Mark Stoops snaps pic with Mike Tyson before Mayweather-Pacquiao bout
It’s an odd time to do a random offseason tweet of the day, but this one was too good not to share, especially on this, the biggest (self-proclaimed) sports day of the year.
Yes, that’s Kentucky coach Mark Stoops with Iron Mike Tyson in front of someplace fancy in Vegas getting ready to watch the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight.
Not gonna lie, my first thought was, wow, even Iron Mike couldn’t get a ticket? And then, I remembered that cameos in The Hangover movies and a couple iffy reality TV shows probably don’t leave a lot of disposable income for an excessively expensive ticket to a fight that will probably go decision anyway. Nah, there’s no way they’d leave Iron Mike outside.
That’s probably just a bad shot of the outside of the MGM Grand, in which case I’m questioning Stoops’ decision to pay an absurd amount of money for a ticket to the fight (which he apparently did and secured a VIP pass) and by extension most of his life choices. Remember, there were no comp tickets issued for this bout. Ah, who are we kidding? We all know Coach Cal has ins everywhere. No doubt he’s the one who scored the tickets.
But, if Stoops did pay tens of thousands of dollars for a ticket, it’s totally possible he could return to Kentucky with a pet wildcat and a growling Kentucky Wildcat tattooed to the side of his face.
Hey, hangin’ with Iron Mike makes people do weird things — like race pigeons.
And by the way, how do Kentucky folks feel about Stoops skipping the Derby for the fight?
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