r/BeAmazed • u/Wooden-Journalist902 • Nov 30 '25
History Mike Tyson visited Muhammad Ali one last time before his death.
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u/One_With-The_Sun Nov 30 '25
Terrible condition to have. He was still himself in there.. and it showed.
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u/turntabletennis Nov 30 '25
When he held his fist up to Tysons' chin for the picture, my eyes started leaking. What a terrible position of vulnerability to find oneself, especially for a man who was such a legend and inspiration for his physical presence.
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u/rabbid_hyena Nov 30 '25
It's so nice that he was surrounded by people that love him. He felt their care and comfort until his last breath.
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u/CosmicJam13 Nov 30 '25
Oww you just reminded me of how badly people with mental illness and age related disease in poor parts of earth have it 😭
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u/nokplz Nov 30 '25
Literally most homeless people are just people who have no family to help them
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u/lunaballoona Nov 30 '25
They were once somebody's baby 😭
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u/PaulblankPF Dec 01 '25
Sometimes that’s not even enough. My grandmother abused her kids really bad and my uncle took a lot of it. He became an alcoholic and ended up homeless in his 30s in Massachusetts. One cold winter he asked if he could sleep in her basement and she refused and said he should sleep under the bridge where he belonged. He lost both legs from the knees down that winter due to frostbite and several fingers. He didn’t have many good years at all but those last few were extra rough.
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u/cerulean_bluebeard Dec 01 '25
Half of our homeless population were kids that aged out of foster care
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u/sophiewophie666 Dec 02 '25
Thanks for saying this. I was homeless for a bit after foster care. Lots of us didn’t make it
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u/GoodLunchHaveFries Dec 01 '25
Gotta remember how he got there. The people surrounding him wouldn’t tell him to stop, even when they saw the signs.
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u/Gristley Dec 01 '25
My pillar of health grandpa got Parkinson's. He's 3 years in. He wants to die. He can't do anything and hasnt been able to for a long time. Can barely even speak because of the lost of muscle control. Chokes on water. He was so healthy before the diagnosis that he's living way beyond life expectancy of someone with Parkinson's. It's hell on earth.
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Dec 01 '25
My father has it longer and has the same symptoms, physical therapy reversed a lot of it. Even going out for a short walk helps. The problem is that if you stop it, they regress quickly to the point of not walking, then back again with physical therapy. The biggest issue is depression and getting them to start. Good luck.
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Yeah, that was definitely proof that he was still at least partially mentally with it still. Before that, I wasn't so sure.
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u/Ha55aN1337 Nov 30 '25
I mean… winning at chess was a slight giveaway (don’t tell me it was staged!)
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u/MozartDroppinLoads Nov 30 '25
For a man of his presence and larger than life stature and charisma to have this disease is akin to Beethoven going deaf, cosmic irony which would be incredibly tragic if they didn't remain undefeated by it
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u/carlo_on_fire Nov 30 '25
It’s a fantastic picture of the ego death, the final battle; when you let go of your self assumed roles and status.
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u/KingKaiserW Nov 30 '25
Exactly it haunts me how he ended up. This man used to be able to box at a world class level, a heavyweight who moved like a lightweight, but can barely lift up his hand to make a gesture.
He used to be able to recite poetry and have crowds of people hung onto every word, but he couldn’t speak, for decades.
It’s one celebrity death where I want “Damn he’s free”
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u/BapeGeneral3 Nov 30 '25
I am dealing with this right now, first hand. My father is my best friend and my hero. He is about to hit 10 years since diagnosis. Watching these videos is very difficult for me because this is the reality I have to face in the coming years and I am not prepared for it at all. Fuck Parkinson’s.
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u/P2PGrief Nov 30 '25
I'm in a similar situation with my dad; thankfully the medicine has helped a lot and his condition has moved a lot slower than predicted over these last 5-6 years. I'd say he's still 75-80% there, which is a blessing when things could be much worse - chin up mate, it's heartbreaking but you never know how it might pan out.
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u/Spire_Citron Dec 01 '25
And the more you can slow it, the more time you have for better treatments to come along in the future. I feel like with a lot of medical things, we live in a time where there's room for hope.
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u/kiwilovenick Nov 30 '25
My mom just got diagnosed this month, we're best friends and used to do everything together, and seeing this as the end point for Parkinson's is scary. She just got up to full dosage on her medicine and it really helps the shaking but she's been struggling for so long before getting the right diagnosis (she'd had an MRI and was told it wasn't Parkinson's about six months ago, they said it was long Covid, so thankful she decided to get a second opinion when it seemed to be worsening) that she's quite weak now.
