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Mike Tyson On Fighting Royce Gracie In Their Prime – “There’s No Way I Would Have Won.”

 

 



 

So apparently back in the 1990’s when Royce Gracie was exposing the world to BJJ, he had extended a challenge to Heavyweight Boxing Champ Mike Tyson. Mike Tyson did not respond to the challenge because he was in prison at the time. However recently Mike was interviewed about the subject and had this to say:

“Well, in ’93, I was in prison, so there wouldn’t have been a fight, but there is no way I would have won. I had no idea what was going on with that type of fighting and would’ve been taken by surprise”, Tyson said.

“I would have had to train in that particular art of fighting before that happened. That’s a particular art. You’re not going to go in there with just your hand and not have a great ground game. You also need a great wrestling game to be successful, and you won’t be exciting, as well. You have to have both games. You have to know how to wrestle and box. That’s just the truth.

Tyson admitted that if he had been offered the opportunity to compete in the first tournament (and if he wasn’t in prison) his ego would likely have forced him to accept.

“My ego would have told me I’m the best fighter in the world with all the particular fighting aspects, and I would have tried it.”

 

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