Yes, yes, yes, yes. I agree with you 1000000%. Mike should have went back to Rooney and stay with Don King as his promoter. Leaving Rooney was the death of Tyson's career. Rooney wasn't a yes man and he knew how to correctly train Mike for his fighting style. Even after coming out of prison Mike could have saved his career by going back to Rooney.
@@Jo-by8to Either Rooney or Atlas would have worked for Tyson's development as a fighter. Atlas pulling a gun on Tyson though was a deal breaker. Rooney's relationship with Tyson would have been easier to salvage.
cus, jimmy, kevin and teddy raised mike together. cus died, jimmy died, teddy left, and kevin was the last one left. kevin warned him about don and robin, mike thought it was betrayal and fired him. kevin got mad and sued mike for 4 million. and won. its bullshit that mike forgave don and teddy but barely talks about rooney.
Dong King brought the $$$ and took the Blood. Rooney was the Gym Rat, but Don Convinced Mike to train 60% capacity and still make a 20 million payout. Douglas would have lasted 3 rounds against a crisp focused Mike; clearly.
@@DreadMaximus We can only speculate the entire truth of what went down, but the one who does know isn't5 saying a word, and there are reasons for that. As fans we all know what would likely happened 'eventually'. Mike would have closed out the '90s with 60+ wins and probaby 52 KOs. 3 Losses. I think he would have smashed 'The Duke', split wth Holyfield, Lewis and Bowe. Mike stopped moving his head in certain fights and just kept charging in instead of boxing. But I can only speculate as well. Its obvious. Mike peak athletic prime was from 1985 through about '99. After that he gained weight and got slowed way down to look foolish. I'm a Tyson fan, but even Ali said Mike could have knocked him out, but of course Mike's humble reaction was like: "No, no, no..." But I agree with Ali. You can't beat a prime Mike by circle dancing around him.
@@gen-x-zeke8446 the moment he left Kev all head movement stopped. He became a headhunter , it worked on guy like Bruno who shit themselves b4 they set foot in the ring
@@daveyboy_ Bruno had so much support in their fights, but the last one Mike destroyed him. I tell people, "He just didn't get that punch or momentum against Evander. For Bester, he was not in that ring, but was an avatar while he soaked up the sorrows of (The dark side of Reality). And he's alive-Thus a living legend. Cus said he wouldn't leave until Mike succeeded, but he wasn't talking about the Ring. But now that Mike seemingly has freed his mind I think in that regard he is "prime Mike" and now Cus may rest (to Mike that is). In the early days, Mike Loved to overcome the fear, and win by about 90% KO of All fights combined. Look them up. It's amazing that he didn't OD on anything. I know the Hell of wanting to Die but not being able to find yourself to end it. So, we fight, fight, fight just to survive. Mike is a hero to me because although I'm not from his world; I am from The World. Mike Tyson...holy shit. He's alive to share his story because now he's the greatest in that certain regard. We all see the blood, but rarely do we see the true hurt people carry. All my heroes have lived in Hell at some point, thus, me as well, and here I am. It's probably a fucken illusion anyway. Thanks for reading if you did. I appreciate it very much. My name is Chris (Gen-X-Zeke-8), I am 44; Tyson fan since 1988. 34 years. Just wild...but I wonder in some way, how did he know, or how Does he know that I exist in a great philosophical manner. It's awesome. He knows you exist if you've ever pondered some of the deeper subjects in life- bigger than jobs, $$$, even sex...well, maybe not so much, but pretty close.
People never understood this about Michael Tyson,Mike was made,developed,cultivated, and built.Cus, Jim Jacobs, Teddy Atlas, Kevin Rooney. The Catskills
This video hurts to see because people know that Kevin Rooney was the right trainer for Tyson. If Tyson would have stayed with Rooney, then Mike would be an all time great fighter with the likes of Ali, Louis and others. Instead he is a top 20 fighter mainly because of his career from 1985-1989. Rooney was practically begging to train Tyson again because he wanted to see him fight at his maximum potential.
