Former heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson has urged Katie Taylor to end her amateur career and go pro.
By Declan Whooley
Making his only Irish appearance in Thomond Park last night, Iron Mike responded to questions about Taylor’s possible future.
“Why not? What’s the purpose of winning a gold medal? To have (IT) and to show it off? You need to go pro and win a belt,” he says in today’s Irish Independent.
Tyson who has had a controversial career was speaking to an audience of 700 people. Guests paid €70 to meet the boxer or €35 to be in the audience. A photograph cost €20 or €100 for a signed picture in a frame.
It is well documented that Tyson is hard-up for cash, but we doubt any of the 700 guests haggled over the fees.
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