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 “I felt like I was 120 years old,” Tyson said. (Re: jini)
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WASHINGTON - The end came for Mike Tyson while he was sitting on a stool. The fighter who was once the baddest man on the planet wanted no more.
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Looking more like a pathetic, aging fighter than the man who once terrorized the heavyweight division, Tyson’s career more than likely ended Saturday night when he quit after the sixth round after desperately trying to foul his way to a win against Kevin McBride.
Nineteen years after he became the youngest heavyweight champion ever, Tyson’s stamina, speed and ring skills weren’t even enough to beat an Irish journeyman who has never beaten a heavyweight of any note.
“I don’t have the stomach for this anymore,” Tyson said. “I most likely won’t fight anymore. I’m not going to disrespect the sport by losing to this caliber of fighters.”
In a long — and often bizarre — post-fight press conference, Tyson reiterated his career was over.
“It's finished,” he said, saying his next move would be to go into charity work around the world.
The sixth round was bizarre even by the standards of a fighter once banned from boxing for biting Evander Holyfield’s ears.
Tyson tried to break McBride’s arm in the final round, then tried to hit him low. When all else failed he aimed his head at McBride’s forehead, butting him and opening a cut next to his left eye.
“I was desperate,” Tyson said. “I wanted to win.”
When the round ended, though, it wasn’t McBride who was in trouble. It was Tyson, pushed to the canvas by his 6-foot-5, 271-pound opponent, with his head stuck between the ropes. Tyson seemed barely able to get up and, when he did, he wobbled to his corner and sat on the stool for one last final time.
“I felt like I was 120 years old,” Tyson said.
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