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I`m a huge boxing fan. I love the strategy and the combat. I`m not a fighter, but I would love to be a boxer because I love the courage and toughness. I mean, there can be nothing more terrifying than walking into an arena and looking at Mike Tyson in the ring. That`s pretty terrifying!.

- Mark McGrath

I see that Mike Tyson has just filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It marks the first time that Mike Tyson has made it to Chapter 11 in anything.

- Jay Leno
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Mike Tyson it`s time to put up or shut up!

- Lennox Lewis

Nothing is going to stop Mike Tyson that doesn`t have a motor attached.

- David Brenner

There was no evidence that Mr. Schaffer or anybody in Tyson Foods knew of or anticipated anything about zero tolerance or mandatory safe handling labels at the time of the inaugural dinner,

- James Robertson

No evidence of any Tyson Foods involvement in or concern about the USDA`s proposal to require safe handling labels predated that announcement,

- James Robertson

Mike Tyson would have been a good sparring partner for me and Muhammad Ali because Tyson was a fast fighter and he could punch and throw good combinations.

- Larry Holmes

(Tyson confirmed after the fight what some folks in the game have known for years.) I just don`t have this in my heart anymore, ... I`m just fighting to take care of my bills. I don`t have the ferocity. I`m not an animal anymore.

- Jim Gray
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I watched him in Cleveland at my last fight. He`s tough, strong and fast but I`m up for the challenge. I respect the man but once you`ve beaten Mike Tyson these guys don`t hold any fear for me. Once I`ve won the title I`d love to get in there with the Beast and take his belt as well.

- Kevin McBride

I love this game so much. I fear nobody. But to beat Mike Tyson is to take the fight to him. I respect his power. He has tremendous power. But I got tremendous power too. But when I hit Mike Tyson, he is going to think the whole of Ireland has hit him.

- Kevin McBride

What they need is another Muhammad Ali or Mike Tyson, ... You need somebody that people can get excited about.

- George Chuvalo

Some people who love boxing might love Mike Tyson, but people outside of the sport are generally repulsed by him and therefore, repulsed by the sport.

- Dick Schaap

If Tyson will come down to 200 and train the way he did for Buster Douglas, I`d fight him in a minute. Everybody wants a piece of him now.

- Thomas Hearns

We can only speculate that this is a classic case of `buyer`s remorse,` because there is clearly no basis for Tyson`s claim that it was fraudulently induced and does not have to proceed with this transaction,

- Robert Peterson

We are pleased to report that all outstanding issues involving the SEC`s financial review, as well as the accounting issues related to DFG, have now been resolved, ... Today`s earnings release brings this matter to a close and we now look forward to proceeding with the Tyson transaction.

- Robert Peterson

We are a Rocky Balboa-type team, but it`s good to get a young Mike Tyson-type win and knock someone out.

- Ashley Wheeler

Bush may make serious attempts at reforming the tax code and social security; he`s much less concerned with the risk of failure than previous presidents have been. The expected need to replace two or three Supreme Court justices, however, could so poison the water in Washington that very little will get done. (That is, unless he nominates Professor Tyson, who would be a model jurist).

- Barbara Cawley

Boxing purists, quite naturally, question Tyson`s appetite for victory. Mills Lane should have stopped the fight before Tyson took a second helping.

- Fred Mitchell