough to lure a few hundred people to the makeshift ring set up just outside the casino's buffet restaurant. Training for what was a question better left unanswered. Tyson once made $35 million for one fight and more than $300 million in his career before blowing it all. Now he's a casino sideshow, trying to make a few bucks the only way he knows how in a sport he no longer can stand. "I truly hate fighting," Tyson said. "I've got a bad taste in my mouth." On this day, Tyson is contrite, seemingly embarrassed his life has been reduced to this. He says he's uncomfortable going out in front of people masquerading as the fighter he once was when he knows it's all really a charade. But he owes his creditors millions, needs the money desperately and took up the casino on its offer to make some. So he gets into the ring to throw a few punches at the mitts of trainer Jeff Fenech as tourists take pictures. "I'm looking to make a buck like anyone else," says Tyson. There's talk of a series of three-round exhibition fights to earn that buck. It's a time-honored tradition in boxing, where no one gets hurt and the former champ who is down on his luck gets a small taste of the money he used to make. Tyson is 40, but he's an old 40. Look past the bizarre tattoo that stretches across the left side of his face, and there's a weariness on his face that comes with years of hard fighting and even harder living. It's been 20 years since Tyson became the youngest heavyweight champion ever by knocking out Trevor Berbick. I remember watching him that night and later seeing him walk around the Las Vegas Hilton with the WBC title belt wrapped proudly around his waist. His world quickly became filled with riches, women and fame in such abundance that the one-time street tough from New York had no chance of handling it all. He went to prison for rape only to come out bigger than ever, but his new life spiraled out of control almost as quickly. He doesn't want anybody's sympathy, isn't even sure why they still care. They do, though, because they remember what he once was. "I had a great life. I had 20 lives. No way should they be sympathetic to me," Tyson said. "Unfortunately I'm not a wealthy person." He still manages to drive a BMW, though he's quick to say that in the day he would drive Ferraris and Bentleys. The problem was he would buy several and give them away to the hangers-on that were always around in his prime but were nowhere to be seen on this day. He owned mansions, too, and not just one. When you're heavyweight champion of the world, you think the money will never stop flowing. "I blank all that out of my mind," Tyson said. "If I think or dwell on that I can't be the person I want to be in life." Which is? "A simple guy." Unfortunately, nothing will ever be simple for Tyson. He's always been tormented by demons he's been either unable or unwilling to control, and he seems as confused over his future as he was in his past. He was embarrassed by his knockout loss to an Irish stiff named Kevin McBride the last time he got into the ring 14 months ago, and vows never to fight for real again. But here he is training next to a bank of slot machines trying to get in some kind of shape so he can make a few bucks off of his name with the PRIDE mixed martial arts organization, a Japan-based promotion making its U.S. debut at the Thomas and Mack Center on Oct. 21. It's sad, but that's the way it is. When I look at Tyson it's all I can do not to picture him ending up like Joe Louis, who worked as a casino greeter and often was brought out drooling in his wheelchair to ringside so high rollers could say they saw the Brown Bomber. People loved Louis. For some reason, they're still fascinated with Tyson. "People truly believe and support me," he said. "I realized that over time. I don't know if it's for sympathetic reasons or just something that they can relate to me in life." Tyson seems happy to be talking about it, happy somebody still cares. He doesn't really want to be doing this, but the offer of a free hotel suite and some cash brought him up from Phoenix, where he spends most of his time. Now it's showtime, time to walk into the casino and go to work. "Life," he says, "has changed so much." |
I hope Mike is able to rebuild himself here...I mean for the first time in a long time he is surrounded by "Non-Millionaire" fighters....MMA fighters are different then what he is used to...They will take the time to help him if he asks...They will be his friend and not want anything in return...I think this is the best place for Mike right now...He needs people around him that won't try to take advantage of him...
Well....Not including Sakakibara that is :)
" I hope Mike is able to rebuild himself here " what is there to rebuild ? The dude is training in front of people for $. Doesn't get lower then this.
"what is there to rebuild ?"
His mind.
Ibelieve--Juarez or Barrera in rematch?
I got Juarez this time.
goku - I blow 300 mill in 15 yrs.
evil - it's a very sad situation considering he has a 10 million $ house blocks from the strip that he no longer can stay in.
macedawg - the young kid will be hungry 4 sure. but will barrera's resume help him pull yet another 1 off.
coin toss
"a 40 year old mike tyson would DESTROY any ufc standup fighter. I mean total decapitation. You guys seem to forget that."
Tyson may still have brutal punch power, but he doesn't have the heart of a fighter anymore. IMO under K-1 rules, if Cro Cop could survive Tyson's early furry, he would pick Tyson apart and KO him or make him quit.