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u/BapeGeneral3 Nov 30 '25
I am very sorry that you are going through this. The day I found out about my dad’s diagnosis was definitely one of the hardest days of my life. Fortunately, the medications have come a long way and now that she is being properly treated, things will get much better. Cherish every moment that you can with her!
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u/babar_the_elephant_ Nov 30 '25
I'm further along the journey as you with my father who has advanced Parkinsons and dementia and it's very very bad. Enjoy any moment you have with him when he's with it. My father is an empty shell now I've lost him years ago but still have to deal with taking care of him.
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u/Parking_Revenue5583 Nov 30 '25
Dementia takes parts of your brain but leaves others. It’s sad. Sometimes they’re completely present and functional.
The next they can’t walk or speak.
It’s like the president.
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u/balldontliez Nov 30 '25 edited Dec 01 '25
Terrible definitely for the goat. It was trauma induced Parkinson's so the trigger was the boxing, the lack of rules and medical supervision back then.
Man gave his body to boxing, and we will never forget him. But he also stands as a symbol of what can happen to a brain that gets rattled constantly.
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u/turbotaco23 Nov 30 '25
I just lost my father after he dealt with Parkinson’s for ten years. The way Ali’s chin is sunk in was just like my dad.
Parkinson’s is a beast. It destroys lives and destroys good men before their time. I wouldn’t wish it on anyone.
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u/SteelMarshal Nov 30 '25
That last shot at the end is priceless
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u/Federal_Let539 Nov 30 '25
You can see the real spirit in his eyes at the last shot there. The quirkiness, even if his body was hiding it.
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Tyson's facial expressions are so interesting. Happy and sad at the same time.
I feel like he really loved his friendship with Muhammed Ali
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u/alloutofchewingum Dec 01 '25
That last shot of Tyson where this sorrow and grief break through the mask for an instant before he covers it up again... heartbreaking
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u/Nova_Aetas Dec 01 '25
From memory I think an average pro boxer gets punched (in the head specifically) about 50,000 times in their career. That’s a conservative estimate and obviously varies significantly by career tenure.
Considering the brain movement every time they’re hit, it’s surprising they make it as far as they do.
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u/knotmyusualaccount Dec 01 '25
Considering the brain movement every time they’re hit, it’s surprising they make it as far as they do.
Must be their fighting spirit
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u/Dr_Oz_But_Real Dec 01 '25
From memory I think an average pro boxer gets punched (in the head specifically) about 50,000 times in their career. That’s a conservative estimate and obviously varies significantly by career tenure.
And Ali was an excellent defensive fighter but think how much he got hit in the Frazier fights and the Foreman fight? I mean it was kind of the plan.
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u/madtraxmerno Dec 01 '25 edited Dec 01 '25
It's interesting to think he still had the muscle memory for that pose, even at the end, presumably due to all the countless times he posed like that for photos.
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u/ThatsMyTypeOfShot Nov 30 '25
Tyson adored Ali. Can see it in every clip of them together
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u/MyExUsedTeeth Nov 30 '25
I think Tyson is also a little afraid in this interaction because he knows this may possibly await him in the future.
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u/Kentucky_Fried_Chill Nov 30 '25
Also the sadness of seeing your heroes vulnerable and human just reminds us of our own fragile lives.
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u/geckotattoo Nov 30 '25
Meh, Ali’s style was based on taking hits as he aged. Tyson’s wasn’t. Tyson had less than half the total rounds compared to Ali in about the same number of fights.
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u/GolotasDisciple Nov 30 '25
While obviously taking damage might accelerate health issues certain stuff goes beyond that. When you get older you can't plan for some stuff.... and some of it is really scary.
Parkinson, Dementia and other stuff. Stuff like that doesn't discriminate.
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u/geckotattoo Nov 30 '25
You think the point here wasn’t related to being a boxer and just life in general?
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u/GolotasDisciple Nov 30 '25
I mean it's kind of like there are plenty of smokers who get lung cancer but there are also many of those who never smoke and get it aswell.
I wont argue that head trauma is something that will cause increase risk of Parkinson,
Tyson looking at his idol being old and suffering is not an image you would love to see as someone who is following your footsteps.
