\u201cI see somebody in the audience that I will never fight, I promise,\u201d Trump said, according to Fox News.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I remember when Mike [Tyson] was in his prime, when he was the heavyweight champion of the world. He\u2019d stand in the corner and his people would all be holding him back.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trump called Tyson \u201cone of the greatest fighters in history\u201d before turning his attention to the boxer\u2019s proximity to Blakeman, who is challenging incumbent Governor Kathy Hochul.<\/p>\n
\u201cI see him standing right next to Bruce Blakeman. Bruce wants a little protection, he\u2019s got the right guy. Bruce knows who to stand near,\u201d Trump joked.<\/p>\n
Tyson had accompanied Trump to Syracuse after visiting the White House earlier in the day. Taking the stage, he expressed his support for the president.<\/p>\n
\u201cThank you very much. I\u2019m just happy to be here with my president, President Trump, and there\u2019s no way in the world I would ever be here if it wasn\u2019t for a president like Donald Trump. Thank you,\u201d Tyson said, according to Fox News.<\/p>\n
As Tyson left the stage, Trump returned to his memories of watching the boxer compete.<\/p>\n
\u201cI watched him get in the ring many times. He was a scary guy. I think he looks better now than he did 30 years ago,\u201d Trump said, before asking: \u201cWhat the hell are you doing, Mike?\u201d<\/p>\n
Tyson, 60, became the youngest boxer to win a world heavyweight title at 20 and later became the first undisputed heavyweight champion of the three-belt era.<\/p>\n
His aggressive style and knockout power made him one of boxing\u2019s most recognisable figures, with victories over opponents including Larry Holmes, Michael Spinks and Frank Bruno.<\/p>\n
New York Yankees president Randy Levine also attended the rally. Trump briefly acknowledged the team\u2019s recent postseason disappointment following its American League Division Series sweep, while pointing to the franchise\u2019s history of success.<\/p>\n
The Syracuse visit formed part of Trump\u2019s campaign support for Blakeman\u2019s bid to unseat Hochul, who has served as New York governor since August 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cI see somebody in the audience that I will never fight, I promise,\u201d Trump said, according to Fox…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":927503,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[41100,703,1150,125889,136809,49,318616,48,1376,86137,46031,706,318613,318615,318612,82,318611,318610,318614],"class_list":["post-927502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-american-politics","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-history","tag-boxing-legend","tag-bruce-blakeman","tag-ca","tag-campaign-support","tag-canada","tag-donald-trump","tag-heavyweight-champion","tag-kathy-hochul","tag-mike-tyson","tag-new-york-rally","tag-randy-levine","tag-republican-campaign","tag-sports","tag-syracuse-event","tag-trump-rally","tag-white-house-visit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=927502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/927503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=927502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=927502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=927502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}