Kevin Rooney Jr. Opens Up On Mike Tyson Documentary

Kevin Rooney Jr. Opens Up On Mike Tyson Documentary The Boxing Show's Rob Tebbutt spoke to Kevin Rooney Jr. following the release of Mike Tyson's Documentary on Netflix. Subscribe to The Boxing Show: https://buff.ly/yqH2scP TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Introduction 00:29 - Boxing career and what boxing means to Kevin 06:36 - Growing up as Kevin Rooney Jr 09:06 - Memories of the Rooney/Tyson split 12:23 - How good could Tyson have been with Kevin Sr? 15:49 - Kevin Sr left out of the Netflix documentary 21:04 - More than fighter and trainer: Kevin Sr, Tyson and Cus 25:06 - How Kevin Sr dealt with the split and Tyson’s downfall 28:08 - Robin Givens, Don King and the reasons for the split 30:31 - The last time Kevin Sr and Tyson spoke 31:03 - How Kevin Sr should have been shown in the documentary 35:47 - Why Kevin rarely does interviews 36:55 - His father’s health and keeping his story alive 40:06 - Cus D’Amato’s influence on Kevin Sr 47:52 - Kevin’s role at Matchroom and his father’s influence 51:29 - Fighter psychology and being honest with fighters 53:35 - Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez 58:29 - The Chocolatito fight that never happened 59:42 - How Kevin Rooney Sr should be remembered 1:03:01 - Who could beat the Spinks-fight Tyson? 1:04:27 - 20-year-old Tyson vs 20-year-old Ali 1:05:02 - Closing Rooney recalls his early years in boxing, his journey from fighter to one of the leading figures at Matchroom Boxing and talks in detail about his father, Kevin Rooney Sr's, shock omission from Mike Tyson's new Netflix documentary. Rooney opens up on his relationship with his father and blasts the documentary for its failure to address his father's impact on Tyson's legendary career. Finally, Rooney talks working with pound-for-pound star Jesse 'Bam' Rodriguez and how his role at Matchroom Boxing has developed working alongside Eddie Hearn and Frank Smith. #KevinRooney #MikeTyson #TheBoxingShow #Boxing