Let's analyze Mike Tyson. Basically, people like him because he was a big mean guy in the ring. He beat guys to a pulp and became the youngest heavyweight champion in history. People love the "champ".
But did you guys know he raped an 18-year old woman? He was convicted and only served two and half years in jail. Mike during his marriage to Robin Givens repeatedly beat her and committed random acts of domestic violence. He once claimed the best punch he ever threw was at her. As he described "that b---- knocked over everything in the apartment." He was constantly under the influence of drugs. He was constantly in trouble with the law. He would get involved in street fights outside of the ring. For instance he beat up Mitch Green in an ambush. He sucker punched him.He beat up a parking attendant. He routinely groped and sexually assaulted various women. Phyllis Polaner, former aid to Givens, sues Tyson for sexual assault and harassment. He even threatened prison guards while serving time. He bit off Evander Holyfield's ear in a boxing match in a desperate attempt to avoid losing. He threatened journalists, reporters and anyone who dared challenged him.
So does he deserve to die? If someone kills him now, will that person go to jail? Will we have to hear endless nonsense assassinating his character, justifying his death? Maybe people have to be punished and do their time in prison. But you can't hang the millstone of their past deeds around their neck. Mike will be the first one to say he got off light. But he is 53 years old now. He has survived and learned how to become a better person
This interview gets me a little bit. "I have not paid for my sins".
No he is not a good guy but does he deserve to die I'll say no because I don't believe in the death sentence for anyone. What I do believe is that we put our sporting heroes on too much of a high pedestal. Fans will forgive even defend a sporting stars actions no matter how bad they were. ask Tyson's victims if he's a good guy because they are the only ones who matter because it happened to them not me and not you.
I don't think people put Mike on a pedestal. I think Mike could make money for people and that's why they gave him repeated chances. But today, everyone pretends like he did not have a horrible past. But no one is assassinating his character.
Because there is no political advantage to doing that. They assassinate George Floyd's like they care about his victims. They don't. Mike had numerous victims and barely paid for any of his sins.
I don't really think your personal opinion matters. The fact is he was given numerous chances to turn his life around. No one held his past against him.
I think he is a good man now.
But we all know he is only here because he could get into the boxing ring and knock people down. Without that ability, he is just another "Black" man everyone would write off. He is was way worse than George Floyd could ever dream of being.
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Well, you wouldn't have asked the question if other people's personal opinions don't matter.
Maybe he is, but you don't know him personally.
I agree, and so could George Foreman, and many other retired boxing champions who never had any legal issues.
Although he’s a good boxer, I’ve heard a lot of bad things said about who he is as a person and the bad stuff he’s been involved with outside the ring.
Well, Mike is pretty famous. And he has been involved in a lot of famous stuff over the years. He has his own show on Adult Swim. He was in "The Hangover". He was in "IP Man".
No one seems to remember he was a convicted rapist of an 18 year old girl. Because it can't be used in a political argument yet.
Understand. Mike doesn't have to ask me for forgiveness and forgiveness is not mine to give. That is something for Ms. Washington's family to evaluate. He doesn't know me from yesterday. And if he lost his life because of some freakish officer. i would be just as outraged as I was over George Floyd.
First of all I've defended Floyd from people going after his criminal record. He payed his dues and changed his bad habits. Yes Mike probably should have served longer but what can you do this is the justice system we have. It's a lot more crazy in some European countries where you get 7 years for murder and no time for rape. If there is a God he will judge us all.
Europe is just different. They don't do punishment. They do rehabilitation. That's their choice. What I dislike about the American justice system is that it claims to be harsh. But it isn't. It is just harsh on the poor.
It's like that everywhere around the world, poor people have always been destroyed by the justice system. Many of these small towns rely on jobs at private prisons and there is little rehabilitation. California prisons are the worst.
Apart from western Europe 🙄. In the past they've been just as brutal and much worse. In the middle east they saw your hands off for stealing so it could be much worse. Some people can't be rehabilitated.
I was watching Lennox waxed him yesterday. Good times. Tyson was out his prime then though. He won't survive this next go round. I don't care what anyone says. He don't "still got it." Yes he can still knock me or you out at 50 something years old but he'll still get mopped by an actual pro boxer.
But ignoring that, yeah Mike Tyson is an imperfect person. Let's hope he can get his shit together and hold on to enough of his money to get to old age, if he makes it that far. And that he realizes that keeping tigers is expensive af.
Everybody can atone and become a changed person but does that mean we automatically let them off for past crimes? Remember Carla Faye Tucker in Texas? She really did change to become a true Christian but they put her to death anyway.
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