Kevin Rooney had other run-ins with Green. I told him to give the gloves one more shot this year and, same story different year. Kevin Rooney: None. He owes me. I fought my whole career as a Welterweight. This is the United States of America. Q Becoming a trainer like Kevin Rooney is not something you can go to school to learn is it? He was a very, very smart mand and an honest man. Like they did in the old days when Joe Louis did that back in the 30s and 40s. This is the United States of America. When you cant hit somebody, that becomes very frustrating. He didnt even get paid. (Laughs). You dont see that no more. You gotta help everybody and anybody as long as theyre honest and truthful. Then Im in the car. All those guys I just mentioned they were gonna put a hurtin on you. I think it was Philly, but, Im not really sure. Ive said this before and Ill say it you, whats wrong right now is that ABC, CBS and NBC dont show any fights anymore. The ugly brawl you know about is part of boxings dark folklore Mike Tyson at the height of his rampage, approached by a former rival in the New York ghetto at the dead of night. The untold story of the boxing star knocked out cold by Mike Tyson on a street corner reveals a bizarre consequence of their $25 million feud. This guy was a genius. Once Mike married Robin and this is after his fight in Japan, the woman tried to get a hold of all of Mikes money and because of Bill Cayton, he had all the money locked up. Hes going across Europe. WhoaIm outta here. 4 West Red Oak Lane, Suite 312 - White Plains, NY 10604
Rooney who worked under DAmatos tutelage and began assisting him in his coaching duties when Tyson was still an amateur, took complete control over Tyson, when DAmato passed away in November of 1985. Nintendo had. It cost him a bullet, according to the book The Bittersweet Science: Mitch slapped a man whod been baiting him about his fights with Tyson. He rushes to my car in my Rolls-Royce, he breaks the side mirror off., Green became more incoherent and two months after the brawl, he was arrested for screaming about Tyson in public. The whole 9 yards. It was a segment constantly on the lookout for hokey-cokey angles. 1 oclock, 3 oclock, 5 oclock, 7 oclock were gonna be showing a live from Philadelphia, from New York, from Atlantic City, from Nevada. A O.K. No imagining on Kevin Rooneys part. I mean, every day they took a beating every day. I wont hurt you. Any fighter in any divisionyou gotta be exciting. He became a multi-millionaire. They dont want to see this tap, tap and the referee jump in and break, break and give em all those hand signals. Burlington, VT's Kevin Cobbs (1-0, 1 KO) scored the first knockout of his professional career in his very first pro fight. The best thing about it was these guys couldnt hit him. Knocked em out cold. Hes living out in Phoenix or something. WhoaIm outta here. With interest and penalties that $4 million was $8.7 million dollars. He should never have had the loss. His training camp was hell but paid off. Kevin Rooney: When he beat Michael Spinks. When Tyson was on there or Riddick Bowe, or Hopkins and Taylorbut now, everythings so spread out. I would tell him Mike use your jab, dont be trying to hurt the guy, but I guess Mike had that little bit of anger thing in him I guess. A I own a gym. Is it something like the old Dean Martin t.v. My agent that I had for 2 years, its the first gig hes gotten me. Hes fighting this guy Willie Grubbs out of Philly. And I could see then, Mike, this guys ready to go, get rid of him. MIKE TYSON'S FORMER TRAINER KEVIN ROONEY TALKS ABOUT SON TURNING PRO April 25, 2011. . Answer the question. A Well, Bill passed away. On the weekends, Saturday afternoon. Merchant said that Tyson needed Rooney much the same way Muhammad Ali needed Angelo Dundee. Everyone went to Pay Per View. He was winning the fight and then he got hit and lost the decision. This is the way were gonna fight. Youre talking about a kid, 20, 21, 22, against Ali who was 23, 24. Like they did in the old days when Joe Louis did that back in the 30s and 40s. A I know how to weave and slip. He became a multi-millionaire. 6. Other boxers jumped between them. He knows where I live. Mike just went through the money. In boxing, Im trying to hit you, youre moving your head and I cant hit you. If you need me, Ill be outside!. Also featured on the card is 2008 US Olympian and highly regarded jr. middleweight prospect Demetrius Andrade (12-0, 8KOs) taking on once beaten Omar Bell (8-1, 5KOs). It's always a pleasure to listen to Kevin Rooney talk about his old charge Mike Tyson, who in his prime years in the 1980's, was the most exciting, destructive heavyweight force in boxing. Other Interests Automotive Comedy Unsolved Mysteries Political Hopefuls State Fair Then he went with King and Kevin Rooney was out and then Mike Tyson took the downfall where he should have stayed with the people that Cus DAmato had put in placeBill Cayton, Jimmy Jacobs, Kevin Rooney and Steve Watt. They took $1.9 million on the back-end, so I feel like I kind of got screwed. Hes going across Europe. Tyson said he fired. My kid hits hard. He punched harder than Muhammad. At the