Tyson loses temper during interview with Sky Sports – News
November 3rd, 2009
By Scott Gilfoid: Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson got a little heated during an interview with Dermot Murnaghan from Sky News earlier today due to the interview method of the British reporter. I could see it coming as soon as the interview started because Tyson looked keyed up. The British interviewer appeared to have no clue on how to talk to Tyson and quickly turned the interview into a grill session which seemed like a mini interrogation of Tyson.
“You’re irritating me now. I guess I did change because I’m not assailing you,” Tyson said. Murnaghan, the interviewer, would try to back off and ask some more harmless questions but he seemed to be an irritant to Tyson by saying “I want to see how much you’ve changed.” It was as if Tyson had prove to this guy, someone he doesn’t know, that he’s a changed person from the questionable things that Tyson did earlier in his career. It was a bad way to interview Tyson and I don’t imagine it made for good television in the UK.
The British interviewer said “You said things before the fight. I want to punch them on the top of their nose and drive his bone up through their brain.” Again, it seemed as if the interviewer was pushing Tyson’s buttons because he had to see how agitated that Tyson was during his questioning.
Tyson said “You’re irritating me right now because I feel as though you’re evoking stuff from the past — that stuff is from 15 or 20 years ago.”
A little while later, the interviewer tried to get Tyson to speak about his daughter who recently died on a treadmill accident. Tyson responded by learning forward and saying, “I’d rather you not talk about that.” The interview, instead of just saying okay, he said “You don’t want to talk about that?” Tyson then said once again “I’d rather not talk about that.” It seemed like the subject should have never been brought up in the first place given Tyson’s testy mood at the time, and when Tyson told the interviewer that he didn’t want to talk about the subject, that should have been the end of the subject. There was no point to mention it again.
The interviewer then asked Tyson about whether he was going to fight again and Tyson said “Who told you that? Who am I going to fight? I’m 43-years-old, I’m fat and overweight. Who am I going to fight? Really be honest?” The interviewer than bizarrely said “George Foreman.” Tyson, with a look of disgust on his face then said “No, I’m not going to do that.” Why the interviewer mentioned Foreman of all people for Tyson to fight. Doesn’t the interviewer know that Foreman is now 60-years-old? I suppose he probably had a moment where his brain was disengaged and he just threw out any old name at random, but he should have been prepared for the interview by saying ‘Evander Holyfield’ when Tyson asked who he should fight. That’s the fight that many boxing fans are interested in seeing and one that would make Tyson money.
Still on the subject of making a comeback, Tyson said “I’m not going to be successful. I’m just not that kind of guy. I don’t love this stuff no more. I don’t love this boxing stuff no more.”
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Wow, what a rubbish article. Hack.
“The British interviewer appeared to have no clue on how to talk to Tyson”
Was he supposed to bake him a cake and stroke his ego?
Sorry but are there any of my fellow brits in here that would consider Gazza a national hero? Jordan & Lindy(lily)Allen, ever heard of Jenna Jameson & what about those playboy bunnies eh! As for England having the most paedophiles (spelt correctly) well we are very multi cultural are’nt we!
Many British journalists are like this over here which is what makes them good. Who would have ever got Nixon to admit he was part of the Watergate scandal if it was not that little english bloke called David Frost. Whilst many chat show hosts cosy up to celebrities in America, we still never get the answers that everyone wants to know and most of the questions are vetted. Dermot did quite a good job I think and remained fairly composed but I bet his bum hole was squeeking a little bit when Tysin said your “irritating me”. I loved watching Tyson in his prime and actually out of it too because you never knew what was going to happen but I was shocked at the loss of his daughter and I wondered whether he would lose the plot altogether. I saw Tyson in the film The Hangover recently and thought he was hilarious and showed a different side to him. I just hope old Don does not start using him as a freak show on this tour as I probably think he was used as this in his boxing career to a certain extent.
Tyson was the greatest people should let him be and admire what a quality figher he was.
As for Dons comment above about Lewis, jesus what a joke. Lewis would have been knock out in secs from an on form tyson!!
I’m british and I was giggling all the way through scott’s article. I thought it was very funny.
Anybody in the UK knows that Dermot Murnaghan is very abrasive and blunt. and he’s typical of a UK TV interviewer. They do push buttons and don’t back off but in this case it would seem Dermot didn’t do his homework and just threw the juicy stuff at Tyson. That being said to they do things different in the states? Do they cosy up to their subjects.
What you Americans need to understand is Tyson is seen as an oddity in the UK. No matter how much Tyson may have changed personally he will always be remembered for the stuff Dermot brought up in the interview. It wouldn’t be different with any other UK interviewer.
Scott, He hardly lost his temper!
Why are u trying to exaggerated the situation for?
The interviewer asked a couple of inappropriate questions and Tyson made him aware of this…END OFF!!!
i wish i had a printer so i could print this nonsense out and scrub my itchy smelly stinking bulb end with it.
Scott and Roots-I genuinely believe you guys were bullied at school (if you ever attended?) and suffer from an inferiority complex!Either you are frustrated by your pathetic existences,or you are both indulging in childish wind ups-in Roots’ case verging on blatant sadism.There is enough of this stuff going on in the big bad world Roots without it infiltrating a boxing site-you are the lowest form son!Can somebody with sense put an end to this?