Top-10. He had ALL the tools/skills: Speed, footwork, head, power, and more stamina than people thought. Shift, timing instincts. But $$$ came is like Noah's flood of power!! "God Bless The Almighty Dollar". It gets to all of us eventually. I actually think he was a 1950's fighter due to him being trained like one. Imagine footage of him versus those guys back then? People would be freaking out like, "Who the hell is this Tyson?!" Left hook, uppercut, to the body, both hands, ring presence. Even Ali said Mike would beat him, and that's Ali talking. "I would be fast and jabbing, but when he hit me..." (gesturing going down). But, let's talk about how he made it out alive...never mind inside the ring. That too puts him up in the top-10, top-7 of All Time.
@@Bundy6Hunnaeveryone looks unbeatable in their prime, his career overall is a top 10 heavyweight champion when he could have been the guy to surpass Ali
Well there you go kids. Don’t forget Mike Tyson was 35-0 with 31 KO ‘s then he left Rooney and stopped slipping punches, started gaining weight, and it was the end of Mike Tyson. I don’t care how many fights Tyson won or lost after Rooney, he was never the same fighter. Not even close. In my opinion had he stayed with Kevin he never would have been beaten. Long live those two legends, Mike Tyson and Kevin Rooney.
@@BoxingOutsidetheRopes For sure this vid tells everything about this dramatic event in Tyson's life and world boxing. Truly a very sad waste of talent. I guess that Tyson's story will be unanimously acknowledged that way in few decades.
@@ScreamingEagleFTW Mike said he took no more than 25 million mike had a net worth of 400 million after prison . Source - 2009 documentary Tyson and recent vlad interview with mike Tyson
Did he train Morrison? I know he was with pazienza. I have nothing against him he just teaches that one peekaboo style for all fighters. An awesome style but it’s not suited for alot of guys.
Kevin offered Mike a lifeline here. At this moment in time it is very clear Rooney is eager to get Tyson back and reshape his outlook on boxing and his life generally. A Rooney trained Mike against Holyfield would of been a terrific fight.
Mike shouldve went back to Kevin after the Douglas fight, but Don King already had too much control and Mike was never the same fighter after Kevin got fired.
omg! I'm such a fan of mike but I have never seen this video. Why mike why not got back!!!! wow such a powerful speech he loved his fighters, Kevin Rooney was just that guy yo....
Kevin and Mike proved their mastery together. Kevin got the best out of Mike, and Kevin's greatness was proven in all of Mike's subsequent fights without him. Kevin is a true legend.
This man tells it how it is. The passion for the art of boxing is the number one thing and that’s when Mike was at his best. Should have never left this man’s side.
Mike had too much pride to go back with Kev. It is what it is . Great upload , i didn't know Kev asked Mike to come back , great upload. Shit man , Kev's practically begging .
@@daveyboy_ Rooney, Lott,jacobs and cayton were the perfect team for keeping Tyson FOCUSED to the Cus Damato techniques. He would have remained undefeated had he stayed with them and not rape Desiree Washington and go to prison for it. Every black person, trainers, friends, promoters all did an absolute disastrous job in tysons life after 1988, .Now I make sense. The 4 white guys absolutely made him a monster of history and he was a good person OUTSIDE the ring. Only to fu*k it up once he abandoned the WHITE TEAM.
Tyson was NOT the smartest fighter around. He choose Don King and the B.S. , over Kevin. This was the beginning of the end. He was never the same fighter again. It was a personal choice. We all know how that turned out.
Robin Givens had a lot to do with Mike leaving his team. She poured salt on every relationship Mike had before her arrival. The book "Fire and Fear" by Jose Torres documents Mike's road to becoming champion and the split with his team. Jose had Mike's participation as he was also a former champion trained by Cus.
Mind you, Tyson also fired Bill Cayton as manager, who basically looked out for him along with JM Jacobs (who died not long after Tyson became the WBC champ). Tyson was an emotional mess after losing him and Cus, his fiasco with Robin Givens, etc.; that’s how Don King got him.
I wish other popular boxers at that time had rooney as their coach. It would've been great to see him a lot more often. I would kill to have rooney as a boxing coach.
This is fascinating. I was a little kid during all of this. Now as an adult to see the inner workings knowing what I know now about this cast of characters... man, early hungry is my absolute favourite for my era. What I do judge now is that Catskill team was honest and was the perfect fit for Mike and could maximize his potential going forward, but by his own admission by 1990 he didn't even like fighting anymore, as it had all become about money.
