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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 14, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday february 14.1990 the stars and stripes Page 23 boxing s greatest upset Tyson gets a round of advice life must be duller to remove dents from Iron Mike by John Nelson new York a Knock off inc late nights. Stay away from the girls. Get Back in the gym. And get As far away from Don King As possible. That s inc advice Mike Tyson Mere mortal is getting after his Lola round knockout loss to Buster Douglas in Tokyo. But even if he follows All the advice will he Ever be the old Iron Mike again can he come Back from his first professional loss it could be that hell  his former manager. Bill Cayton. Said bul he needs to go gel King henchmen Aaron Snowell and Jay Bright out of his Cornel and go Back to his old Trainer. Kevin Rooney. Mike should t fight again unless he Calls  Rooney said. He did t want to fight Douglas. He was t prepared. He was partying with All of his friends. Now. He knows he did wrong. I m wailing for his  c Aylon and others have characterized Tyson As soft in the belly and Only a touch firmer in the head when met Douglas on sunday. He certainly did t look like the undisputed heavyweight Champi on. He looked Ordinary. He had no  Veteran manager and promoter Lou Duva said. He did t have that drive. He s not the fighter he was with Kevin  chances arc. Though. Tyson will be his old self soon or at least hell think he is. You have to believe you re invincible to go in there and be successful whether you re invincible or  said or. Eric Marge Nau. A new York sports psychologist who has met and spoken with Tyson. I think he s already in the process of convincing himself that when he goes into his next fight he can t lose. And i Don t think it will Lake him very Long to do bul even if t son thinks he s unbeatable future opponents certainly won t. The division is open now. And Tyson is Back to  said Carl the truth Williams who lost by knockout in the first round to Tyson last july 21. Evandor Holyfield. Who had a contract to fight Tyson in june if Tyson was still Lac heavyweight Champion says he saw Tyson lose four limes As an Amateur. Evandor always believed that Tyson would be the kind of Guy who. When he got into trouble would come up  said pro Moter Kathy Duva of main events Monitor. I think Evandor Al ways knew Tyson did t have it  Cayton. Who still has a contract Wilh Tyson but is nol allowed to speak to him. Said King has destroyed Mike financially he s certainly Hurt his image and now he s effectively damaged his career. I Hope he realizes what a disaster King s machinations have been Over the past  Cayton said. Mike s Bright. He just permits himself to be manipulated. I Hope he has enough strength of character to admit his mistakes to leave King to go Back to Catskill where he began go Back to Kevin Rooney and get himself in  Rooney trained Tyson from 1981 until 1988. When Tyson fired him for criticizing his lifestyle. As soon As i saw him. I realized he was in very bad shape Cayton said. He was always very proud of his physique. He always trained so you could Sec inc definition of his stomach Muscles. This Lime there was no definition. He weighed 220 pounds but he obviously achieved it by dieting and not by conditioning which weakened him Cayton said. He was in inc worst shape of his career and King s henchmen Are  whal really astounded Cayton was How Tyson s Corner handled inc puffy Eye. There is a Iclal piece Hal you put in an ice bucket called Amend swell and that s used to control swelling Cayton said. All trainers use them. When his Eye began 10 swell up in inc second . Icy did t use it. Finally they used some kind of an ice bag abortion that looked like a water bag. But Only after the swelling was pronounced. Their inexperience certainly showed up in this  Rooney was Wilh Tyson through four years and 35 pro victories. In the year since Rooney was fired. Tyson has won twice and lost once. He should take some time off and gel himself together Rooney said then get Back in the gym and regain the title. He knows my number. He knows How to reach  busier Douglas lands one of inc 441 punches he threw Al Mike Tyson on sunday in Tokyo. Punches fell the Story by the aug cited Petrit jul tvs lard my pet landed round 3 r larded pet landed pop i i landed pound9 Tyson Douglas from Page 21 mahal scheduled for completion this Spring. Holyfi a had a contract with Trump Duva and King to fight for the heavyweight championship in Atlantic City on the same Date but Tyson no longer has the Bells. And Holyfield no longer has a contract. He docs however have the right As the no. 1 contender to the next Lilc shot. Holy Field could consider other options. Trump vice president Gary Selesner said holy Field would fight on the undo card of Tyson Douglas for $3 million. He would have gotten $12 million for a Tyson fight. Right now everything is in the talking stages and negotiations Are going on but nothing is firm said Duva president of main events Monitor the Only thing firm is that Evandor Holyfield is the mandatory challenger for Buster  Duva said he had been conducting negotiations with King about several possibilities and that is one of them but nothing has been agreed upon and i told Gary Selesner that this morning. We re not ruling it out Duva said. We re just saving everything is  Holyfield certainly would have to be paid handsomely to waive his rights to a mandatory Challenge As the no. I  said while he s nol opposed to fighting Tyson a rematch is not assured  was upset about the fad that i was t looked upon As the total undisputed heavyweight Cham Pion and now it seems like that s been cleared up Dpuglas said. As far As the rest of it. That s still up in the  morning bins called the associated press to say the Aba has declared Buster Douglas the Champion. It s just upon reflection that this is the right  he said recognition was extended to Douglas Wilh no conditions attached outside of Normal Aba rules regarding title  said the decision was made after consult ing with Aba president Gilberto Mcindo a. Who was still was in  president Jose Sulaiman said late Mon Day that his organization was not withholding title recognition of Douglas As he had indicated  said he was misunderstood about the possibility of not recognizing Douglas and infant his organization is unanimous in its belief that Douglas should be crowned  
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