The once mighty "Iron" Mike Tyson has finally been tossed into his personal scrap pile of broken dreams and unfulfilled destinies. The roar of the crowd that once jumped to their feet, now reduced to a murmur of whispers as his battered shadow exits the sport once again. This time may be the last.
Last night, a 38-year-old Mike Tyson would fail to come out for the seventh round in a bout against journeyman Kevin McBride (now 33-4-1 with 28 KO's). In front of 15,472 stunned fans in Washington, DC, Mike Tyson would quit on his stool after a foul ridden effort in which two points were ultimately deducted for an intentional head butt.
For 15 years, Mike Tyson would wander in exile from the undisputed heavyweight championship he allowed to slip from his fingers, never to be his again. Once the most feared man in boxing; the greatest threat in the heavyweight division became even a greater threat to himself. The rage that consumed his opponents, finally consumed him. It was once said, the only man that can beat Tyson is Tyson. Make no mistake about it; Tyson scored a sensational KO of himself.
Perhaps one of the most gifted heavyweight fighters to ever lace up a pair of gloves since Joe Louis, a student and historian of the sport, and last protégé of the late Cus D’Amato, Mike Tyson has successfully squandered it all. After pummeling himself into humility, Mike Tyson (50-6, 2NC, 44 KOs) bids his adieu.
“I don’t have the guts to stay in this sport anymore. I do not want to disrespect the sport I love.” –Mike Gerard Tyson
--The Mighty Moe
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