# Mike Tyson **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [June 29, 2000, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson/24026 "2000-06-29T15:28:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Piig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6bbea6/32.png) [@Piig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Piig)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2000, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson/24026/1 "2000-06-29T15:28:24Z")
I’m sorry but i dont care how good a boxer this guy is. He is a sick mindless idiot who doesnt deserve to earn money from boxing. I fear he is actually somewhat mentally challenged and incapable of behaving professionally in the ring. Never again should he be allowed in the UK to box. I refer to the quote he made that he would like to rip out Lennox Lewis’s heart and eat his children. What does he think this is? WWF?? ---
**Author:** ![mrblue92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@mrblue92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrblue92)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2000, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson/24026/2 "2000-06-29T15:45:54Z")
No, that sounds more like cannibalism. If you remember, he started with Evander Holyfield’s ear… I’ve still got the “Dr. Seuss version” of that fight in a text file, if you haven’t read it yet. (I hesitate to post it because of it’s length, but will upon request.) ---
**Author:** ![Obvious\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Obvious\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Obvious_Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2000, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson/24026/3 "2000-06-29T15:45:55Z")
Well they say once an animal gets the taste of human flesh, they don’t want anything else. Be afraid children of Lennox Lewis… be very afraid!!! ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2000, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson/24026/4 "2000-06-29T17:19:01Z")
I too was appalled. I mean, think of the children! They would be devastated! I know I would be traumatized if I knew what Tyson had said. I hope Lewis has the good sense to keep his children out of earshot! ::running and ducking as fast as he can:: ---
**Author:** ![lunapark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/278dde/32.png) [@lunapark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lunapark)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2000, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson/24026/5 "2000-06-29T17:35:10Z")
I agree Mike Tyson shouldn’t be allowed to box, and possibly should be in a mental asylum. But nonetheless Lennox Lewis said he will fight him whether they allow it or not. He took offense to the child eating comment. SOooo… What is Lennox thinking? Anyway that fight will make tons of money so you can bet they will allow it. ---
**Author:** ![Iguana\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@Iguana\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iguana_Boy)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2000, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson/24026/6 "2000-06-29T18:10:53Z")
Also, as far as I am aware, Lewis doesn’t even have any children, so unless Tyson is prepared to wait… ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2000, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson/24026/7 "2000-06-29T18:48:29Z")
This will probably end up in the Pit, but for now it’s off to Great Debates. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2000, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson/24026/8 "2000-06-29T20:12:29Z")
Yeah - reminds me of that guy who killed his dad and married his mom! Then he blinds himself and his mom kills herself. Then the sleazebag got exiled and … Wait a minute. You mean that was entertainment? ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2000, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson/24026/9 "2000-06-30T18:22:49Z")
. . . Two men are going to beat each other senseless, and people complain about a rude taunt . . . how uncouth! As for Tyson, I think we’re all in agreememnt that the guy is not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but that’s hardly a crime. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2000, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson/24026/10 "2000-07-01T01:17:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > I’m sorry but i dont care how good a boxer this guy is. > > He is a sick mindless idiot who doesnt deserve to earn money from boxing. > > I fear he is actually somewhat mentally challenged and incapable of behaving professionally in the ring. Never again should he be allowed in the UK to box. > > I refer to the quote he made that he would like to rip out Lennox Lewis’s heart and eat his children. > > What does he think this is? WWF?? > \*\* ``` Boxing for a living isn't a privilige its hard work. I didn't watch the fight but I didn't hear about him doing anything wrong in the ring this time. I heard about his trash talking but so what? Ali talked trash all the time albeit in a less graphic manner. ``` Marc ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2000, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson/24026/11 "2000-07-01T05:51:44Z")
But it wasn’t Tyson who ruined it. It was Don King!!! King is the biggest, slimiest, greediest crook in sports. Did you know he is a felon? He did hard time in prison. Did you know he killed a couple of guys? He’s a piece of shit who only cares about his own wealth & nothing else! He ruined an otherwise excellent sport! Boxing now has less credibility than pro wrestling! Get rid of Don King, & guys like Mike Tyson go away! ---
**Author:** ![SarumanRex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@SarumanRex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SarumanRex)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2000, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson/24026/12 "2000-07-02T09:59:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > I’ve still got the “Dr. Seuss version” of that fight in a text file, if you haven’t read it yet. (I hesitate to post it because of it’s length, but will upon request.) > \*\* Yes, plese post it. I’ve also heard there is a Dr. Seuss version of the bible (abbreviated obviously) from “The Kids in the Hall” but I’ve never seen it, does anyone out there know any links? BTW, I agree that Tyson is a jerk, but then again, he gets punched in the head as part of his career.