Part 1: Iron Mike, we hardly knew ye

As you all know by now, Mike Tyson quit his fight in D.C. against the relatively unknown Kevin McBride. I personally was not at the fight, but the general consensus is that Tyson would come out strong at the start of each round and then fizzle out in the middle. Despite the fact that it was apparent that he was outmatched early on, two of the three judges had him leading on the scorecard. That's right folks, he quit a match that he was winning! After an obvious low blow, a head-but and multiple attempts to break McBride's arm, Tyson realized at the end of the 6th (maybe even before then) that he was overmatched and simply did not come out for a 7th round.

After the fight Mike claimed that this would probably be his last fight since he did not want to "disrespect the sport" by losing to C class boxers such as McBride. But we all know that in a couple of moths he will be back in the ring, unfortunately not because he wants to, in fact I don't believe he has wanted to for a while, but more because he has to. He is still over 20 million dollars in debt and the only hope he has of fiscal solvency depends on him fighting at the very least 5 more times. Which is here my sympathy comes in (nh).

I am a Tyson fan and supporter. Growing up he really did go through a lot, while I know that that does not excuse his behavior, it does make it easier to sympathize. All of his life he has had people take advantage of him and his affinity for violence. Ultimately I do believe that he is now contemplating the legacy that he is leaving the sport. 20 years from now what will people say about a guy that at one time was "The baddest man alive."