Mike Tyson was' scared

A former Mike Tyson associate has affirmed that the two -time heavyweight worldwide champion was afraid of a particular fighter during his time in the ring.

Tyson was once the “most bad man on the planet” himself due to his brutal elimination power and the terrifying anger he possessed in the ring.

His explosiveness and vicious blows led to a meteoric increase in sport as a young man in the 1980s.

All the first 19 professional fights of Tyson won as a knockout, with 12 of them in the first round of the fight.

He became the youngest boxer to become a heavyweight champion after beating Trevor Berbick to win the WBC belt at 20 years of age.

Tyson seemed scared of anyone during his peak years. However, Bobby Goodman, the promoter of Iron Mike, Don King, has declared that the now 58 -year -old did not want to face the legendary George Foreman.

It is claimed that Mike Tyson (left, in the 1990 photo) is afraid to face George Foreman (right)

Tyson was at the top of his powers at the end of the 1980s and was the largest name in boxing

He was known for his elimination power and reigned as undisputed heavyweight champion between 1987 and 1990

“Georgie, you will never believe this, but, screwed, Tyson is afraid of a foreman and does not want part of him,” says Goodman in a 2005 article for the boxing scene.

'I was there when Don was trying to fight. I was telling Tyson that the foreman represented great money, in addition to that he was old and slow and would not be a problem.

'Tyson got up and shouted King saying:' I am not fighting with that damn animal, if you love the m *******, you fight against him! ''

Foreman, a former heavyweight champion, initially left boxing eight years before Tyson broke into the scene, after a disease attack after a defeat against Jimmy Young.

He continued to find faith after the 'experience close to death' that he claimed to have suffered after the fight and focused on religion during the many years that followed.

However, Foreman had never formally retired from sport and made a surprising return at 38 in 1987, while Tyson was in the middle of his reign as an undisputed champion of heavyweight.

Initially, the veteran had no intention of fighting Tyson, who was the best boxing fighter at that time. However, serious negotiations about the beginning in 1990.

However, the fight never became after Tyson was convicted of rape in 1992 and sentenced to six years in prison.

Foreman once was a heavyweight champion and famous for facing Muhammad Ali in 1974

After a 10 -year parenthesis, Foreman returned to the ring in 1987 and, according to the reports, in conversations to fight Tyson three years later, but the fight never materialized.

Tyson retired in 2005 only to return last year to face the personality of YouTube Jake Paul

When he was released in 1995, Foreman had retired, forever this time, and Tyson could never have Big George in his CV.

Despite Goodman's claims 20 years ago, Tyson has previously revealed that not facing Foreman was a great regret of his career.

“I would have liked to fight George Foreman,” Tyson told Ring last year. 'There have been many fans who wondered who was the biggest hitter.

“I would have liked to end the discussion, one way or another.”