Tyson Page #7

...who won an Olympic gold medal...

... and has never lost

a professional prize fight.

Tyson, for his part,

will earn even more money tonight...

... if he too is unbeaten

as a professional.

MAN:

There he is!

[CROWD APPLAUDING

AND CHEERING]

HULL:

Ladies and gentlemen...

...this is the main event

of the evening.

Featuring twelve rounds of boxing...

...for the undisputed heavyweight

championship of the world.

Introducing in the blue corner...

...fighting out of Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania...

...weighing in at 212

and one-quarter pounds...

...with a professional record of 31 wins,

no defeats, 21 KOs.

He was an Olympic gold medallist

and is regarded by many boxing fans...

...as well as Ring Magazine...

...as the heavyweight

champion of the world.

Ladies and gentlemen,

here is Michael Spinks.

[CROWD CHEERS]

HULL:
And in the red corner is a protg

of the late, great Cus D'Amato.

He fights out of Catskill, New York.

He weighed in at 218

and one-quarter pounds.

His professional record:

He is the undefeated, undisputed

heavyweight champion of the world...

...Iron Mike Tyson.

[CROWD CHEERING]

Okay, gentlemen. You received

your instructions in the dress room.

Any questions? Touch gloves.

Good luck to both of you.

This one's for Cus and Jimmy.

Do you hear me? Now, take it.

- All right, come on. All right?

- Yes, baby.

[BELL DINGS]

Okay, break in there.

Okay, Mike, watch that elbow.

[BOTH GRUNTING]

Give it to him. Take it to him.

Okay, break it up.

Break it up, come on.

Yeah! Breathe, breathe.

[SPINKS YELLS]

[CROWD CHEERS]

REFEREE:

Okay, Mike, get over in that corner.

Four, five...

...six, seven, eight...

You okay, Michael? Then let's go.

- Oh, f***!

REFEREE:
To that corner, Mike.

Three, four, five, six, seven...

...eight, nine, ten. You're out!

Yeah, baby! That's it, Michael,

That's it! That's the way to go!

[ALL SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

- I've been fired.

- What?

We've been fired.

Don King's his manager now.

RUTH:
Trust me, Michael is finally

in charge of his business...

...more than ever before.

And they're still robbing him blind.

Why, do you realise Mike's paying

all of Camille's bills still?

Food, utilities, everything.

Hey, hey. Lay a tarp down

before you drag that across my carpet.

- Sorry.

- Shh. We're taping.

TYSON:
She liked me more than

I liked her when it started.

WALTERS:
Really?

ROBIN:
That's not true.

TYSON:
I think so. I think so because,

you know, she says:

"I didn't like him because he's a fighter,"

but I believe she liked me more.

WALTERS:

What did you want from Robin?

- When it first started, l...

- Don't say it on television.

Fair enough.

What's it been like since?

This roller-coaster life?

It's been torture, Barbara.

It's been pure hell.

ROBIN [ON TV]:
It's been worse than

anything I could possibly imagine.

Every day, it's some kind of battle,

some kind of fight.

WALTERS:

With whom?

With managers,

with family members, with...

Just always trying to hold up

your dignity.

It's something I never thought

I'd have to endure.

Michael is a manic-depressive.

I mean, that's just a fact.

- And living with him...

KING:
Mm.

... has been worse than

anything I could possibly imagine.

Now, they drugged that nigga.

Man, look at him.

I mean, I think for the first time

I understand abused women.

What you think?

You think they slipped Mikey a Mickey?

WALTERS:

Why do you love him?

Because there's a side of Michael

most people don 't know.

A side even I wasn 't aware of initially,

an incredible gentle side.

Also because Michael loves me

more than anything in the world...

... and I feel like he needs me,

which, maybe, I need.

WALTERS:

Do you want him to continue boxing?

I want to live with Mike Tyson

for the rest of my life...

... and have little Tysons.

That's what I want...

... but that can 't happen

if Michael doesn 't get help.

WALTERS:

And if he doesn 't, will you stay?

No.

RORY:

Bingo.

Damn, brother been set up

like a bowling pin.

Brothers, the Lord works

in mysterious ways...

...his wonders to perform.

POLICEMAN 1:
You see that 20/20 thing

about them the other night?

POLICEMAN 2:

Missed it.

POLICEMAN 1:
Suffice it to say,

this call don't surprise me one bit.

[TYSON AND ROBIN

SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]

[GLASS SHATTERING]

ROBIN:
Mom, did you hear that?

I'm f***ing Donald Trump.

I have not been f***ing Donald Trump!

- F*** you!

- Uh, ma'am, there was a call?

You finally get here! Where the hell

have you been? We could've been killed!

TYSON:

Something you forgot to steal, b*tch!

POLICEMAN 1:

Sir?

TYSON:

F***ing gold-digging slut!

What the f*** do you all want? Huh?

POLICEMAN 1:

There was a call about a dispute.

Ain't no dispute!

Everybody knows they're b*tches.

F*** you!

It looks like you got a little

carried away.

B*tch, my motherfucking house.

I can do what the f*** I want.

ROBIN:

What the f*** are... What is he doing?

RUTH:

He's sick!

- Get the f*** away from here.

- You can't threaten your wife.

- I didn't put a hand on her! F***ing liar!

ROBIN:
Oh, yeah, right.

- Get the f*** out.

RUTH:
You call yourselves cops!

Sh*t, nobody broke

no motherfucking laws.

Get the f*** off my property.

- Mr. Tyson, we can't leave while this...

- F*** you all.

You're not gonna get anything.

Just arrest him and take him off to jail.

- Just relax.

- Okay, okay.

POLICEMAN 1:
All right, just calm down.

RUTH:
Mike!

- Stay back, don't you...

POLICEMAN 1:
Mike!

TYSON:

F*** off.

Freeze, Mike, freeze.

ROBIN:
Stay away!

- Get the f*** out of my way.

ROBIN:
F***ing crazy. This is crazy.

TYSON:
F*** all you motherfuckers.

All y'all make me sick!

- You're just gonna let him go?

- Especially you, f***ing c*nt.

KING:
Ooh-wee! You must've

called her the C-word...

...because the C-word's the only thing

known to man...

...to make a woman that mad.

Robin hereby seeks a divorce.

You know why she's filing in California,

don't you? Uh-huh.

When you're around him,

you live in constant fear.

He's a time bomb.

We have a man who threatens

to kill his wife.

Not even an ordinary man...

... one who is arguably the most

vicious man on the planet.

Oh, hell, yes, man.

The Japs will love Mike Tyson.

When?

Uh, February, Mike? How's February?

Yeah, February's fine.

Who? Now, what the hell difference

does it make who?

Tell them he's gonna fight Hulk Hogan.

Ha-ha!

Those Japs, they'll buy tickets

to anything.

One time, Michael had hit me

in the head...

... with a closed fist.

He knows how to hit and where to hit

without causing any real damage.

Buster Douglas? Yeah, I know

what I said about Buster Douglas.

I just don't think people

gonna pay good money...

...to see Mike slaughter

Buster Douglas.

What's old Buster doing

these days, anyway?

Mike, Buster is a carpet-delivery boy.

[LAUGHING]

What Kevin Rooney? Oh, man.

Kevin Rooney is gone.

Why?

Two million dollars a fight is why.

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