In speaking to the Los Angeles Times ahead of being inducted into the 2012 WWE Hall of Fame, legendary boxer Mike Tyson noted that he received a phone call from the WWE asking if he would like to be inducted into this year’s Hall of Fame class as they think he belongs in there and want him to fly out to Miami and be inducted into the Hall of Fame and he’s not going to argue with them as he’s as ecstatic as anyone that he’ll be in there alongside some greats.

Tyson noted that when he was younger, he watched wrestling before he ever started watching boxing on television and that Bruno Sammartino was his favourite, but he also liked guys such as Junkyard Dog, Nikolai Volkoff, The Iron Sheik and “Superstar” Billy Graham, so to be in alongside some of those names, he’s ecstatic and can’t wait.

The interview is available in full at this link.