He was strong, determined, and he wanted to hurt you.”BoxingInsider:  When do you believe Ali was at his prime and what would your strategy be for Mike vs. Ali?Kevin Rooney:  “1966, 67, 68, in that time frame. You’re gonna be on the move. Mike Tyson and Kevin Rooney work the pads.

We’re all like, what’s happening?!

Cut him off. Muhammad had heart and was hard to hit.

When I throw these punches against Tom Dick I hit him. He wanted nothing to do with Mike.

Then we’d go do bed. Their silence lasted more than thirty years.In 2013, as Atlas was working as a commentator, the trainer recalls how Tyson made advances to heal the rift.“I was doing the show and I’m on the air calling the fights.

Muhammad dominated. Get him on the ropes. Now people are talking, ah, he’s nothing.

There was a guy who would stay in there and give Mike the work, but then took a beating. IMO the worst decision he ever made, if indeed he made it( see Don King).

He just left. But the Mike Tyson that I was training – coming off of Cus D’Amato – I just think that that Mike Tyson would have won. Mike could have been 100-0 and made a billion dollars, if he stayed with me.”Last year Otto Wallin shocked the boxing world by taking it to Tyson Fury like no fighter ever has.

Cus (D’Amato), Bill (Cayton), Jim (Jacobs) and Steve (Lott) would bring in a lot of fighters, just do one round. I would want Mike to put tremendous pressure on him. It’s always a pleasure to listen to Kevin Rooney talk about his old charge Mike Tyson, who in his prime years in the 1980’s, was the most exciting, destructive heavyweight force in boxing history. There was a guy who would stay in there and give Mike the work, but then took a beating. You’re gonna do this and you’re gonna wanna do that.

He put his hands up, like, Hold it. The best thing about it was these guys couldn’t hit him. So that Mike Tyson, if he didn’t cross channels and went with Don King, he would have gone down as the greatest heavyweight in history. Then he fought Tony Tubbs in Japan – he starched him in two rounds. He knocked out Larry Holmes. But that’s not true.”BoxingInsider: Is he at his best the greatest fighting machine of the ring you ever saw?Kevin Rooney: ”Yes. It's interesting that Mike rarely did this in any of his fights and still destroyed his opposition.


Then he fought Tony Tubbs in Japan – he starched him in two rounds. Mike could have been 100-0 and made a billion dollars, if he stayed with me.”Scoop Malinowski is the author of “Heavyweight Armageddon: The Tyson-Lewis Championship Battle.” His second book is about controversial former ATP #1 tennis player “Marcelo Rios: The Man We Barely Knew” and will be available at www.amazon.com in September 2011.Kevin Rooney interview: Talkin’ Mike Tyson with Kevin Rooney Vacant WBA Interim World Lightweight Championship Vacant BBBOC British Light heavyweight Championship I mean, every day they took a beating every day.

90 seconds. You’re talking about a kid, 20, 21, 22, against Ali who was 23, 24. Bell rings, Mike comes out, bop, bop, bop.
The Muhammad Ali in 1966-67 and Mike Tyson in 1986-87-88-89 – that would have been an incredible fight. He punched harder than Muhammad. But see, Muhammad was a great, great fighter. And then we’d go to a health club at night.

Punches harder than Joe Louis. It would have been a helluva fight. I would want Mike to put tremendous pressure on him. When I throw these punches against Tom Dick I hit him. Rocky had beat everyone. It wasn’t a joke. And I could see then, Mike, this guy’s ready to go, get rid of him. When I had Mike we were in training camp for five weeks. There he is and he just said, ‘I’m sorry, I was wrong’.“It takes a man to do that.

You’re gonna be on the move. A guy that punches fast and hard, you got a guy that punches hard, well you’re a tough guy all right, well, so what? Otto joins us to discuss his next fight, recovering from Covid, training in NYC with Joey Gamache during the pandemic, and his recovery from a foot injury.

The Muhammad Ali in 1966-67 and Mike Tyson in 1986-87-88-89 – that would have been an incredible fight. Didn’t look for his pay, just gone. But at that point, Muhammad would have had just a little bit more experience.

He just wiped him out.

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