time, Tyson was without head trainer Kevin Rooney (dismissed following '88 Spinks fight), who was a disciple of Cus D'amato. Then he knocked out Michael Spinks in 90 seconds. Everything is Pay Per View. All times AEDT (GMT +11). My kids 18-1, with 13 knock-outs. Im living in the same house when I was with Mike back in the early 80s. Thats one thing. "I heard Kevin Rooney say, 'work with him, he's a kid,'" Blyweiss recounted. Its another thing to actually know what youre doing. StopDucking, Feb 1, 2021. Maybe it speaks volumes about Mitch Blood Green, somewhat of a showman, that he went through with the comedy sparring sketch with the utmost professionalism. Once he went with Don King, then Don King took over and Don King was the boss and Mike became second-hand nothing. Mike really, really punched hard. He was one of the closest disciples of Cus D'Amato. Alright. He also lost to future WBA world Junior Middleweight champion Davey Moore, who avenged an amateur loss to Rooney, by a knockout in seven rounds, on June 21, 1981. Greatest Fights: Tyson, Spinks, Trump and 91 seconds . Hes still an attraction. They made a score. Tyson could regain his timing and stamina. Mitch was great, Sky Sports source remembered. A You gotta be around gyms and see whats goin on. He is learning in there, you can see he is trying to take what I teach him and tell him and use it in the ring, and that is a good thing. When Mike went with Don King and then went with Shelly Finkel, at that point Mike was suing Don King for $125 million dollars. MIKE TYSON'S FORMER TRAINER KEVIN ROONEY TALKS ABOUT SON TURNING PRO He was born into it. A Comedy Centrals, which is good for boxing. Kevin Rooney was the main person tasked with helping Mike on the pads. On paper he made that moneybut did Mike Tyson really ever see any of that money? A lot of guys. Punch and move. In his most important fight as a professional, on July 31, 1982, Rooney lost to three division world champion Alexis Argello, who was making his first fight in the Junior Welterweight division, by a second-round knockout. (Laughs). Mitch just suddenly started on Kevin Rooney, saying: Wheres my money? Because Cus was in his 70s, he didn't have the energy to be Tyson's primary trainer in conducting sparring sessions and roadwork. Hes a thief, and he got away with it. He didnt even get paid. He just wiped him out. Thats a problem. In 1982, when he retired as a fighter, he joined Mike Tyson's training team as his coach. Knocked em out cold. Im working with Joe Smith over here. Youve got the boxers, hes got the business know-how. Step to the side and if you got lucky enough, hit him with the right hand or left hook and he would be gone. This is the first time for me. Share. Wait. Tyson was purchasing a leather jacket with dont believe the hype inscribed from Dapper Dan who dressed the entire ghetto and has since become a mainstream fashion designer. Thats what we need. But i have not found a single interview where he ever talks about Kevin Rooney who had a big part in his development as a fighter. We knew we would great soundbites from Mitch.. King has screwed every fighter hes ever been with. I got a few young kids that come in, but, Ive reached the point where o.k. A Right. They couldnt hit him. Under the tutelage of Cus D'Amato and Kevin Rooney, Mike Tyson became a 22-year-old world champion who was 35-0 with 31 knockouts. He should never have had the loss. We do what we want to do. I got a few young kids that come in, but, Ive reached the point where o.k. Everybody was in the office it wasnt big enough for multiple grown men especially nine fighters plus their trainers! A guy that punches fast and hard, you got a guy that punches hard, well youre a tough guy all right, well, so what? Q How did you get to be a trainer? Now, if you got $100 million dollars lawsuit against Don King, definitely $150-$200 million dollarstake it to court and testify and Tyson would have won. Aw, man!. When Mike Tyson came to this village as a 14-year-old in 1980, not many Catskill citizens paid much attention when they saw him doing early-morning roadwork along gravel roads. Daily Regime (7 days a week): 5am: get. So for anyone who thinks that this is just some stunt, or that he picked up a pair of gloves the other day and said he wanted to be a boxer, they are wrong and are going to be very surprised when you see him in that ring. I finished the job. He knew where the money was, lets put it that way. Ive said this before and Ill say it you, whats wrong right now is that ABC, CBS and NBC dont show any fights anymore. But, being boxing maybe these guys will be swinging it out. It wasnt long after his fight with Tyson. Im like the commentator. The pair have been in negotiations to fight with April 29 being the target date and both sides had been . Theyd just go in and they were gentlemen about it. Move your head. Where was Kevin Rooney? According to the book The Years of the Locust: The Story of Murder, Money and Mayhem in the Last Age of Boxing: Kevin Rooney went for Mitch Green. ALBANY, N.Y. -- Mike Tyson was ordered by a federal jury to pay his former trainer Kevin Rooney more than $4.4 million, a ruling