Frank Warren blasts boxing legend Mike Tyson in scathing rant as hostilities resume

Boxing promoter Frank Warren has branded Mike Tyson a “terrible manipulative bully” – and is amazed everybody is fooled by his Mr Nice Guy persona.

The Queensberry Promotions boss helped ‘The Baddest Man on the Planet’ get his career back on track with a couple of fights in the UK at the turn of the century.

But Warren insists that Tyson still has a real mean streak despite his growing popularity in recent years.

And he claimed he acts like a completely different person behind the scenes.

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Warren told The Guardian: “He is a terrible manipulative bully.

“Every fighter that’s beaten him, he couldn’t intimidate. Every one who he’s beaten, he could intimidate. If he can’t intimidate you, that’s a killer for him.

“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.

“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.”

It’s not the first time Warren has spoken negatively about Tyson, 56, after he revealed a £2million bill led to him punching him in the face.

Speaking on Andy Coulson’s ‘Crisis What Crisis?’ podcast, he said: “First time he came over, no problems, he was great.

“And then he went into a jewellers and walked out with an invoice for, I can’t