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| Mike Tyson News: Mike Tyson Selects Sports Placement Service,Inc. for Marketing Representation |
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 Source: Press release.
June 19, 2006 -– Sports icon and international celebrity Mike Tyson announced today that he has hired sports marketing and entertainment company, Sports Placement Service, Inc. (SPS), to handle all of his marketing and licensing opportunities.
Tyson, who became the youngest undisputed heavyweight champion of all time at the age of twenty, was impressed with SPS’s expertise in representing iconic celebrity brands and its aggressive nature in removing unlicensed and unauthorized products from the marketplace. Sports Placement Service, Inc. (SPS) is the sports industry’s leader in the representation and marketing of retired athletes having represented sport legends such as Muhammad Ali, Joe Namath, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Jim Brown, Sandy Koufax, Mark McGwire, and John Riggins.
“Our team feels both privileged and honored that Mike chose Sports Placement Service to represent him,” said SPS Founder Harlan J. Werner. “It was nearly 18 years ago when the most recognized man on the planet, Muhammad Ali, gave me the chance to work for him. I’m feeling the same excitement today as I did then. It’s rare that a person gets a second opportunity to represent someone who is so well-known and has such mass worldwide appeal. I am energized for the journey that lies ahead and thrilled to have Mike as a part of the SPS family.”
As a boxer, Mike Tyson is considered by many to be one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time. Tyson routinely defeated prominent opponents in devastating fashion and was one of the most feared boxers in the history of the sport. He retired with a record of 50 wins (44KO’s) and 6 losses.
For further information on this announcement please visit www.sportsplacement.com or call Sports Placement Service, Inc. at 323-938-6444.
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Posted by viper on Monday, June 19, 2006 @ 18:43:32 CDT (1101 reads)(Read More... | Score: 5) |
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| Mike Tyson News: Tyson Talk |
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Source:Azcentral
According to a media column for the New York Daily News, Mike Tyson will work as a ringside analyst for the international broadcast of the Hasim Rahman-Oleg Maskaev fight on Aug. 12 for a piece of the heavyweight title.
Tyson as a commentator creates some fascinating possibilities. It's safe to assume that executive producers will be watching carefully to see whether he could succeed on a major pay-per-view card. Just his name draws a crowd.
When the mood is right, Tyson is knowledgeable, offbeat and funny. The former heavyweight champ, a Valley resident, couldn't beat Lennox Lewis in the ring. As an analyst, however, Lewis sometimes sounds as if he is talking about his favorite pastime, chess. On the broadcast side of the ropes, it might be Tyson in a knockout.
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Posted by viper on Monday, June 05, 2006 @ 11:08:08 CDT (1572 reads)(Read More... | Score: 5) |
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| Mike Tyson News: Mike Tyson on Floyd Patterson |
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Source: Fox News
GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, HOST: Former heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson died today. He was 71 years old. Earlier tonight, I spoke with another boxing champ, Mike Tyson.
Mike, it's a sad time for boxing, isn't it, with Floyd Patterson's passing.
MIKE TYSON, FORMER HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING CHAMPION: Oh, man. That was just — that was a horrific moment in time. I've learned a lot about Floyd Patterson being under the tutelage of Cus D'Amato, who also trained Floyd Patterson. And he had nothing but admiration for Floyd Patterson.
VAN SUSTEREN: What was Floyd Patterson like?
TYSON: Well, I met Floyd on a few occasions, but he's always been very dignified and respectful gentleman. Throughout his whole career, he was known to be shy, but he was a very spectacular puncher, as well as fast, double-punchings with both hands. And was Cus's pride and joy. He was the youngest heavyweight champion at 21 years old, and then again four years later he became heavyweight champion again. You know, only heavyweight to regain the champion at that particular time, until Ali came. He was a remarkable fighter.
Click Here for the rest of the Interview
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| Mike Tyson News: Kevin Rooney faces drunk driving charges |
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 Source: capitalnews9 Kevin Rooney, the man who helped Mike Tyson become heavyweight champion of the world is facing drunk driving charges.
Coxsackie Police said they arrested Kevin Rooney Friday night.
Rooney is charged with felony DWI and aggravated unlicensed operation of a car.
Police said he had a blood alcohol content level that was more than .10 when he was pulled over.
Rooney posted $750 bail, and is scheduled to be in court on Wednesday evening.
Because there has been similar related charges before, Rooney could risk a severe punishment.
Rooney was a state Golden Gloves champion who became Mike Tyson's trainer in 1982. He was one of the youngest trainer (at 27 years old) to have lead a heavyweight fighter to a world title. He is now carrying through Cus D'Amato's teaching in the Catskill boxing gym.
Click here and here to read the two latest interviews with Kevin Rooney (dated June 2005).
TysonTalk would like to wish Kevin Rooney strength in court and hopes that he will come off easy.
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| Mike Tyson News: Mike Tyson visits Mao Zedong memorial hall in Beijing |
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 Source: foxsports
Thanks to phxmikefan
Former
heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson paid respects to one of his
greatest heroes by visiting waxen revolutionary Mao Zedong on Beijing's
Tiananmen Square.
Tyson, on a
promotional visit to China, visited the Mao Zedong Memorial Hall on
Saturday where the embalmed remains of the revolutionary leader lie in
state, the Beijing Times said.
"I felt really insignificant next to the remains of Chairman Mao, this
is a great honor to be able to visit the memorial hall," the paper
quoted Tyson as saying.
Tyson, wearing a shirt with the picture of NBA centre Shaquille O'Neal,
quickly left the crowded hall after purchasing several books on Mao,
shouting "I love you" to Chinese onlookers, the paper said.
An arm tattoo of the revolutionary dictator became one of Tyson's
hallmarks as he pummeled his way through opponents in a career
interspersed with frequent run-ins with the law.
While serving a prison sentence in the 1990s, Tyson read Mao's selected works and expressed admiration for the man
who is still revered in China for unifying the nation.
Tyson, 39, arrived in Shanghai on Thursday to officialy open a new
nightclub of his friend. Friday he met with local residents during his visit to the Oriental Holiday Resort and received a gift from the Luodian Township.
Update: Added 5 more pictures.
More quotes and images available in the extended section of this post (click 'Read More' below).
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