The Making of Mike Tyson

Boxing with Mannix and Mora

Boxing with Chris Mannix

Sports, News, Sports News

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Mannix is joined by Mark Kriegel, author of the new book, "The Baddest Man," a biography of former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson. Kriegel discusses Tyson's beginnings in Brooklyn, how Tyson influenced his writing as a New York columnist, the influence of Cus D'Amato on a young Mike, how Donald Trump landed in Tyson's orbit and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.3	One is a respected writer. I see we're just throwing the word respect around willy-nilly now, huh?
0:35.9	The other is a former world champion.
0:39.2	This is boxing with Manix and Moron.
0:42.6	The fighter.
0:43.5	Just how many times did he get punched in the face exactly?
0:46.0	Versus the writer.
0:47.2	It's a cacophony of great analysis and insight.
0:50.4	It's true.
0:51.3	I said cacophony.
0:52.4	It wasn't my best moment.
0:54.2	Follow. Rate and review. Five stars all day.
0:57.3	And now, here's Chris Mannix and Sergio Moran.
1:02.4	All right, back in Los Angeles, back in studio and back.
1:06.0	It's one of the best writers. Boxing or otherwise that I know, Mark Kriegel, who has written for both the New York
1:12.9	tabloids, posts in the daily news, work for Fox Sports, the NFL network, currently writing and
1:17.0	working fights over at ESPN. His new book is The Baddest Man, the Making of Mike Tyson. For the
1:24.2	YouTube audience, I will leave that right there so everybody can see that. That is out on sale
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