Mike Tyson for the first time ever sees Balrog from street fighter

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Mike Tyson tells ESPN he 'had no idea' there was a Street Fighter character modeled after him

This is pretty damn cool, they were worried about legal trouble and he legit never even knew the whole time.
 

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no way this man never seen Balrog in Street Fighter.
Idk, he spent his youth super broke, so maybe he never fukked with video games. He was champ and an adult by the time SF2 was out. He was busy getting played by Don and Robin, getting high and living extravagantly when not training. He probably never gave half a fukk about video games. Besides the commercial, he was never seen with HIS game, and he didn't play it in the commercial. I wouldn't be shocked if he never played that.
 

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Mike was Zooted for damn near all his time in the spotlight when he was Champion, so I highly doubt he remembered that Balrog, who was initially Mike Byson before they swapped him and the M. Bison we know today who was Balrog or some shyt, was based off him despite the dead ringer character drawing and the fact that he boxed.

Nobody in his camp told him either and he kept it pushing. I remember someone telling me a story about them saying it's a shame how Nintendo replaced him with Mr Dream in Punchout and he simply said "What the fukk is a Mr Dream? I'm the final boss of that shyt." And they hit the :whoa: and deaded the conversation. :mjlol:
 

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That’s why changing his name to Balrog was stupid. Mike appreciates the nod to him, and you can’t sue for a parody.
 

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Played the game hard and had no idea. And I cheesed with M Bison.
 
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