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Mike Tyson interview angry! Mike Tyson feeling a bit aggro prior to his Francois Botha fight on the week of Saturday, January 16, 1999. He don't know nothin' 'bout the numbers just knows he's gonna kill this motherf*#*

Interview was on UPN9/WWOR New York by Russ Salzberg. The clip went viral and was carried around the world on other networks, including CNN International here, but itʼs not a CNN interview.

TRANSCRIPT:

Russ Salzberg: "Mike, uh, Francois Botha, 6-to-1 underdog. Are there any concerns on your part?"

Mike Tyson: "Uh, I don't know anything about that, I don' know nothin' about the the numbers, I just know what I can do."

RS: "How 'bout the..."

MT: "I'm gonna kill this motherfucker."

RS: "Okay... How 'bout the nineteen months off? Does that..."

MT: "How 'bout it?"

RS: "Does it po..."

MT: "What about it?

RS: "Does it pose any problem to you?"

MT: "We'll see, I doubt it seriously."

RS: "You take into the ring a lot of rage. Does that work for you, or does it work against you at times?"

MT: "You know, who cares, we're in a fight anyway. Wha... What doe... W-w-wha-what does it matter?"

RS: "Well, for example, rage against, uh, Evander Holyfield worked against you.

MT: "Well, fuck it. It's a fight. So, whatever happens happens."

RS: "Mike, why do you have to talk like that?"

MT: "Well, I'm talkin' to you the way I wanna talk to you. You have a problem, turn off your station."

RS: "You know what? I think we'll end the discussion right now."

MT: "The we could, asshole."

RS: "You got it. Have a nice fight Mike."

MT: "Fuck off."

RS: "Class act, buddy."