"Money" Mike Sawyer
As promised, your "Money" Mike Sawyer quotes, in advance of his Oct. 7 super-undercard bout:
On being a descendant of Thomas Jefferson and John Quincy Adams: Damn right, two presidents. I'm as American as it gets, man, and not afraid to flaunt it....Make no apologies for it, being young, white and aggressive.
On boxing while working as a mortgage loan officer: It's not a hobby, man; it's a step in my path toward self actualization, man, you know what I mean?
On what happened the last time he was scheduled to fight at Patriot Center: I had a virus. It was coming out at both ends, man, I was a mess.
On how he came to fight for some sort of Costa Rican national team during his three-year stay in Costa Rica, despite the fact that he's not really Costa Rican: Everything goes under the table in Costa Rica. The fact is I was in there giving a lot of their fighters work, and I was better than the other 156-pounder they had, so they were like, 'Let the white boy fight.'
On whether he has any family at all in Costa Rica: No, just psychotic ex-girlfriends populated sparsely around the country, you know how it is.
On his other interesting skills: I'm an accomplished bar fighter, man. You might not want to put that in there, but I'm still making the transition from that. I mean, I'm a veteran of probably 100, 150, a lot of 'em, between that and street fighting. I've never really lost, man, never. There's been a couple draws because the cops came or 'cause there was too many people or something. I'm dead [bleepin'] serious.
On his hometown of Culpeper, Va.: I don't know if you know anything about Culpeper, but it's a backwards society down there.
On why he still boxes: There's really nothing like being up there in front of a couple thousand people beating the piss out of someone. I mean, I do it as much for the attention and self-gratification, I do it for all the selfish reasons, hell yeah, damn right.... There's something innate somebody has when they're a fighter, and you can ignore it and kind of deal with that aggression in other ways, or you can assimilate it into your life. I just like to fight, man. There's really no long answer for it. 'Why do you box?' I like to fight.
On his chances against former Toughman fighter Randy McRorie: First or second round knockout. Not a TKO; like, I'm gonna whup this guy. Toughman fighters, I'll beat them 10 out of 10 times, you know what I mean? I just have too many dimensions for a fighter like that.
By Dan Steinberg |
September 14, 2006; 10:59 AM ET
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Posted by: Jimmy | September 14, 2006 12:58 PM
Who is this dude and why haven't I heard of him before? I wonder if he can fight. I'm there.
Posted by: Broncobill | September 14, 2006 01:00 PM
Hands down, I think he'd be better off in the UFC, but he's definitely not lying about the bar fighting thing. haha
Posted by: Verde | September 14, 2006 01:41 PM
BroncoBill:
Mike is a good fighter but needs to have some defense. But he is exciting and a heck of a person.
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Posted by: Gary | September 14, 2006 02:06 PM
GO Mike!!!
Posted by: Melvin | September 14, 2006 02:06 PM
Mike Sawyer is a good dude. You are right Gary. I haven't spoken to him in years. I seen him fight in the old SECRETS down Woddbridge almost ten years ago. He fought a dude named Butch and man they beat the s**t out of eachother. Mike was whoopin him and then the fight got stopped cause Mike's nose was bleeding. If Mike reads this, you need to come by ABC sometime.
Posted by: Millertime | September 14, 2006 02:15 PM
Millertime:
Mike usually comes to the boxing cards there at the ABC. The next show there is scheduled for November 18.
Posted by: Gary | September 14, 2006 02:20 PM
Mike is the best! The only person who I think may be better is my hubby, but they won't fight each other.
Posted by: Jessica | September 19, 2006 08:12 AM
Me thinks someone has been hit in the head one to many times.
it's a backwards world out there, and he's part of it
Posted by: Mike Tyson | September 22, 2006 03:51 PM
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Kicking ass and taking names. I love this dude. I'll be there Mike. Hope to meet you soon.