@@adamdesanti6713 You’re right. Who knows what could have been had he stayed with Rooney? The best of Mike inside the ring was gone as soon as he let Kevin go.
Rooney cared about Mike. Mike took a few wrong turns int he road, but they made the difference between Mike only being one of the top ten heavyweight greats, and being the greatest heavyweight there was was period. In our lifetime, Mike Tyson is the closest thing to the greatest that ever was.
Kevin Roony ha sido el mejor Ingeniero que ha tenido Mike Tyson !! Sabia que parametros de Tyson modificar para que la electronica funcionara como un tiro ...
I saw the alternate future... Tyson kept Rooney and so he beat Douglas and then KO a daring Holyfield in 3... Then Holyfield stuck around but when he saw that Tyson was going nowhere he went back to cruiserweight because no one was going to b legend or even hall of famer while Tyson has all the belts. Tyson stayed out of prison, ducked Bowe, beat Lewis and lost the second match... Beat Morrison and sent Foreman into retirement in, a very emotional fight. Fought and beat the Klitshco brothers back to back and then retired. He was 52-0 by the time he lost his first fight and retired like 63 - 2 With his titles in hand... Let the lineal champ line b broken once again... Go down as THE GOAT.
Mike was young and impressionable and listened to shysters like Don King who robbed him. He realised he could surround himself with ‘yes’ men, but that wasn’t what he needed.
This was the time I started to hate Holyfield. Mike should have gotten the immediate rematch with Buster but Evander wound up getting the much easier opponent. Mike would have demolished Buster in the rematch but that fight never took place
Mike fired Kevin because Kevin wouldn't put up with his BS. He forced Mike Tyson to be at his absolute best and peak condition for every fight. Not partying all night with escorts and not training properly like he did the night before the Douglas fight. Tyson lost his edge and from fight 1 after Rooney left, he was a way worse fighter.
Mike's biggest mistake was letting rooney go we could all see mike was making mistakes in the Bruno fight don king ruined the greatest heavyweight to ever breath there wasn't a man on the planet who could deal with tyson with the right people around him
Rooneys a cool dude. It’s a shame, I thought that was as perfect a pair as any in boxing history. Rooney completed the masterpiece & then King pissed all over it
Rooney has trained many world champions as he’s still training fighters in his gym today. He didn’t luck out with tyson. He’s proven his worth of a trainer over the past 35 years. One of the greats He made mike. It wasn’t mike being a genetic freak. Ammiright?
He did train more world champions. but then he became an alcoholic. many times people cant show their true potential because of external issues. BTW the same happened with Mike, he switched trainers etc then from 90 onwards he flopped in every big tests of his.
Agreed. Don King’s negative influence, Tyson’s desire to not have to answer to anyone, and Mike’s personal demons (in no particular order) all did him in…
Well said Rooney! All true! He lost desire for boxing here. 100% true! Don King make him to fight for money! He was not prepared mentaly and phisicaly for fight.
Tyson at that point chose the path of least resistance. His boxing career suffered greatly because of that choice. Most fighters never have the heart to fire their trainers management does it for them. The fighters know full well they are full of crap and that's why they sacrifice the trainer.
Wow u could tell Kevin really cared for Mike. Unfortunately, he was too young and ignorant not to realize it. Tricked by Don King. Not every brotha is a brotyer
The truth comes out! If Mike stayed with Rooney everyone else would have been irrelevant for the next 20 years. If there is a way to beat Rooney/Cus Tyson explain how you would do it..
Mike needs to speak more on this. He owes kevin and the world more to speak on this. And one thing i noticed is that interviewers dont ask. It must be off limits from his manager. Its really sad this whole situation. And he makes up with the guy who pulled a gun on him before Rooney. Not cool.
AMEN!!! THATS THE TRUTH. MIKE WASNT IN SHAPE AT ALL, WASNT MOVIN HIS HEAD AND LACKED WILL POWER AND GOT KNOCKED OUT! IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE END! PRAISE KEVIN ROONEY!