Roots you pathetic, insolent fool. you cannot spell and who the hell is lindy allen? i think if you did your research you would find your racist accusations pathetic. Tyson was a rapist, and a wife beater although a troubled soul. If he wasn’t a celebrity then people would have wanted to see him rot in jail for years! This article is just another racist comment from Scott against Britain. You both make me sick.
Roots and the USA is a peace loving country that has bombed more countries than any other in history. A country that kills and maims thousands every year.
Britain has more paedophiles ( thats how you spell it ) than any country in Europe , have you a reference for that fact ? What about the USA ?
Roots you make Gilfoid look smart and he is a dumb C*nt
My latest ‘aritcle’ is great!
What the hell why is comment number 3 allowed ????.
Roots who is your hero? Probably some cliche of a black man like Snoop Dogg lol
Good interview,i guess yankees can’t take the heat.
Another thing Roots, we may have the most peadoes in Europe but everyone knows America is home of the nonce. Thats like the BNP calling someone racist.
Roots you clown. Who the fu*k is Lindy Allen.
Haha, roots your funny. Who’s LINDY ALLEN?
Well the way I see it is that if Tyson is annoyed that he raped someone then why did he rape in the first place. If Tyson cannot handle the fact he is a rapist and do not want people to question him about his rape conviction get out of the public eye become a recluse and live life on your own. However, it was tysons choice to rape and it is still tysons choice to be in the public eye in the publics living rooms on the public TV. If you don’t like who you are then suicide could be a good option.
I saw the interview. Was the interviewer particularly good? No! Did Tyson lose his temper? No! Tyson was mildly annoyed at best.
Oh and by the way, Roots, you are an idiot plain and simple. This is a boxing site, if you wanna air to childish veiws on the world im sure there is a site for morons like you. I suggest you use one of them.
That interviewer may be a pri*k, but gilford, you are a c**t
roots, someone hit a nerve there
some of you guys are unreal, tyson was a great boxer, name me another heavyweight who carried such speed, ferosicty, agility, and aggression the way he did??? and dont say frazier as he was similar, but didnt have tysons tools!!! im Wels, in Britain, yes the interviewer was an idiot, and shouldn’t have spoken to Tyson that way, agreed, Tyson, no matter where he goes in the world, seems completely tormented, your looking at the meteorhetic rise and catostrophic fall like no other man alive!!! And the dude that sayin tua and haye would knock out Ali, are you just out to annoy people?????????
THE BRITS ARE WORLD CHAMPIONS AT SEEING THE EVIL IN OTHERS WHILE OVER-LOOKING THE EVIL BASTARDS THAT THEY THREMSELVES ARE.ONE OF THEIR BIGGEST NATIONAL HEROES(GAZZA),IS A DRUNKING, WIFE-BEATING BASTARD.TO THIS DAY HE IS A NATIONAL HERO IN BRITAIN.WHO ARE YOU LOT TO MORALIZE ANYBODY,LOOK AT ALL THE WOMEN IN BRITAIN GETTING RICH BY SHOWING THEIR CRUTCHES TO THE WORLD(JORDAN,LINDY ALLEN ETC.)YOU HAVE THE MOST PEDOFILES IN THE WHOLE OF EUROPE,EVEN WOMEN PREYING ON ON YOUNG CHILDREN IN DAY NURSERIES.LET HIM WITHOUT SIN CAST THE FIRST STONE.THAT CERTAINLY DON´T INCLUDE YOU DEGENERATES.NONE OF YOU ARE BETTER THAN TYSON,YOU EVEN HAVE TV PERSONALITIES WHO ARE RAPIST.
‘the british interviewer appeared to have no clue how to talk to the american Tyson’ Just cos you sit in the cheap seats at shows Scott dont mean you fit in anywhere you mug. Your articles are all out of your depth and all you do is get slated and ridiculed. He would have probably knocked your head off as would most fighters, you just come across as that sort.
ali big favorite to win in any mythical matchup with tyson, would he win yeah 4 out of 5 fights ali would triumph . put it this way the smart dough would be on ali , the mug money on tyson.
attention seeking again, Scott?
mike tyson at 21 years old would have killed lewis in about 30-60 secs. tyson was the best ever if not then marciano 49-0-(43) or reberto duran and ali was the worst boxer ever no good he is not on my 1,000,000,000 billion of best boxers ali wasnt the best never. tua,morrison,haye would have knock out ali cold put him to sleep in 3-5 rounds
ps “let he without sin cast the first stone”.
tyson screwed up and he paid for it, get over it and let the man be you cant keep punishing a man forever.
tyson is a thug..thats all he is…thats all he will ever be
even with the eyes of the world on him
the thug gravitates to the surface
was he a great fighter ? No was lewis a great fighter ?
good not great
and he ko tyson
the interviewer sounds like a real jacka**.
i see mr gillifoid is at it again you and mr parez get it on coz your both bent!!
can we take out Gilfoid’s fingers so he can’t type this BS! $1000 for the winner!
Million dude stop being so racist. The fighter he was talking to was black. Yet in another article you claim to support BNP and hate other ethinics minorities?!
How can you be a boxing fan?! A global sport that was champions and fighters from all colours! We have black champions, we have Asian champions and we have White champions.
If different races can physically fight each other and get along surely you, a child who doesn’t box and just watches can accept other races?
Yeah Scott that’s how all the British media interview – why not tar a country of 60+ million people with the same brush. Jeez you are one nationalistic plonker, it’s beyond belief if you had a brain you would be dangerous.