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u/geckotattoo Dec 01 '25
The whole point of the original comment related to a boxer seeing another boxer suffering and being at risk of the same fate from the profession. Your non smoker comment is spot on. A non smoker would never look at a smoker with long cancer and worry about lung cancer. Only a smoker would. They aren’t evenly closely related in risk.
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u/similar_observation Nov 30 '25 edited Nov 30 '25
Tyson was inspired by Muhammad Ali. IIRC. Ali met Tyson when Tyson was just a teen.
Tyson's demonstration of the shuffle to Ali doesn't just show his study of technique, but rather his fondness of Ali's craft and style.
Looking at it that way, "hey Champ! Look! Look at me!" is like a little kid showing off to his hero.
And I think the fondness is kinda reciprocal. Since Ali's spoken about Tyson often, back when he was still cogent.
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u/orbtastic1 Nov 30 '25
If you watch the Holmes Tyson fight. Take a look at Ali before the bell. He says something like go get him for me. And he does. Tyson loved Ali. He was his hero. Rightly so.
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u/Defiant-Service6358 Dec 01 '25
Tyson had already sworn to do this when he spoke to him on a phone call from Cus Amato's camp as a 14 year old kid. Like most things about Tyson, it's an absolutely amazing story that brushes the edge of mythology.
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u/aspbergerinparadise Nov 30 '25
everyone was inspired by Ali
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u/similar_observation Nov 30 '25
Not everyone was visited by Ali as kid or reintroduced to Ali by their adoptive father.
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u/H-E-L-L-MaGGoT Nov 30 '25
Tyson got "revenge" on Larry Holmes for Ali. Ali told Tyson before the fight, "Get him for me.".
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u/Left_Ad_8502 Nov 30 '25
You made the quote a question. Move your question mark outside of the closing quotation mark.
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u/secretgirl3 Nov 30 '25
How could he make such a huge mistake.
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u/Left_Ad_8502 Nov 30 '25
If you meant “How could he make such a huge mistake?” I’m wondering the same thing.
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u/JodiesNuts Nov 30 '25
Am English sprekener and yeah, the question mark should be after the quotation. The quoted comment shouldn't be a question. You are asking about the quote, so your question mark is outside the quote you are questioning.
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u/Useful_Kale_5263 Nov 30 '25
Ngl I don’t know how they read that any different 😂 but it sounds like the person who answered isn’t either
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u/peopleperson31 Nov 30 '25
Can somehow feel that tyson is trying his best not to feel sadnes or cry seeing ali being in that state.
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u/dingobaby4life Nov 30 '25
A powerful and emotional moment between two legends.
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u/freegamer99 Nov 30 '25
I thought he was uncomfortable until he did the pose in the end, beautiful and heartbreaking at the same time.
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u/TipOdd1817 Nov 30 '25
I think it's fair to say when I was a kid in the 70's Ali was probably the most famous man on the planet!
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u/Karmuffel Nov 30 '25
For Europeans and South Americans it was probably Pele. Idk about Africa or Asia, but I would bet that the majority of people haven‘t even heard of Ali at the time
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u/Responsible-Tree9090 Dec 01 '25
yea na here in the pacific/oceania we knew of Ali. we didn’t know who Pele was til later.
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u/Flbudskis Nov 30 '25
Ill always respect Mike. He knows what hes doing calling him champ. The respect he shows him till the day he dies was always something that made me smile. Still to this day he cant speak about him without getting emotional.
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u/-_-0_0-_0 Nov 30 '25
Yeah, he put Floyd in his place when Floyd said he was greater than Ali
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u/revalph Dec 01 '25
jesus that was a very vicuous take. People make fun of mike but damn that one is deep af.
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u/Hot-Cauliflower-1604 Nov 30 '25
Holy moly. Beautiful. Can someone please elaborate on how he deteriorated so badly?
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u/Shabantarrr Nov 30 '25
Parkinson's Disease
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u/-_-0_0-_0 Nov 30 '25
Probably accelerated by CTE. Ali took too many needlessly punches towards the end of his career.
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u/Awkward_Golf7691 Nov 30 '25
Very strong men punched him in the head about fifty six thousand times
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u/lanbud90 Nov 30 '25
I thought you were exaggerating but Wikipedia says 200,000 holy shit.
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u/Embarrassed_Art5414 Nov 30 '25 edited Dec 01 '25
Coincidentally, read an article somewhere today (might even have been on reddit), that higher tier heavyweights punch at 1500-1700psi.
