So lets play Who Am I sports edition. Game is, I give you vague references to a sports personality, you try to figure it out. I was probably the greatest worldwide sports figure of my time When it came to being dominant there was no higher a pinnacle that could be achieved. At the hight of my stardom, I could of rivaled Tiger Woods and Micheal Jordan. During my prime it could be said no one realistically could beat me or my team on the planet. I had an undeniable swagger when it came to my sport, and spoke in such a manner. Like many other sports hero's, bad decisions ultimately cost me my position. And these decisions probably cost me my acknowledgement as one of the greatest of my sport and all sports stars. I use the word ludicrous often. I was a physical freak of nature and weighed in at a cut and defined 200 pounds by the age of 13. No cheating, othewise you blow it for the others who want to try.
I thought twice about adding the last two facts as they were probably going to be the key to giving it away. Ok one fact, round 2. I was almost traded for Derrick McKey, Nate McMillan, and Benoit Benjamin.
I thought this was a game who allegedly you were before you decided to change your moniker for no reason.
It's Dream. But I don't get this clue: "Like many other sports hero's, bad decisions ultimately cost me my position. And these decisions probably cost me my acknowledgement as one of the greatest of my sport and all sports stars."
Lets see. 1. Marriage to Robin Givens. We all saw what happned in ill fated Interview with Diane Sawyer, and in his eyes I saw a different Tyson from that day on. 2. He fires longtime Trainer Kevin Rooney, who many credited with building up Mikes attacks, his technique and his fabulous defense. 3. He rapes Desire Washington at the pinnacle of his career, though probably on the downslide at that point, still a dominant figure. 4. He beats up a couple after a fender bender. I believe all these things lead Tyson to not garner the ultimate respect he deserved as one of the best, if not arguably the best in his prime, heavyweight fighters of all time. I think he could of been mentioned with the likes of Ali, Gretzky, Jordan, but people came to see him as a joke, a tyrant, and an ustable man. Lets not forget that this guy has about 50 professional wins, of which 44 of them came by KO. If you could put a, at the top of his game, in his absolulte prime Tyson up against people like Frazier, Ali, Foreman, (any of the current generation of great boxers) during their absolute prime years, Id probably put money on Tyson. It would be interesting to see how a in his prime Tyson would handle the pressure of an Ali, and his jabbing technique though.
I played with Clyde Drexler and Charles Barkley on their original teams, and then with both of them on the Rockets. Who am I?
