Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson has fallen on hard times. He recently contacted Freddie Roach about possibly being hired as a trainer at Roach's Wild Card Gym in Hollywood, California. Tyson earned at least $100 million dollars during the course of his career and Roach was a bit shaken up when the former champ called to ask for a job.
Roach considers Tyson a good friend but he turned down the request for a variety of reasons. He recently hired former heavyweight champion Michael Moorer in a trainer's role at the gym. Tyson is a very big fan of Pacquiao and it's a safe bet that he wants a role in Manny's camp. Roach revealed that Iron Mike came down to Pacquiao's training camp for last December's bout with Oscar De La Hoya. Tyson gave Pacquiao some tips to beat Oscar.
“Mike’s a good guy, he respects me a lot. I just don’t think he has the patience to be a trainer. Unfortunately Mike isn’t doing too well at the moment. I just got a call that he wants a job. Mike came to Manny’s last training day for the De La Hoya fight,” said Roach to Sky Sports.
“He just told us to be careful moving in straight lines because Oscar has the longer reach. They were sensible stuff. It’s nice to see Mike. I’m a big fan of Tyson. He’s a nice guy."
Source: boxingscene.com/
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