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00:00boxing icon Mike Tyson just got immortalized now Mike Tyson is bigger than just the sport

00:23everywhere I travel all over the world a lot of people who seek Lomachenko and I could go on the

00:29list from here to you name it they got into boxing because of Mike Tyson he's the closest thing to

00:35Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali considered by many the goat a lot of people consider Mike Tyson the goat

00:40he's just a larger than life figure that's a statue it's in resort world in Vegas by the pizzeria

00:48you could go check it out you could have a picture when everybody goes to Vegas for any fight stop by

00:52resort world have a slice of pizza take a picture with Mike Tyson statue check out what they had to

00:58say this week during a ceremony unveiling Mike Tyson statue check it out

01:02and my dear friend Tyson I'd like to thank Mike and Keaton Tyson for seeing Spice for allowing me as the honor of having fun and beautiful

01:13I'd like to thank Scott Cerela and the woman of George Floyd for building such a beautiful piece of art made out the city

01:21I'd like to thank Tom Paddy and the great Billy White for helping me with the process of getting this done

01:29this statue is going to be here for a few generations long after they're gone

01:36and I hope that the millions of people that come and see it will somehow get a sense of the great man to see

01:44as well as the great fighter

01:46so with no more ado I give you the great the one the only Mike Dyson

01:51well you know I'm I'm from New York in Marbury Pizza's legendary deer

02:03and I lived in Beverly Hills and it was legendary deer I lived around the corner from it

02:08and I was here in Vegas and he honored me with the statue and I'm really humbled and thank you Richie

02:16I knew Richie ever since my teenage years in New York City and we've always been close

02:22and I'm a little overwhelmed I'm truly humbled right now and once again thank you

02:38let's go

02:52thank you

03:06it's so important in this life to let people know how you feel about them when they're still around

03:30unfortunately we have a society that everybody loves you when you're gone everybody loves you

03:34in your past i'm so happy for mike tyson to get to see this moment it's an iconic piece of art and it

03:40probably cost over 130 000 that's what these statues cost they're not cheap he found the

03:46hollyfield statue is like 128 000 and this is uh very similar to it so mike tyson very humble as you

03:52could see a great person just i've gotten to know him very well over the last year and he's just a

03:57one-of-a-kind human being a sweetheart of a person that will give you the shirt off his back always

04:02nice to everybody which taught me a good lesson never believe the image when the media tries to

04:08depict someone in a negative way don't believe them unless you get to know them personally because so

04:12many times when i cover sports the people that are the coolest are depicted as not so cool and the

04:18people that are far from cool are depicted as the greatest the coolest the nicest inspiring ones when

04:23it's not the case at least i'm back reporting

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