03.04.12
The Couch Slouch Dares Iron Mike To Slug Him In The Pouch
(as our friends in the UK are well aware, the former Baddest Man On The Planet is not unfamiliar with the smell of the sawdust)
Of Mike Tyson’s upcoming 5-night residency at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Hollywood Theatre, the Washington Post’s Norman Chad writes that Iron Mike “doing a variety show might seem as likely as Henry Kissinger doing a rodeo.” And as you might expect, Chad’s just getting warmed up.
Despite career boxing earnings exceeding $300 million, Tyson declared bankruptcy in 2003. Coming soon to Caesars Palace: “Allen Iverson: DISPUTED TRUTH – Live on Stage”; naturally, Iverson will hold no rehearsals.
If nothing, the specter of disaster — sort of like watching the Daytona 500 to see if there is going to be a sensational jet-fuel fire — looms with any Mike Tyson moment.
At the height of his boxing days, Tyson was a fearsome figure to behold; it was next-to-impossible to pass by a TV screen, see Tyson in the ring and not stop to watch.
For my money — well, to be honest, I’ll be looking for a comp — I believe Tyson will surprise us in his latest incarnation. Expect the unexpected.
Maybe Robin Givens will show up, like Lilith on “Frasier.”
I’m not nearly as cynical as The Slouch — having paid nearly three figures to see Dice Clay in Vegas, I’m sure it can get much, much worse. And if Mike Tyson is a legit drawing card in 2012 for something other than beating people up, wait ’til I unveil Mitch “Blood” Green’s Traveling Poetry Slam Revue.