Kevin gave a shit about mikes health and boxing abilities idk why they seperated if mike stayed with kevin buster would of never won niether would of mcbride
Kevin Rooneys first blunder was saying idc if don king is still his promoter second blunder is saying he wants to be the boss he shoulda always said him and mike were friends
This is what loyalty sounds like
I want more of Rooney talk on Mike. The biggest Mistake mike did was get rid of THIS MAN PERIOD!
Understatement
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Yes, yes, yes, yes. I agree with you 1000000%. Mike should have went back to Rooney and stay with Don King as his promoter. Leaving Rooney was the death of Tyson's career. Rooney wasn't a yes man and he knew how to correctly train Mike for his fighting style. Even after coming out of prison Mike could have saved his career by going back to Rooney.
Not really the mistake was living Taedy Atlas
@@Jo-by8to Either Rooney or Atlas would have worked for Tyson's development as a fighter. Atlas pulling a gun on Tyson though was a deal breaker. Rooney's relationship with Tyson would have been easier to salvage.
spoken from the heart and really just wanted Mike to succeed, loved the guy
Phil risser. What a genuine guy. He really cared for Mike.
mike before cus damato died vs after cus damato died
That's right
cus, jimmy, kevin and teddy raised mike together.
cus died, jimmy died, teddy left, and kevin was the last one left.
kevin warned him about don and robin, mike thought it was betrayal and fired him.
kevin got mad and sued mike for 4 million. and won.
its bullshit that mike forgave don and teddy but barely talks about rooney.
This video is gold. I've never heard Kevin's side after he separated with Tyson. It's sad that this video has only 2K views.
it isnt sdad,only people who search get the diamonds.
Tyson fired Rooney and lost 2 fights later. He can only blame himself
Dong King brought the $$$ and took the Blood. Rooney was the Gym Rat, but Don Convinced Mike to train 60% capacity and still make a 20 million payout. Douglas would have lasted 3 rounds against a crisp focused Mike; clearly.
Tyson was going to lose eventually anyway. Steve Lott mentioned this and he was in Tyson's camp from the beginning.
@@DreadMaximus We can only speculate the entire truth of what went down, but the one who does know isn't5 saying a word, and there are reasons for that. As fans we all know what would likely happened 'eventually'. Mike would have closed out the '90s with 60+ wins and probaby 52 KOs. 3 Losses. I think he would have smashed 'The Duke', split wth Holyfield, Lewis and Bowe. Mike stopped moving his head in certain fights and just kept charging in instead of boxing. But I can only speculate as well. Its obvious. Mike peak athletic prime was from 1985 through about '99. After that he gained weight and got slowed way down to look foolish.
I'm a Tyson fan, but even Ali said Mike could have knocked him out, but of course Mike's humble reaction was like: "No, no, no..." But I agree with Ali. You can't beat a prime Mike by circle dancing around him.
@@gen-x-zeke8446 the moment he left Kev all head movement stopped. He became a headhunter , it worked on guy like Bruno who shit themselves b4 they set foot in the ring
@@daveyboy_ Bruno had so much support in their fights, but the last one Mike destroyed him. I tell people, "He just didn't get that punch or momentum against Evander. For Bester, he was not in that ring, but was an avatar while he soaked up the sorrows of (The dark side of Reality). And he's alive-Thus a living legend. Cus said he wouldn't leave until Mike succeeded, but he wasn't talking about the Ring. But now that Mike seemingly has freed his mind I think in that regard he is "prime Mike" and now Cus may rest (to Mike that is). In the early days, Mike Loved to overcome the fear, and win by about 90% KO of All fights combined. Look them up. It's amazing that he didn't OD on anything. I know the Hell of wanting to Die but not being able to find yourself to end it. So, we fight, fight, fight just to survive. Mike is a hero to me because although I'm not from his world; I am from The World. Mike Tyson...holy shit. He's alive to share his story because now he's the greatest in that certain regard. We all see the blood, but rarely do we see the true hurt people carry. All my heroes have lived in Hell at some point, thus, me as well, and here I am. It's probably a fucken illusion anyway. Thanks for reading if you did. I appreciate it very much. My name is Chris (Gen-X-Zeke-8), I am 44; Tyson fan since 1988. 34 years. Just wild...but I wonder in some way, how did he know, or how Does he know that I exist in a great philosophical manner. It's awesome. He knows you exist if you've ever pondered some of the deeper subjects in life- bigger than jobs, $$$, even sex...well, maybe not so much, but pretty close.
