Frank Warren slams boxing superstar Mike Tyson and calls him ‘a thug, a bully and a misogynist’

 Frank Warren has slammed former boxing superstar Mike Tyson and labelled him a ‘terrible manipulative bully’.

Warren, the legendary promoter and boxing manager was responsible for promoting Tyson’s fights in Britain.

After a new series titled ‘Mike’, depicticing Tyson’s life was launched by Disney-owned streaming service Hulu last week, Warren was scathing in his assessment of the 56-year-old when questioned.

‘He is a terrible manipulative bully,’ Warren told The Guardian. ‘Every fighter that’s beaten him, he couldn’t intimidate.

‘Everyone who he’s beaten, he could intimidate. If he can’t intimidate you, that’s a killer for him.’

Warren, who was infamously once punched by Tyson in a hotel room after a disagreement between the pair over Tyson’s jewellery bill, demonstrated no love was lost between the pair.

He added: ‘He is a compelling character, and he’s one of those fellas who gets you to feel that he’s misunderstood but, when you get into it, he is what he is, which is a thug and a bully and a misogynist.

‘He’s very homophobic when he’s cursing somebody or he’s shouting at them.’

Tyson, who ended his career with a record of 50 wins and six losses was a world champion multiple times, but Warren criticised his attitude and believes Tyson could’ve been even better.

Warren said: ‘He was an unbelievably exciting fighter – menacing, devastating – but that lasted a very short time, and then he just p****d his career away.

‘He didn’t live the life he should have led. You could sit with him right now and you’d think this guy’s totally been misunderstood, he’s a good bloke.

‘I’m telling you, he’s very manipulative.’