Mike Tyson: Will Jon Jones let the dark shadows invade?
Pro wrestling guru and best friend to Brock Lesnar Paul Heyman traveled to Las Vegas to interview the Mike Tyson…
Pro wrestling guru and best friend to Brock Lesnar Paul Heyman traveled to Las Vegas to interview the Mike Tyson about UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones. Heyman felt no one could relate to Jones’ dominance in fighting, and potential fall from grace more so than the former Heavyweight Champion of the World “Iron” Mike Tyson.
“The parallels are all there,” Paul noted. “A kid comes out of nowhere, revolutionizes the fight game, achieves a level of success never seen before in no-time-flat, and then the reality of it all sets in when temptation sets him up for failure. People like to build up their own Supermen, but then they actually like to see what happens when Superman is confronted with a fat heaping serving of Kryptonite.”
“It depends on Jon, basically, what Jon wants to do, is where Jon’s going to go,” said Tyson. “Number one, incidents like this, it basically turns into support system. A guy like me, when I was living my life I had millions of dollars, I didn’t have a support system. I had a bad support system so I received bad support.
“So in an incident like this, we don’t know. No one really knows Jon Jones. We just know he’s a splendid fighter. We’ve never seen a UFC fighter like that.
“i just wish the best happens out of this situation, because just like so many people love him, there’s very few people out there in a position to put him in a bad place. We’re gonna find out from this situation if Jon Jones is gonna continue to make us love him for his great fighting and the way he carries himself, as a great individual and humanitarian. Or is he gonna let the bright lights and dark shadows invade his life, and be one of those rising meteors, he just flies through the air and lights the world up and then he dies down in a moment?
“I hope not, because we all respect Jon and Jon appears to be a very nice guy and respectable guy. I just hope the best for him. Because I’ve been through those situations before. I’m pretty dark in my life. I come from a dark place. Wow, I just hope the best for Mr. Jon. Take care champ.”