People never understood this about Michael Tyson,Mike was made,developed,cultivated,
and built.Cus, Jim Jacobs, Teddy Atlas, Kevin Rooney. The Catskills
This video hurts to see because people know that Kevin Rooney was the right trainer for Tyson. If Tyson would have stayed with Rooney, then Mike would be an all time great fighter with the likes of Ali, Louis and others. Instead he is a top 20 fighter mainly because of his career from 1985-1989. Rooney was practically begging to train Tyson again because he wanted to see him fight at his maximum potential.
True story. Couldn't agree more.
Top-10. He had ALL the tools/skills: Speed, footwork, head, power, and more stamina than people thought. Shift, timing instincts. But $$$ came is like Noah's flood of power!! "God Bless The Almighty Dollar". It gets to all of us eventually. I actually think he was a 1950's fighter due to him being trained like one. Imagine footage of him versus those guys back then? People would be freaking out like, "Who the hell is this Tyson?!" Left hook, uppercut, to the body, both hands, ring presence. Even Ali said Mike would beat him, and that's Ali talking. "I would be fast and jabbing, but when he hit me..." (gesturing going down). But, let's talk about how he made it out alive...never mind inside the ring. That too puts him up in the top-10, top-7 of All Time.
Mike is still an all time great fighter, come on mate 🤦♂️🇦🇺🍻
he’s the goat, if you compare their primes he’s all time. past prime isn’t fair to compare because he wasn’t in it anymore
@@Bundy6Hunnaeveryone looks unbeatable in their prime, his career overall is a top 10 heavyweight champion when he could have been the guy to surpass Ali
Well there you go kids. Don’t forget Mike Tyson was 35-0 with 31 KO ‘s then he left Rooney and stopped slipping punches, started gaining weight, and it was the end of Mike Tyson. I don’t care how many fights Tyson won or lost after Rooney, he was never the same fighter. Not even close. In my opinion had he stayed with Kevin he never would have been beaten. Long live those two legends, Mike Tyson and Kevin Rooney.
Has Tyson ever come clean about why he fired Rooney ?.
This vid ages so well. Thank you for sharing it.
Really spells out Rooney’s side so well, doesn’t it? The biggest professional mistake Mike ever made in my opinion. He was never the same fighter.
@@BoxingOutsidetheRopes For sure this vid tells everything about this dramatic event in Tyson's life and world boxing. Truly a very sad waste of talent. I guess that Tyson's story will be unanimously acknowledged that way in few decades.
Rooney is a national treasure. He preserved the tyson we all got to witness after cus died. I wish he would’ve gotten back with mike. Super sad
Mike would have retired undefeated had he stayed with Rooney, no doubt in my mind.
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Don't know if he would have been undefeated but definitely would have a better career had he stay with the right people
Facts
@@deshizleHe Would’ve Retired Undefeated Like Jordan Said. He Would’ve Ran Through Evander & He Would’ve Stopped Lennox.
OK Uncle Rico
The lack of loyalty was Mike's downfall!
They were taking 30 percent cut
@@Rafael-xx1id they should get 50. Mike would be nobody without Rooney and Cus. What percent did Don King take? oh wait.. it was like 100% wasnt it?
@@ScreamingEagleFTW don took 10- 15 percent
@@Rafael-xx1id according to Mike DK is a POS and took all Mikes money.
@@ScreamingEagleFTW Mike said he took no more than 25 million mike had a net worth of 400 million after prison .
Source - 2009 documentary Tyson and recent vlad interview with mike Tyson
Rooney had proved his worth training Tyson. He knows what he's talking about.
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Mike was very wrong to leave Rooney as history shows but he has only himself to blame.
What other fighter did Rooney train. I’m not even asking for a champion. But just anybody in 40 years.
He lucked out with mike
@@oldironsides4107 he also trained Tommy Morrison I think
Did he train Morrison? I know he was with pazienza.
