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Media focus on Mike Tyson
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ESPN aired a segment on the Tuesday edition of their Outside the Lines: First Report show, focusing on the rise and fall of Mike Tyson. The segment, titled Split Decision by Jeremy Schaap, profiled Tyson’s latest antics in Las Vegas and whether or not his retirement from boxing was permanent. Tyson is currently “training” on a daily basis in the lobby of the Aladdin Hotel, right across the Aladdin’s “Wedding Chapel.” Tyson is working out in front of the public for 45 minutes each day, six days a week. Last Saturday, 700 people crowded to watch Tyson spar in a boxing ring at the hotel. The fans were shown popping loudly for whatever Tyson did in the ring. Tyson interacted with the fans on an in-house microphone, along with taking photographs with the fans.
In a sitdown interview, Tyson stressed that he didn’t want to return officially to boxing because such a return would unleash the “old” Mike Tyson, the one who grabbed his crotch and shouted obscenities at people at press conferences. Basically, Tyson doesn’t know what to do with his life and is searching for the answer to what his life means. “I don’t want to fight nobody, I just want to make a buck.” On OTL, Schaap told show host Bob Ley that Americans may be tired of Tyson’s act, but Tyson remains extremely popularity around in the world in places such as Denmark, Asia, and Africa. Tyson is scheduled to do a worldwide exhibition tour in South Africa, Russia, and several other countries.
ESPN held a SportsNation poll on their web site to ask viewers to vote on whether or not they would want to see Tyson in action again. The results:
* 50% said they might watch him if it was on free TV
* 33% said they wouldn’t waste their time watching him
* 17% said they would pay to see him again on TV
Tying in with the Mike Tyson theme, Japan’s Number publication featured a monthly kakutougi article by Takashi Ishizuka on PRIDE’s attempted expansion into the United States. The major points made in the article:
1. Mike Tyson is being counted on as the key to expanding PRIDE’s name and awareness in the United States marketplace.
2. It’s important to have American stars on the top of cards in order to draw fans in due to patriotism.
3. Josh Barnett will be the key American star for PRIDE, especially if he wins the 9/10 Saitama Grand Prix show. However, there is a cloud of suspicion hovering Barnett in regards to steroids and his run-in with the Nevada State Athletic Commission. Ishizuka compares Barnett to others with clouds of suspicions about doping (including directly mentioning the names of Justin Gatlin, Marion Jones, and Barry Bonds). The writer is curious if American sports fans are now sensitive to doping issues with athletes and if it might hurt Barnett’s image on a national level.
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Grasp the heart of the American. Ishizuka Takashi = sentence text by Takashi Ishizuka photograph by Toshiya Kondo
You probably can call PRIDE of this year when dark news is many, the American advance which but such as ground wave television relay discontinuance is actualized on October 21st infrequent good news. There is also the direction which is seen as happening dead regenerative plan of consecutive disturbance, but DSE which sponsors PRIDE from several years ago examined the American opening, continued negotiation tenaciously concerning the athletic commission and rule and the hard aspect of this area. Finally it is the very important event where thinking the product year is plugged for the authorized personnel who looked at sunshine.
UFC Uniting with the spike TV of American cable TV station in the background where UFC succeeds, there is existence of the reality show '[ji] [aruteimetsuto] fighter whom it built up'. It is something where it closes up the young player, whether as for this, you debut or you do not do of, it continues to chase the process where that player keeps being brought up, the result with the actual ring announces. As for famous player in their coach parts [tsu] It is there are also times when the [ri] it does. In other words, it is program conversion of the side story, the viewer after that looks at the tournament with special empathy to the player of specification and means to deliver. To the material, where the PPV viewer of UFC exceeds 2,000,000 also to say, comprehensive case competition of serious game, the entertainment characteristic such as rearing and opposition structure is tied with, only calls [shiyobizu] kingdom America as expected.
But this time, there is no such foundation in PRIDE which advances to America.
Suddenly striking entertainment, there is no guarantee that it succeeds, but is, because to tell the truth from 1 years ago it broadcasts the tournament and information program of PRIDE with FOX sport of American cable TV station, it means that the degree of distinction has risen gradually. Secure the foreshadowing is stretched seems, as expected DSE. In addition, with November UFC [vuandarei] [shiuba] fighting with chuck [rideru] of the lightheavyweight ace as a PRIDE representation appearing main person of [shiuba] to television broadcasting and announcing, adding at this conference 'PRIDE “THE REAL which is held in October is stretched seems, as expected DSE.
As for the card which presently is announced, [emeriyaenko] [hiyodoru] VS. mark [koruman] and [maurishio] [shiyogun] VS. cabin [randeruman].
In order after all to attract the attention of the audience and the viewer [ko] The american spirit such as [ruman] and the Lundell man is done the pickup. If in America you look at Internet poll, way [shiuba] and [miruko] [kurokotsupu] gain popularity, but, PRIDE breaks securely in America, appearance of the American star as for being indispensable you say until It is. The american whose false patriotism is strong, and others above the foreign country mono there is a nationality which desires the star of the village. It is bad to the call man and the Lundell man, but it is part insufficient rather capability, also Don [hendason] and filling [baroni] of other American spirit are lacking in the same way in star characteristic
The fact that the key is grasped then is [jiyoshiyu] Burnett existence. PRIDE grand prix of this year four to be strongly, as for capability the folded paper being attached. Without problem it probably will receive militant fighting spirit even in native country America if and, there is a thing which wins with the latest grand prix, the existence value improves rapidly. Fight of [jiyoshiyu] in the American market after that influences PRIDE, it probably will be possible to say that mono is,
There is a damage which simply, does not go out in [jiyoshiyu]. That ' is story of 03 years. 24 years old you call in history most being young, it was [jiyoshiyu] which reigned in the UFC ace, but invalidity of the tournament and tournament participation stop of 6 months was sentenced from the athletic commission of Nevada state where from the tournament 2 weeks later, the steroid component is detected from the urine and governs the conference. [jiyoshiyu] became the UFC ace of vision.
Main person of [jiyoshiyu] denying doubt. Conspiracy theory and the like of the sponsor for [jiyoshiyu] which does not inquire about that you say it was rumored, but after that [jiyoshiyu] takes distance from America and Japan means to be active on the center.
America of these days is very sensitive in doping problem. With track and field [jiyasutein] [gatorin] and Marion Jones, with the measure league doubt is put on the star players such as Vally [bonzu] one after another, 賑 and does the society. About 4 large sports and Olympic competition as for grapple skill it is not measure, but because the eye for doping has become harsh, perhaps it can direct the eye of the suspicion which is not in [jiyoshiyu]. It should have been thinking too much, but is .......
The seeing [so] [gi] already has been completed. But, one time those where the label which is attached is peeled are the difficult industry. As expected [jiyoshiyu] how, whether it is received to the American audience, while estimating the future of PRIDE, 刮 regarding in that, like
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Sounds like they have a plan, and see Barnetts situation very realistically along with the KO loving Partiotic American audience. They have done their research and are gambling with Tyson, but I agree they should have lots of top Americans on this card for draw.
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