denounced by the heavyweight champion and his activist. Tyson Fury had dinner alongside Mike . That was funny. When he was with Jimmy Jacobs, Bill Cayton, and Steve Watt, he was the man. But Green never forgot his beef with Tyson. Q Besides this Punch lines Show, what do you do with your time? After he beat Liston he just started annihilating guys that were going for the title. [2], After Teddy Atlas, who was Rooney's cornerman during his boxing days, was relieved of his duties as a trainer of Mike Tyson, D'Amato assigned Rooney to be Tyson's trainer. Muhammad dominated. The Fight Game has gone south as far as Im concerned. Im guessin hes gonna make $50,000$100,000. BoxingInsider: Is he at his best the greatest fighting machine of the ring you ever saw? This was in the early 80s. Everything is Pay Per View. MikeI believe that Mike is one of the hardest punchers in history. Hes fighting guys for like 3 or 4 rounds. He knew where the money was, lets put it that way. And what does Shelly Finkel do? ESPN does their Friday night shows but they do half a year and then they take off. Any casual boxing fan from the mid-to-late 1980s knows that the trainer who had the most success with Mike Tyson was D'Amato's protege Rooney. Under Cuss system you can do it in a very, very intelligent way, where youre not getting hurt and the only person getting hurt is the opponent. But, they robbed us. Sorry, but thats just the breaks. Theyre both smart and theyre both honest people. lvboxing 03.03.2021 Results Leave a comment 23 Views. Get rid of everybody. Thats how I was in the ring, thats how I want all my fighters to be. I fought my whole career as a Welterweight. He went to trial twice and he beat the Federal government. It sounded entertaining so we said lets do it. He was the first guy to make the most money when he fought Spinks. Wing body shots and the uppercuts. The guy gets into the ring [laughs]. Rocky had beat everyone. To quash such rumors, Tyson allegedly authorized Jacobs to state that "Kevin Rooney will be Mike Tyson's trainer as long as Mike Tyson is a professional fighter." A copy of a press release to that effect was sent by Jacobs to Rooney. Full-on donkey kong in this office! People are still memorized by him. Cus' death had no impact on Tyson's boxing career (Cus died in 1985, Mike won his first title in 1986) because Rooney was still there to take care of business. We got Iran Barkley, former Super Middleweight Champion of the World and then theres another guy I cant remember his name. Hes fighting for the USBA Middleweight Championship. Im watching it on HBO the next day! Jimmy died, then Mike married Robin. Bill fought to make the Spinks fight where he got $21 million dollarsat that point the largest purse that anyone had ever got. Was he referring to the balding guy who once trained Mike Tyson, guiding him to a heavyweight championship in 1986? . King was a bookmaker. He got $21 million dollars to do that back in the 80s. He became the closest protg of Kevin Rooney. Rooney became Tyson's trainer after Atlas left and just before Cus died. I remember he used to stand in front of the mirror throwing uppercuts for like 15 minutes. Hes fighting this guy Willie Grubbs out of Philly. Mitch Blood Green sees his blood, and now hes p***ed off. as Kevin Rooney Jr. the publicist for Star Boxing, was a little busy making his pro debut. Im guessin hes gonna make $50,000$100,000. They want you to pay $50 to see a couple of mediocre guys. He keeps getting back up. I would tell him Mike use your jab, dont be trying to hurt the guy, but I guess Mike had that little bit of anger thing in him I guess. let me put it this way, here in Catskill, Ive had a couple of kids, this one kid that was and excellent, excellent athlete. THE DAY TYSON KNOCKED HIM OUT COLD ON A STREET CORNER. For that reason were being guided by the Europeans, their ways and rules. Q Becoming a trainer like Kevin Rooney is not something you can go to school to learn is it? He was cool.. He was the first guy to make the most money when he fought Spinks. In the words of sportswriter Jack Newfield, "the day Tyson fired Kevin Rooney there was a cap put on Mike Tyson's development as a fighter, he did not develop anymore beyond that day.". Thats how it is. Then he knocked out Tyrell Biggs. (Laughs). (Laughs). Eventually, it went into the Spinks fight and then for a little bit King was out and then Mike went to Europe with Robin and came back. But, he went along with it. Im just spinning my wheels, but, Im always looking out. I had him in with my pro cruiserweight, Nasi Hani. Move and punch. But, its Comedy Central, so I guess these guys are suppose to be telling jokes at each other or something. I dont really know how many people are gonna show up. What Ive said do you before is Bill was the guy that was calling all the shots from behind-the-scenes. Before leaving Rooney, Tyson had amassed a perfect 35-0, 31KOs record, and was the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. (Laughs). He went to trial twice and he beat the Federal government. When he was with me there was no partying. And Im like, what the ****. When he got out of jail, he was fighting for $30 