I have nothing against him he just teaches that one peekaboo style for all fighters. An awesome style but it’s not suited for alot of guys.
This was such a great trainer, what loss for Mike he never returned to Kevin.
Perhaps one of the best trainers of all time...
Kevin offered Mike a lifeline here. At this moment in time it is very clear Rooney is eager to get Tyson back and reshape his outlook on boxing and his life generally. A Rooney trained Mike against Holyfield would of been a terrific fight.
Same result.
Made no difference who trained him, he was a kid the early days up to 1988.
@shaunbat5097 nope. No way. Absolutely not the same result had Tyson gone back to Rooney.
It would have gone the distance with Mike coming out on top
Mike shouldve went back to Kevin after the Douglas fight, but Don King already had too much control and Mike was never the same fighter after Kevin got fired.
Rooney was a worthy contender himself he had experience was up amongst the champions of his day arguello being one of them
omg! I'm such a fan of mike but I have never seen this video. Why mike why not got back!!!! wow such a powerful speech he loved his fighters, Kevin Rooney was just that guy yo....
The biggest mistake Tyson ever made in his professional career was getting rid of Kevin Rooney.
It's so sad to hear this from Kevin and really shows how much he cared about mike and how much he knew Don King was doing mike over for.
Once Kevin was gone, that was officially the end of the Catskills family..
A very knowledgeable trainer and excellent vision of what was happening. Mike fell apart when he left Kevin.
Kevin and Mike proved their mastery together. Kevin got the best out of Mike, and Kevin's greatness was proven in all of Mike's subsequent fights without him. Kevin is a true legend.
Kevin knew his fighter and time has proven him correct
This man tells it how it is. The passion for the art of boxing is the number one thing and that’s when Mike was at his best. Should have never left this man’s side.
Mike had too much pride to go back with Kev. It is what it is . Great upload , i didn't know Kev asked Mike to come back , great upload. Shit man , Kev's practically begging .
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Mike became pro black/anti white with Don King. Ritchie giachetti was King's guy anyway, Otherwise tyson would have a black trainer all the time.
@BobBenson-qz8lp you make no.sense. why would he have a black trainer as opposed ro a white guy ?
@@daveyboy_ Rooney, Lott,jacobs and cayton were the perfect team for keeping Tyson FOCUSED to the Cus Damato techniques. He would have remained undefeated had he stayed with them and not rape Desiree Washington and go to prison for it. Every black person, trainers, friends, promoters all did an absolute disastrous job in tysons life after 1988, .Now I make sense. The 4 white guys absolutely made him a monster of history and he was a good person OUTSIDE the ring. Only to fu*k it up once he abandoned the WHITE TEAM.
@BobBenson-qz8lp I sorta see what ur saying but to say he wouldn't have raped Desiree Washington if he was with an alcoholic trainer is a stretch.
thank you for posting this
Respect for mr Rooney. He know very much about boxing. I guess the best boxing school in the world. Catskill mr. Cuz D amato.
kevin rooney was a top trainer.....ex fighter who understood and cared about tyson.....rooney was greatly underestimated as a man and trainer
Really enjoying these clips of the 90s 🔥🔥🔥💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾
80s better
Evander was the first Name he said. He's an expert!
Tyson was NOT the smartest fighter around. He choose Don King and the B.S. , over Kevin. This was the beginning of the end. He was never the same fighter again. It was a personal choice. We all know how that turned out.
This is heartbreaking. There are two sides to every story, but I think in the end, Rooney was on the right side of history.
Robin Givens had a lot to do with Mike leaving his team. She poured salt on every relationship Mike had before her arrival. The book "Fire and Fear" by Jose Torres documents Mike's road to becoming champion and the split with his team. Jose had Mike's participation as he was also a former champion trained by Cus.
ya you called it Dave. lests not forget Robin Givens.. she really was the beginning of the end of mike.
Mind you, Tyson also fired Bill Cayton as manager, who basically looked out for him along with JM Jacobs (who died not long after Tyson became the WBC champ). Tyson was an emotional mess after losing him and Cus, his fiasco with Robin Givens, etc.; that’s how Don King got him.
