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Iron Mike Tyson Backs Donald Trump For President

Former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson endorses his old friend Republican candidate Donald Trump for president. Daily Mail reports: Iron Mike, the most feared champion in boxing history, has given his heavyweight endorsement to The Donald in two major interviews in New York. Asked if he was in Trump’s corner, Tyson replied emphatically: ‘Yes. All day. Every day. Vote Trump.’ The youngest ever world heavyweight champion also told the ‘Good Day New York’ show on Fox television: ‘If you want to get this city out of a dump you better vote on Trump. OK.’ Of Trump’s controversial candidacy for the Republican nomination, he adds: ‘He’ s an under-dog and no-one likes that he’s winning but I know Trump. This is a good thing.’ The Young Turks YouTube video: Although he has no plans to speak on the campaign trail, Tyson’s empathy with Trump could bring a request for his powerful presence to help discourage protesters, hundreds of whom forced the abandonment of a rally in Chicago. Recalling the years in which he himself was vilified, Tyson told the New York Post: ‘Now he knows what it’s like when everybody is out to get you. All those people who used [...]