Mike Tyson Sports Illustrated Feature
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Mike Tyson gave a candid interview for Sports Illustrated‘s annual, Where Are They Now issue. The magazine’s on newsstands now, but SI already threw up a couple excerpts. Read a couple below.
SI: I imagine you have a few stories from your days as a junkie.
Mike Tyson: Listen: I was in St. Tropez, in the South of France. In Ibiza, Spain. I was in Monte Carlo. I was in the Ukraine, Russia, all those places, for three months. From Russia I went to Lisbon, Portgual, from Portugal I went to Amsterdam. In Amsterdam I met this drug dealer, right? And he sees that I like getting high, and he wants to be my buddy, right? This guy goes and gets me a big rock of cocaine. So pretty soon I got a party going on. I got everything: I got these rugby players. I got these naked girls, I got all these … everything’s going on in the room. Plus I also had this girl with me that I picked up in Romania. But then [the dealer he met in Amsterdam] saw how much of a mess I was. He came in and kicked everybody out of my room! All the nude people, all the people having sex. He said, “I feel so bad I ever gave him that stuff.”
SI: How about in Las Vegas? What would your typical day in Vegas be like?
Tyson: This is how the day would start: I would go to a club, at say, 2 o’clock [a.m.]. Hang out there for what, two hours, and then I’d go to the after-hours [clubs], that start at 6 o’clock [a.m.]. So I’d stay there from 6 in the morning to 7:30 at night. I’d be sitting down and drinking and doing cocaine, talking to girls … doing anything. Everything. Then I make it home and I’m tripping out at home. I’m calling people, I’m tired, but I’ve got people coming in and we’re making plans to go out a few hours later. We’re getting high, staying up, [doing] cocaine. Somebody would be calling me: “Come hang out with me.” So we would go out and get high, till 11 o’clock [p.m.] or something, then go somewhere, to a bar or somewhere. We might go to a club, then get high all day long.SI: You got involved with prostitutes.
Tyson: Listen, I was living a crazy life. A [prostitute] would go, “There’s that guy who hit me the other day, who took money from me the other day, who intimidated me.” And [that guy] had to give some money up. [I’d say,] “This is my girl, man. She works for me now. This is my girl now.” That’s how it was. I wanted to show loyalty to these people. I was so stupid. I’d say, “If you have a problem, just let me know.” And all these guys would say, “What’s Mike Tyson going to do [to me]?” It was always like that until I got in their fuckin’ ass. I’m a nice man, but back then, I wasn’t. I’m not proud of it.
THE ONE THING IS ALWAYS ADMIRED ABOUT MIKE TYSON IS HIS BRUTAL HONESTY, ESPECIALLY ABOUT HIMSELF!!!! BUT COCAINE IS A HELLUVA DRUG THOU!!!! HA!!!!
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
he lost mad weight….
co-sign @mac DIESEL
i just finna say the same shit, my nigga. i love mike, man. that nigga is a true soldier… a true survivor. been through hell on earth and actually lived to tell about it. i bet he has wisdom for days, now. always seemed like his heart was good, he just got around the wrong people who exploited his ignorance on life.
but uh… did that nigga say 6am-7:30pm at the after hours spot?!! GOT DAMN!
Mike Tyson!
The Peoples Champ!
True Legend
his hands was two weapons
understand his minds a true blessing
designer jewels and diamonds
a modern day Jack Johnson
flying private jets and fully protectin
audemars with lady godiva complexions
lots of sexin
hung with a lot of stars
learned a lot of lessons
between dead homies and best friends
and getting domed out in the stretch Benz
-Nas (Legendary)
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I’m glad to hear he survived everything he’s been through.. true warrior,
also, I like the “girl picked up in Romania” part… ha ha… romanian bitches are something 😀
livin in the fast lane is nice but breaking all of a sudden is deadly bitch
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