Mike Tyson is not afraid of anything or anyone, and even less so at this point in his career. Even though his wife repeats to him on too many occasions “You don’t need to do what you do”, he carries it inside. He doesn’t have to prove anything to anyone but that is not enough for him and he wants more, he wants to continue showing that the one he had retained and that in the next fight that awaits him, against Jake Paul, neither the young boxer nor the ulcer that has kept him in the dry dock will be able to defeat him.
It is precisely that ulcer that has forced him to postpone this weekend’s fight; instead Mike Perry will face the youngest of the Pauls. Until November we will not witness his returnbut he insists on giving something to talk about and in an interview in Esquirehas commented how he feels.
Mike Tyson and his addiction to fame
A young Mike Tyson with the legendary D’Amato
It’s nothing new, nothing that is not known. The Mike Tyson’s addiction to glory It is what makes him, to this day, remain who he is: “I am aware that I do not have to do this, and my wife repeats it to me. No, I do not have to do it because The millions I can make with my next fight are not going to change my life. I’m a glory junkie, I love that people think about me all day. I would rather live a short life full of glory than a long life of darkness. “It’s what I am.”
Recognize that He doesn’t know exactly what he’s doing here.. When he was surrounded by the Apollo paraphernalia at the time of presenting his fight with Paul, but he also confesses: “This is all I started fighting for: to get all this damn status, and I’m going to pursue it the rest of my life. Fans say I’m the best fighter of all time but that’s bullshit. In the depths of my heart, I know these guys don’t know what it means to be a great fighter.“.
Tyson fights daily against those images, those videos and that nostalgia that make him eternally young in the minds of fans. He knows that this will haunt him until the end of his days and that makes him feel uncomfortable: “He will never abandon me, but you have to realize that you are no longer that person. That is reality. I am not that person. I will never be that person again. I don’t like that person“.
