Apart from the belated release from the Chinese boxing authorities and the promotional companies’ fiasco, Zhang’s peak years were also squandered because of visa troubles as a Chinese citizen which led to the cancellation of several bouts. While he stuck outside the U.S., his form dropped as he could not train as he usually did.
He wasn’t bored. He wasn’t trying to be different. Mike Tyson once admitted that the unique tattoo that covers the left side of his face happened because he hated himself so much. The former heavyweight champion of the world has been on an emotional rollercoaster throughout his life. He decided to ink up his face during one of the lower points in his life.
Why it’s here: The fight was Tyson’s MSG debut, an important component of the marketing of Tyson into a worldwide attraction. Tyson was paid more than eight times for the bout what Green would make, and on the day before the fight Green told those of us covering the fight he might not show because of the disparity. When promised he would earn a title shot if he won, though, Green agreed to show. It was a dull fight, really, in which Tyson was unable to seize control or knock down Green. It makes the list, though, because it was a precursor to a street fight between the two that occurred two years later in Harlem, when the two happened upon each other at a clothing store and Green still was angry over money. Tyson reportedly struck Green and opened a cut that required five stitches – but Tyson was left with a broken hand. Green insisted afterward, “At that moment, he hit me, and – (Green then used a couple of homophobic slurs) – he ran.”
This is the Mike Tyson many never thought they’d see in yahoo.com: A man at peace with himself, content in the company of his family, thinking about the world beyond his doors and how he’ll be able to make a difference.
“We are animals trying to be people, as Mark Twain said,” he says when the topic turns to how men treat women. “And just like in school, some of us pass the test before others. I had a difficult time becoming a human being. I stayed in the animal category a little too long.”
In September, Zhang returned to China for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic. Concerned that no one would recognize him, Li hired a dozen actors to greet him. When Zhang exited the Hangzhou Railway Station, hundreds of fans were waiting for him. “No one was paying attention to me when I first turned pro,” says Zhang. “But with my recent fights and the recent noise I’m making, it’s significant. The recognition of boxing in China now is tremendous.”
So konnte er die Reichweitennachteile gegenüber seinen durchweg größeren Kontrahenten ausgleichen, indem er durch stetiges Pendeln seines Oberkörpers deren Schlägen auswich, um anschließend unter deren Fäusten förmlich „hindurchzutauchen” (siehe z. B. Tyson vs. Reggie Gross). Aufgrund seiner relativ kurzen Arme besaß Tyson dann wiederum gegenüber seinen Gegnern große Vorteile in der Nahdistanz, wo er beim Schlagabtausch eine für einen Schwergewichtler ungewöhnlich hohe Schlagfrequenz erreichte. Durch die Pendelbewegungen gelang es ihm außerdem, möglichst viel Gewicht des Oberkörpers in seine Schläge zu legen.
Tossing corn on the patio, letting them hop down from their open cages to eat, Tyson, normally a bit of a chatterbox, turns quiet. “This is my peace time,” he says. “I don’t do much talking around them.”
When he moved to the United States on March 8, 2014, he had to manage and self-finance aspects of his life which had previously been handled by the Henan Provincial Combat and Weightlifting Center. Cooking for himself was the biggest challenge of his early days in the US. In his first few months as a professional, he spent more time learning how to properly cook noodles than he did working in the ring.
In 2016, Tyson wrote: “Nothing gets my knob a cranking like some loli,” a reference to masturbating to animated characters intended to look like underage girls. While the term “loli” was popularized by fans of Japanese animation, it has become synonymous with pedophilic depictions of sexualized children in cartoon pornography.
Later that day he then quote-reposted another post to X about the situation, writing, “Kris did nothing wrong. What’s actually disgusting is you guys twisting things and making me a victim” (shown below, left and right).
Su regreso se produjo en el mismo punto, prácticamente, en el que se había quedado. Pese a tener un 80% de triunfos KO, siempre se le ha acusado de no tener una gran pegada. Es zurdo y técnico, lo que hace que a veces no luzca tan bien como debería, pero siguió con la flecha para arriba. Era el momento de pensar en títulos y eso le llevó a chocar contra Filip Hrgovic en agosto de 2022. Perdió ese combate de manera injusta. Fue mejor, pero los jueces apostaron por el ‘joven’. Zhang no cumple los estándares de prospecto.
In several posts to his X account over the years, Tyson regularly refers to female characters in the anime shows he has a fondness for, even going so far as to show photos of model statues of those characters he has purchased. One of those characters, from anime franchise Re:ZERO, is intended to represent a 17-year-old girl.