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Rooney spoke the truth
Bring him back youngest heavyweight champion and oldest
Kevin is the Ultimate disciple of Cus and all he stood for. Mike was done when he let Kevin go.
Kevin Rooney fue un gran maestro del boxeo 🥊🥊
wow he was so right...if they had listened things would be different
It's really refreshing to hear the truth for a change,rather than the bullshit scripts that most people read from.
Rooney seems very genuine
Brilliant motivator.
RIP Gus.❤️
"Cus"
Kevin Rooney was the trainer that Cus D'Amato approved for Mike. That means everything
I wish other popular boxers at that time had rooney as their coach. It would've been great to see him a lot more often. I would kill to have rooney as a boxing coach.
Kevin Rooney made Mike the best ever
Hey Kevin Rooney! Good to see you even on video....Elaine Fortune from the projects is wondering how you are these days. Looking great as always!
lol sure he gonna get this message
@@anhviet5412 He already has!
This is almost the real life Rocky V story right there.
This is fascinating. I was a little kid during all of this. Now as an adult to see the inner workings knowing what I know now about this cast of characters... man, early hungry is my absolute favourite for my era. What I do judge now is that Catskill team was honest and was the perfect fit for Mike and could maximize his potential going forward, but by his own admission by 1990 he didn't even like fighting anymore, as it had all become about money.
@@adamdesanti6713 You’re right. Who knows what could have been had he stayed with Rooney? The best of Mike inside the ring was gone as soon as he let Kevin go.
Buster was amazing in this fight. He was too good,
He was fantastic!
Had he have trained the same for each fight and fought that way 'he' would have been unbeatable.
Rooney cared about Mike. Mike took a few wrong turns int he road, but they made the difference between Mike only being one of the top ten heavyweight greats, and being the greatest heavyweight there was was period. In our lifetime, Mike Tyson is the closest thing to the greatest that ever was.
Mike Tyson didn't even speak to him?! Wow
Kevin Roony ha sido el mejor Ingeniero que ha tenido Mike Tyson !!
Sabia que parametros de Tyson modificar para que la electronica funcionara como un tiro ...
I saw the alternate future... Tyson kept Rooney and so he beat Douglas and then KO a daring Holyfield in 3... Then Holyfield stuck around but when he saw that Tyson was going nowhere he went back to cruiserweight because no one was going to b legend or even hall of famer while Tyson has all the belts.
Tyson stayed out of prison, ducked Bowe, beat Lewis and lost the second match... Beat Morrison and sent Foreman into retirement in, a very emotional fight.
Fought and beat the Klitshco brothers back to back and then retired. He was 52-0 by the time he lost his first fight and retired like 63 - 2
With his titles in hand... Let the lineal champ line b broken once again...
Go down as THE GOAT.
That was a lot of stretch to have the man be the GOAT
Lol ducked Bowe? Random mention.
He and Mike sound alike
Love this never see this before.
The biggest tragedy of Mike's Career
Mike really should of swallowed his pride and gone back to Ronney after the Douglas fight
After prison as well.
He was never the same fighter once he got rid of Kevin Rooney.
He’s correct. Tyson had zero interest in fighting that night mentally was not in that fight. It was obvious.
Tysons own stubbornness was his downfall in this situation
He didn't care about the team who made him.
Look hear Rooney calling it out on Forman saying he can’t be taken lightly. Called another future 2 time champion
Mike was young and impressionable and listened to shysters like Don King who robbed him. He realised he could surround himself with ‘yes’ men, but that wasn’t what he needed.
Was his choice, he wanted that lifestyle himself to blame.
This was the time I started to hate Holyfield. Mike should have gotten the immediate rematch with Buster but Evander wound up getting the much easier opponent. Mike would have demolished Buster in the rematch but that fight never took place
Mike fired Kevin because Kevin wouldn't put up with his BS. He forced Mike Tyson to be at his absolute best and peak condition for every fight. Not partying all night with escorts and not training properly like he did the night before the Douglas fight. Tyson lost his edge and from fight 1 after Rooney left, he was a way worse fighter.
Would love to hear Tyson break down this video
Listen to mike talk now and they sound exactly the same. They say the same exact things.