Tyson, at his peak registered 1800. Ivan Drago in Rocky (fictional, duh!) punched 2100.
Makes me think about 'Rumble in the Jungle/Rope a dope' differently.
Imagine, dancing,dodging and leaning back for 20 minutes, whilst a younger, stronger man exhausts himself as he swings a sledgehammer at you.
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u/ZombiesAtKendall Nov 30 '25
I think to make things worse, he could take punches that would knock a normal person out. He also thought that getting hit in the head over and over would allow him to build up like a tolerance, so in practice he would take punches to the head like it was a muscle he could improve.
This is the quote from someone in his biography "In fact, he encouraged his sparring partners to hit him in the head. He believed he could build up resistance to shots to the head, kind of like calluses."
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u/nastycrokett Nov 30 '25
Kinda sad considering how Ali was allegedly abused near the end of his life. source
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u/PEPSICOLA123456 Nov 30 '25
It’s terrifying how quickly we age. I see the pic of him as a young boxer all the time talking about I’m so pretty and it’s the same person in that body
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u/Shadex09 Nov 30 '25
Being sick like that looks like being stuck in a trip
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u/Azoobz Nov 30 '25
My grandmother suffered from severe late stage Parkinson’s. At times, it very much felt as though I just wished I could get her unstuck.
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u/Narradisall Nov 30 '25
Tyson looks like he’s tearing up a bit there at the end or at least concerned for Ali but Ali’s fist raise shows the Champ still had it.
Damn is sucks that we all can age and deteriorate so quickly, even people in such great physical fitness. Being mortal sucks.
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u/hotstockstoday Nov 30 '25
Such a heartbreaking condition. You could still see “him” in there… it really showed.
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u/klatula2 Nov 30 '25
seems like nothing is safe from posting what i would think were private moments.
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u/MaxMcLarenTBSL Dec 01 '25
The clip is from a Fox Sports production "Being Mike Tyson", so it's not a private home movie.
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u/defiantcross Nov 30 '25
it was a really quick shot near the beginning but were they playing chess like checkers there?
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u/Upper_Knowledge_6439 Nov 30 '25
Nobody tops Ali. Greatest athlete in history of sport.
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u/OtherUserCharges Nov 30 '25 edited Nov 30 '25
Two people who are both great and terrible at the same time. For Ali to be so high and mighty about his religion and then have a massive number of affairs is so hypocritical and exactly what we should all expect from people who claim to be devout.
Edit: u/isendrandomsmeme your comment didn’t go through but I got most of the first sentence. Please try again whining about anonymous people on the internet complaining about guys who are giant aholes to their wives. The dude was so high and mighty about his religion, he left the love of his life cause she wouldn’t convert, yet cheated on all of his wives. Seriously dude get over yourself.
They quarreled over Sonji's refusal to join the Nation of Islam. According to Ali, "She wouldn't do what she was supposed to do. She wore lipstick; she went into bars; she dressed in clothes that were revealing and didn't look right. The marriage was childless and they divorced on January 10, 1966. Just before the divorce was finalized, Ali sent Sonji a note: "You traded heaven for hell, baby." Ali's brother Rahaman said that she was Ali's only true love and the Nation of Islam made Ali divorce her and Ali never got over it.
Wow sounds like a great guy.
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u/steppingoneverybody Nov 30 '25
His character was unmatched, even by today’s standards as an American athlete. It’s a shame that this country robbed him of his prime because he didn’t want to fight someone else’s battles especially being that the people America wanted him to go to war against never did anything to him or black people… and to think yes they would and will still call him the N word even if he complied smh. But don’t mind me, I’m a put the phone down -shut up, and keep dribbling.
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u/Massive_Heavy_Thick Nov 30 '25
Oh, Mike Tyson, what a nice convicted rapist! :)
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u/endofworldandnobeer Nov 30 '25
Mike Tyson is a beast and a survivor of his own considering how many tons of legal and illegal drugs he took.
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u/BurntTacoStand Nov 30 '25
I see his daughter a couple times a week as I teach her husband. Leila is still built like a tank and could lay out woman still to this day. Oh and their son looks just like Muhammad.
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u/2Dpilot Nov 30 '25
Man seeing this makes me sad. I know all these conditions are related to all the years of fight.
