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She flew backwards, hitting every wall in the apartment.
That was the best punch Ive ever thrown in my life.
Bruno went down in five rounds.)
It feels great and its the worst thing for him.
Besides, King makes no demands of him, other than to keep the money spigot flowing.
He buys a lot full of Rolls-Royce cars for his nameless entourage.
He has a hot tub installed in his stretch limo.
He even reburies his mother in a nicer plot, an epic act of postmortem passive-aggression.
(Whatd you used to call me?
A piece of shit?, he asks.
You spend all your days in a box that I put you in.)
Thats how it works, she says.
Meanwhile, Tyson has gone soft.
Trusting Don King was one of the biggest mistakes of my life, Tyson tells the audience in Indiana.
Not preparing for that Buster Douglas fight was the other.
Meal Ticket makes the case that the first mistake is linked to the second.
Theres no great motivation on Kings part to make a sustainable winner out of Tyson.
Tyson would never be the heavyweight champion again.
That belt meant everything to me, he says.
Without that, who was I?
The answer to that question would be shockingly bleak.
The odds in Douglas-Tyson fight were a staggering 42-1 in Tysons favor.
!, you squared off against a virtually unbeatable opponent.
He could knock you flat with a single uppercut, just like the real Tyson!
(More good info on that gamehere.)
Theyll pay to see Michael Jordan drop a triple-double or Michael moonwalk or you dominate in the ring.
And it makes them feel good when they go to sleep at night.
But the minute you get too big, they cut you down.
Dont be their monster.
Don King is not wrong, and hes a premium talker.
Theres a reason why he was such a dominant promoter, especially in such a corrupt sport.
