Casper
June 3rd, 2005, 01:48 PM
Mike Tyson swings open a small, wooden door, carefully prodding his feathered friends into a gentle spring breeze. Within minutes, hundreds of pigeons flutter skyward, circling in tightknit loops. The younger birds soar higher; the older ones, particularly those locked up too long, struggle to heights they once conquered.
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"This is my next love, after my kids. They're very soothing," the former heavyweight champion says to an old acquaintance after a workout for his June 11 fight against Kevin McBride, a tiny step in what Tyson hopes is a title march.
Almost 39, he is anything but at peace. Confused and humiliated after a decadent lifestyle left him with broken relationships, shattered finances and a reputation in ruin, the fighter cannot hide his insecurities, stacked as high as his legendary knockouts. He frets about his place in the world - where he comes from, where he's headed and how the life and turbulent times of Michael Gerard Tyson will play out. (
more here (http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=678&e=1&u=/usatoday/20050603/sp_usatoday/tysonmywholelifehasbeenawaste)
I hope he gets pummeled in his next fight - just wish it wasn't on PPV opposite Cotto's fight. Want to see them both, cuz I need the good laugh like last time Tyson got KO'd :rofl:
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"This is my next love, after my kids. They're very soothing," the former heavyweight champion says to an old acquaintance after a workout for his June 11 fight against Kevin McBride, a tiny step in what Tyson hopes is a title march.
Almost 39, he is anything but at peace. Confused and humiliated after a decadent lifestyle left him with broken relationships, shattered finances and a reputation in ruin, the fighter cannot hide his insecurities, stacked as high as his legendary knockouts. He frets about his place in the world - where he comes from, where he's headed and how the life and turbulent times of Michael Gerard Tyson will play out. (
more here (http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=678&e=1&u=/usatoday/20050603/sp_usatoday/tysonmywholelifehasbeenawaste)
I hope he gets pummeled in his next fight - just wish it wasn't on PPV opposite Cotto's fight. Want to see them both, cuz I need the good laugh like last time Tyson got KO'd :rofl: