Piers Morgan begs Mike Tyson to help UK kids in London’s knife crime epidemic as boxing legend reveals he’s ‘too scared’ to get in the ring with GMB host
PIERS Morgan has begged Mike Tyson to help UK kids amid London’s knife crime epidemic – but he’s not allowed in Britain. The 54-year-old host told the boxing legend that young Brits have gone off the rails and need a “powerful” voice to help them get out of gangs. But Mike – who has six […]
PIERS Morgan has begged Mike Tyson to help UK kids amid London’s knife crime epidemic – but he’s not allowed in Britain.
The 54-year-old host told the boxing legend that young Brits have gone off the rails and need a “powerful” voice to help them get out of gangs.
But Mike – who has six kids from three relationships – was convicted of rape in 1992 and served four years behind bars.
The law changed in 2013 to stop ex convicts entering the UK and Piers told him: “I would like you to come here and talk to our young kids. It would be very useful to them.”
Speaking via a live video link from Orange County, California, Mike said he’d love to return to the UK and is extremely sad that he can’t.
He said: “I believe you guys have your laws, you have your criminals. You’ve got your problem with young kids. But listen what’s that have to do with me?
“You guys have tons of criminals that can come over here.
“I don’t understand why I’m not allowed over in Great Britain and hang out in London. I guess it is what it is. We have to change those laws.
He added: “Sad is an understatement. I miss being over there.”
Mike admitted he was close to committing murder before he found his passion in life and became a three-time heavy weight boxing champion.
He said: “You have to teach these kids not to be so xenophobic; not to be so afraid of people who are different from they are. To go over and shake their hands and talk to them and not to be afraid of them to be intimidated by people.
“I thought about killing people, peoples lives didn’t mean anything and all that stuff too.
“I was the same way as these kids. I used to be in gangs, I used to have guns, I used to shoot at people, I used to be shot at and all that stuff.”
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Meanwhile, Susanna, 48, asked him if he’s really too scared to tackle Piers Morgan in the ring.
The three time heavy weight champion and journalist have teamed up on a podcast and were filmed sparring on telly in America last week.
Mike told Susanna: “That’s true yes. Well at this stage of my life I’m pretty afraid, yeah.”
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