Mike's biggest mistake was letting rooney go we could all see mike was making mistakes in the Bruno fight don king ruined the greatest heavyweight to ever breath there wasn't a man on the planet who could deal with tyson with the right people around him
If only Rooney and Teddy atlas coached Tyson in the 90s.
Wow! He said that Holyfield could have probably beat him years before he fought him.😱
* In the condition he went to fight buster
Come on bruh
Rooneys a cool dude. It’s a shame, I thought that was as perfect a pair as any in boxing history. Rooney completed the masterpiece & then King pissed all over it
Rooney has trained many world champions as he’s still training fighters in his gym today.
He didn’t luck out with tyson. He’s proven his worth of a trainer over the past 35 years. One of the greats
He made mike. It wasn’t mike being a genetic freak.
Ammiright?
Not really mike had the body of a grown man at the age of 15 genetics had alot to do with him being so dominant especially in the heavyweight division
He did train more world champions. but then he became an alcoholic. many times people cant show their true potential because of external issues.
BTW the same happened with Mike, he switched trainers etc then from 90 onwards he flopped in every big tests of his.
That’s too bad Tyson didn’t go back to Rooney.
Agreed. Don King’s negative influence, Tyson’s desire to not have to answer to anyone, and Mike’s personal demons (in no particular order) all did him in…
It was too bad he fired Rooney to begin with. Something he shouldn't have done in the first place.
Tysons defense and discipline left with Rooney
Awesome video 😊
Brilliant footage,Rooney and tyson were aatch made in heaven,but as some say , THINGS HAPPEN FOR A REASON 👍, Brilliant video
Wow I never knew it was this deep😢 Rooney truly cared about Mike and knew Don king was a snake that was wasting Tyson’s potential
Well said Rooney! All true! He lost desire for boxing here. 100% true! Don King make him to fight for money! He was not prepared mentaly and phisicaly for fight.
Tyson at that point chose the path of least resistance. His boxing career suffered greatly because of that choice. Most fighters never have the heart to fire their trainers management does it for them. The fighters know full well they are full of crap and that's why they sacrifice the trainer.
Kevin genuinely cares about Mike. I hope they patch it up before the final bell rings.
Wow u could tell Kevin really cared for Mike. Unfortunately, he was too young and ignorant not to realize it. Tricked by Don King. Not every brotha is a brotyer
I didnt know Tony Soprano trained Mike Tyson
All joking aside, kevin rooney was the best.
There will never be another Kevin Ronney. Just a master trainer.
I'd like to hear what Mike has to say about Rooney and the split
Best trainer ever
For Mike Tyson yes 100%
The truth comes out! If Mike stayed with Rooney everyone else would have been irrelevant for the next 20 years. If there is a way to beat Rooney/Cus Tyson explain how you would do it..
Skill and Resistance
🙋Rooney
Yeah i hate that this guy got fired also, tyson lost the last link to cus once this guy was ousted...
Mike needs to speak more on this. He owes kevin and the world more to speak on this. And one thing i noticed is that interviewers dont ask. It must be off limits from his manager. Its really sad this whole situation. And he makes up with the guy who pulled a gun on him before Rooney. Not cool.
Kevin was right and care about tyson
greatest trainer
Whoa whoa whoa.
AMEN!!!
THATS THE TRUTH.
MIKE WASNT IN SHAPE AT ALL, WASNT MOVIN HIS HEAD AND LACKED WILL POWER AND GOT KNOCKED OUT!
IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE END!
PRAISE KEVIN ROONEY!
Kevin gave a shit about mikes health and boxing abilities idk why they seperated if mike stayed with kevin buster would of never won niether would of mcbride
Mike believed that he would have gone undefeated with Kevin as his trainer. I do as well.
Kevin was right. Don king manipulated Mike to fire rooney. Cus should've told Mike to stay away from Don King.
Kevin Rooneys first blunder was saying idc if don king is still his promoter second blunder is saying he wants to be the boss he shoulda always said him and mike were friends
See as I said.. Mike was no more the same post Rooney
wow kevin even knew about george forman
🔥 Kevin Rooney was his downfall 😮facts...
Kevin was so spot on that it isn't funny.
Mike can do whatever he likes but he really screwed his boxing career up and took the sport with him in a way