Tyson Mouths Off

Mike Tyson bailed himself out with a straight right hand in the fifth round in Las Vegas Saturday night to knock out Francois Botha and make a successful return to the ring. But the former heavyweight world champ has lost none of his trademark anger. As he told a British radio program immediately after the fight: “People say I’m losing confidence and I’m talking loud and angry because I am angry at what I’ve experienced during all my years in boxing, but that’s how I express myself. Show me respect and stop writing trash about me, then I’ll show you respect.”