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1989-Mike Tyson recounting his best punch: “It was when I fought Robin [Givens] in Steve Lott’s apartment. She really offended me and I went BAM. She flew backwards, hitting every wall in the apartment. That was the best punch I’ve ever thrown in my entire life.”
This is an excerpt from Jose Torres’s 1989 biography about Tyson, entitled- The Fire and Fear: The Inside Story of Mike Tyson. Torres was a former light-heavyweight boxer himself, and part of Tyson’s inner circle for many years in the mid to late 80s.
As time has passed, the public perception of Tyson seems to have softened despite his myriad allegations of domestic abuse and sexual assault, not to mention his rape conviction and prison sentence.
It’s still puzzling that people are going to pay $130 to have him sign things at the annual sports memorabilia show in Northern Virginia. He’s also due to cash in again with a scheduled fight against the former YouTuber turned circus sideshow, Jake Paul.
u/Ok_Waltz3962 — 1 day ago