GrippinGrain

Man I don’t even know what to say. I’ve always been a huge Mike Tyson fan regardless of what he’s done. We all know the guy’s got issues and we all do, his are shown in the public and we’re all lucky that ours aren’t. Tonight though, Mike came out and gave it real hard try, he went after the guy and the guy was withstanding it. But in the 6th round, Mike got penalized and was maybe starting to lose his cool a little bit with headbutts and a armlock. The ref took away 2 points from him and near the end of the round McBride pushed him to the ground. At the start of the 7th round, Tyson didn’t come out, he quit. He didn’t want to fight anymore, his heart wasn’t in it. I think mentally it’s hard for athletes to get to the point where they’re body doesn’t do what their mind is telling it.

I think it’s hard for Mike to accept that point and I can understand that. He’s been a great fighter, as a kid he was one of the best ever, could have been maybe the best ever, but things happen. I think mentally he sees himself as that guy who’s identity is as the Mike Tyson of old, the guy people feared. He won fights before he even got in the ring, guys didn’t want to get hit by him. Now he’s still got it mentally, and he’s probably in better shape mentally than ever, but I don’t think his body does what he wants it to do and that frustrates him more than we all know.

I’m still a Tyson fan, I want to see him remain close to the sport that he knows so much about. I want to see interviews with him, I want to see him ringside maybe even doing analysis. I’ll always be a Tyson fan, and I hope that he can do something that finally brings him some peace and we can remember him as he was. One of the greatest fighters we’ve ever seen, the most exciting fighter we’ve ever seen!