million dollars here, $30 million dollars there. I think Mike would have won. I had no regrets. So, anyway, thats just when I started punching him. My kid hits hard. Nov 30 2022. I have 3 professional fighters. He should be 24-0. But, Im not gonna cry about it. (Laughs). He was claiming that King had robbed him of $100 million dollars. Hes sparring with people. We were asked if Marc wanted to do three rounds of sparring with Mitch, a source told Sky Sports. You got nothing the next day. He goes after the guy. Shelly dont care. A Im there in the corner, working the corner telling the fighter what hes doing wrong, what hes doing good and what he should be doing, (Laughs), if you know what Im saying. I think the period is already up. But KC knows, and anyone who has seen him fight knows, he just doesnt have an amateur style. (Laughs). He settles the case for $14 million dollars over a 3 year period. Theyd just go in and they were gentlemen about it. Now, I dont know how long youve been in the fight game, how long youve been interested in it, or how old you are, but back in the 60s, 70s and then in the middle 80s, you would see a fight on t.v. People will stop and think about it, and say wait a second I dont know if I want to fight this guy. And then we'd go to a health club at night. Cus bled out his brain to himdo this, how to throw upper cuts, how to step to the side, how to move your head, how to rest. I believe that and I stand by that. And then the logical fan says wait a minute! Rooney trained at the Police Athletic Leagues 120th Precinct in Staten Island, New York. He said, Im not sparring with you. He knocked out Larry Holmes. Under the tutelage of Mike Tyson's former trainer Kevin Rooney, Pazienza bulked up, jumped two weight divisions and claimed the WBA light-middleweight title from Frenchman Gilbert Dele in 1991 . He never calls me. We had to bring sparring partners in from Philly, New York. He was a very, very smart mand and an honest man. The bell rings, first round. Ill be in my suit lookin like a gentleman and see what happens. While he was still successful, those around him revealed that he never actually fully recovered from the loss of D'Amato. (Laughs). A Actually I had a little under $1 million dollars. Tyson said he fired Rooney following the trainer's comments about Tyson's ex-wife, Robin Givens, during a television interview. My kids 18-1, with 13 knock-outs. Kevin Rooney was a professional boxer who turned into a trainer. We call him the greatest fighter ever, he took a helluva shot. In 1997 Green sued Tyson for $25m over that brawl but was awarded just $45,000. So, the moneys gone. Greens lawyer said: Mitch has no problem with that, because he has no intention of going near Tyson. The only person that could, take any money out of Mike Tysons accounts was Mike Tyson. Real quick. . The bell rings, first round. Because I could see the frustration in their face. ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ Mike Tyson, in lengthy testimony in his former trainer's lawsuit against the heavyweight champion, denied Monday ever offering Kevin Rooney a career-long contract. Mike goes out there and rips, rips body shots. Although the interview was conducted in 2004 it still is very interesting to hear the thoughts and opinions of one of the very few men who ever really knew Mike Tyson. Don King had successfully urged Tyson to break all ties with the D'Amato stable, only his new co-trainer Jay Bright was a disciple of D'Amato, with all other being people from the street. A I gave half to my lawyer, the rest to the government and I had at one time back in 1996, 1997, I had a little money in my back account. They shouldve gave me $18 million dollars. That was Cus style. You answer it back. Kevin Lerena explains to Thomas Gerbasi how a call from Frank Warren convinced him to pack his bags At one point during the camp in late 1984 to early '85, Blyweiss received the nod to enter the ring with Tyson. He was portrayed by Clark Gregg in the 1995 movie Tyson [1] and by Aaron Eckhart in the 2016 movie Bleed for This . I believe he was being paid $400 a week. You got money one day. Mike Tyson's Training Regime (1980's),Up until he fired Kevin Rooney in 1988, his ONLY diet was steak, pasta and fruit juice. Were you an ex-boxer? Move your head. They were ripping ass. . Then Don King stepped into the picture. He put the ropes down and walked right out the front door. But, being boxing maybe these guys will be swinging it out. He had a son Brian who made his own millions, in computers, back in the early 80s or whenever it was. Lets just go back to the basics. Next question. Its gonna be like a spontaneous thing. But thats not true.. So, I started teaching all these guys. So, I was educated under the absolute best. Mitch Blood Green was quick-witted and hurled back abuse aimed at his absent rival Tyson. Then I had Tyson. People want to see someone get knocked out, lets face it. Cus knew what he was doing. The Outsider: Opportunity knocks for Kevin Lerena. Tyson has 2 distinct periods: With Rooney as his trainer and in his corner, and without Rooney there. 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