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In Reply to: RE: You are Mr Poopy Pants. :0) posted by chris.redmond2@bushinternet.com on June 21, 2009 at 05:50:44
Sure, for the right amount of loot. Enter a ring with Mike Tyson..? Never, not for ANY amount of money. I'm quite convinced that the damage inflicted in only a matter of seconds would be fatal.
I trained in kick-boxing for a bit, more for fitness/confidence than anything else. The most valuable thing that I learned was getting over the shock of being hit in the head/face and realizing that I am in fact OK. Most people never learn that, but being on the wrong end of a true boxer is something very different..and Tyson? No way.
Baba-Booey to you all!
Follow Ups:
Prisoners,
You are absolutely correct.
" The shock of being hit..."
I trained and taught Karate for 14 years, so I know a little about getting hit, and hitting.
But when I was younger, I only knew how to "street fight ".
When I met my girlfriend's ( now my wife) Uncle , I found out what a boxer could do.
Her Uncle was a Professional Boxer in the late 1930's. He had to stop because of injuries he suffered in WW 2. He was a personal friend of Jack Dempsey, he always chersished the signed picture he had.
When I met him, I think he was around 60. I was 5'7, 150 lbs at the time, in great shape, as I was a delivery truck driver in New York City.
Fooling around one evening,at my girlfriends house, he was showing me the proper way to punch.
I think he fought as a lightweight. His name was Nicky Gerard, and I believe he was rated pretty high, until he got hurt.
Anyway, he hit me with a punch, so hard, so direct, that I remember it to this day. No one, No one, ever hit that hard. Good thing he hit me in the upper chest, as he didn't want to hurt me.
I can't imagine the damage Tyson would do.
I'd guess "unkie" was sending you a not-too-subtle message.
..still with her after 33 years.
Uncle Nicky passed away a few years ago.
Great old school Italian guy, from Queens NY. but I believe he was born in Italy. He used to fight at the Old Sunnysdie Gardens. Little known fact that Dennis James ( of TV Game show fame ) was the announcer at some of his fights.
"...Tyson? No way."
Yep, the trouble with Tyson in particular was that he didn't just want to win fights like most heavyweights, he wanted to inflict pain and damage and enjoyed doing so.
Always remember him belittling Biggs after the fight, mimicking the 'girly' noises Biggs made when being hit in the ribs.
Best Regards,
Chris redmond.
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