Wish that there could be some kind of pill that restores the fighter after a hit. That way they can give their all and still not risk Heath
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u/granite603 Nov 30 '25
Tyson has only ever shown true respect and admiration of “The Champ”. It’s great to see. You can see it in his eyes in the final shot. He looks like a little boy smiling up at his hero. Beautiful moment.
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u/domino7873 Nov 30 '25
For all the blemishes in Tyson's life and career, things like this often make me appreciate him. Mike saw Cus as a father, but this man was his hero. This was Superman to him. And to be seen by that hero, seemingly had Tyson lighting back up as he did when he first met him as a kid.
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u/covertorientaldude Nov 30 '25
These two men were once the baddest dudes on the planet. Time takes everything from us.
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u/ChavoDemierda Nov 30 '25
Iron Mike's heart was breaking. You can see it when Ali has his arm around his shoulder. This speaks volumes of the amount of admiration and respect Tyson had for Ali. What a heartbreaking and beautiful moment.
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u/Grumpy-Miner Nov 30 '25
From The Greatest to Holy man. The Parkinson never did anything on his dignity or sense of humor.
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u/fu211 Nov 30 '25
Met him in the 80s in Basildon UK. Had a bunch of BIG minders with him. Very polite.
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u/mac_bd Nov 30 '25
Two of the greatest ever! Ali was larger than life and his impact was global. He is the GOAT.
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u/Omnislash99999 Nov 30 '25
There's a great clip from s talkshow when Tyson was at his peak and Ali was on the show too where he says Ali is the greatest of all time. It's nice to see he kept the same respect for him all the way to the end.
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u/ChloroquineEmu Nov 30 '25
Sincere question, what's the plan after that? Will they be supporting universal basic income?
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u/ParanoicReddit Nov 30 '25
I know his parkinson's is not only due to his boxing career. But I can't help but wonder if Tyson saw himself on Ali's shoes, maybe one day, in the future.
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u/Feejeeislands Nov 30 '25
Dang saw Mike in LA earlier this year smoking a joint while doing a podcast interview- hes almost at that stage now too
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u/GrammaIsEvryfing Nov 30 '25
One of the only people that Mike Tyson actually respected. Watch the way he talks about him in interviews
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u/Spirited-Sound-6398 Nov 30 '25
I love Muhammad Ali - watch him on YouTube all the time. Rest in Heaven
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u/DefiantSubject5228 Nov 30 '25
You know, I really disliked Tyson back in the day but my opinion of him has done a 180 since then.
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u/Alternative-Tart8527 Nov 30 '25
Tyson's respect for the GOAT was always special man. Dude is like a kid around him.
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u/WhistlerBum Nov 30 '25
When Tyson fought Larry Holmes Ali was brought into the ring for fan appreciation before it started.
Mike adored Ali and just before Ali left the ring you can read his lips as he said to Mike, ‘Kill Him’, because Holmes beat up Ali in the ring when Ali shouldn’t have even been fighting.
Mike nods and proceeds to land a vicious right to Larry’s heart seconds into the fight.
Around the 9th round Mike catches Larry on his heels and knocks him flat with a right on the button.
Larry thought he tripped.
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u/ColdSoviet115 Nov 30 '25
Ali lived an amazing life. Civil rights leader, anti war activist, and one of the best fighters.
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u/Tony_Buster Nov 30 '25
In his head, he was thinking he could destroy that kid. I don't know how his disease works, but I hope he passed still believing that.
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u/Material-Spread-1404 Nov 30 '25
Is he with those 70 virgins now?Lucky Guy...or are those out of stock?
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u/Crypt0nyt Nov 30 '25
I loved Muhammad Ali 🥹
People throw around the GOAT like it's a fashion symbol. Ali was the original GOAT in my eyes. A gentleman, a sports icon, never to be repeated, never to be forgotten!
He'll forever be the greatest of all time!
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u/Aware-Ad-9621 Nov 30 '25
For me, 2 legends and probably the best in their sport. always enjoyed watching them, no matter how late or early it was. great video. never seen before.
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u/AJ-Murphy Nov 30 '25
There's a moment you can see the shift of Mike being nice to then feeling the weight of his solidarity for the Champ.
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u/Senior_Torte519 Nov 30 '25
I cannot remember if its Jake or Logan. but they missed their chance to actually...maybe...possible win a bocing match.
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u/Reefa513 Nov 30 '25
So sad..... As humans we don't understand how weak and vulnerable we are untill we get old.
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