Mike Tyson Goes Sneaker Shopping With Complex

Again, what's wrong everyone? I'm Joe from the

complex

. We're in Florida at Paine Trading Co with boxing and pop culture icon Mike Tyson. Hello Brother how are you? How's it going? Awesome, I'll do some

sneaker

shopping

today to see what it feels like when it doesn't. Then, hopefully, he'll buy some

sneaker

s. Well, I'm looking forward to it, come on Mike, I want to take it back to Brownsville, Brooklyn, let's do it, so let's start there, like in the '80s, what do you remember about the shoe? There were a lot of professional Adidas and Pumas kids around there, that's what was cool and the neighborhood kids were wearing break dancing shoes absolutely Pumas, yes Pumas, they also wear Adidas and it was like a classic era.

In Brooklyn, do you remember how you got sneakers? Listen, when I was a kid I used to steal on the streets and that's how I got my Pumas, because if you didn't have Pumas, some straight jeans, a turtleneck, okay? some machine learning, you're a nobody, the sheep are getting cold, you were a nobody and you had a lot of style, so it was like you were getting them any way you could and then we got a little bit later into the 90s, you know you got Such classic images of you wearing Nike Air Maxes, do you remember them?

Oh, my running shoes for my fights were like let me see, yeah, they were probably like Air Maxes, this is the '90s, this is what they were, but they didn't look like. like that, yeah, it's probably like an older model, yeah, so you were training a lot in the early '90s with Nike Runners. Yes, a photo that I love. 1986, the day after you won the WBC Championship. Trevor Barabic, you beat it and you're wearing it. New Balance 995, oh not at all, not something we talk about Nike, but what about the suede New Balances? In the end, it's really the leather ones that I like because New Balance are the only shoes that come with what I didn't know for my feet, okay?

Back then, what about the swing, a New Balance that you were wearing even when you were running in those running shoes? I never really wore them, the suede New Balance with the ends, yeah, I'll see them running somewhere, yeah, that picture of you with the belt. Yeah, you know how sneaker blogs report that Mike used to wear New Balance 995s because now New Balance likes the very popular gray suede model, but you used to wear those? Yes, absolutely, um, I took my sneakers in my shoe game, very seriously. Back then, yeah, do you remember any brand like that reaching out to you for a deal?

If they did, I wasn't interested. I was interested in making my own sneakers. Well, you know, some people wanted me to have my own sneakers, but I was moving too fast. Don't worry about that stuff, you didn't really care about the deals, you just wanted to win. I had my money. He didn't need any agreement. You talked about how the new balance is like your favorite. Yeah, what do you think about what they? What you're doing and you like even older models like this super popular 550, you know, I know you love the all-white ones, but it's like New Balance is really having a moment now, listen, I have no idea what they are making in the factory. but I know that they are the best shoes for my feet.

Okay, do you like having a pair? You have several pairs. If you go to my closet, you see New Balance actually looking like this, but several pairs. Yes, you know Dr Dre has everything white. Air Force Ones, it's just all white Air Force Ones, you do the same thing with New Balance, hey the wedge was right, what about the Nike Air Monarch, another white and blue shoe? I think you were fluctuating between those and Nike, but yeah, I worked out in them. The ones before are also good and you had blue exactly white and blue. I like them too and I think it went viral.

You were training for the Roy Jones Jr fight and you were wearing those nice shoes, yeah, no. I don't really mess with makeup, they don't do it across the board, as a serial entrepreneur, you have so much hot boxing podcast that you're online, what is it about being an entrepreneur that you really enjoy now? I enjoy working together with my team and just enjoying our success Mike, you are wearing a supreme hat, yes I am, look guys, you like it, you like that brand, you have history with that brand, I make this amazing iconic shoe, remember that day and you see it? in New York City there's something that I thought was associated with Kenneth McGriff at some point on Team Supreme, yeah absolutely, that was his product, but it's like the Escape brand, which is huge and that t-shirt almost sells for a thousand Dollars.

Moly those, I'm overrated, no, that's not true, that's not true, I know you love pigeons, it's well documented, Jeff Staple, he was a designer, you actually had an interview with him a few years ago, he did a dunk of paloma, made multiple, have this one. it's like a new yeah so this is not the most valuable the first one it actually looks like this let me show you wow so take the design of a dove and the color combination that caused a walk in New. York City appeared on the cover of each of the highly sought-after New York Posts, but they resell for about fifty thousand dollars.

Is it crazy to you to see a shoe that will resell for fifty thousand dollars and hear if it works? God bless the owner. The venture that these guys are doing now with these sneakers is just mind-blowing, yeah everything is on sale, totally though, and it used to be like certain styles and now you can get thousands and thousands. I'm looking at these shoes and they look beautiful. in all these colors, all this vibe, yeah, so you set it up and stick with all white, but now that you're in the store, maybe don't go all white all the time, yeah, and one thing I saw was that a British GQ ranked you as one of the 25 Most Stylish Athletes Outside the Ring back then, what I like is that your style is a lot like denim on vintage denim, ah, Furs, Versace Diamonds, all that crap, you know, shoes crocodile, yes, so I have really interesting things, a lot of Versace things.

I'm a big fan of Versace, he made clothes for me and it was just amazing. He heard he's the best dressed guy in the room and there's a couple thousand people in the room, which is great, exactly the best and hardest stress. a great combination I agree, right, I agree and then you can see that you cared about fashion. Children worry about their sneakers. Do you see the similarity a little with your sneakers through your wheels? It's like having a clean car and really cracked tires from ice. Yeah, it can't happen, you can't have those cannabis shoes, you know, booming business for you, the hot boxing podcast we talked about, like different colors and different models, did you ever think you'd see a weed in a Spa slipper?

Well, I like it. this a lot I would wear this one you would just breathe inspired but hey so this is the skunk dunk skunk dunk 420 dunk high and it's inspired by you can do that it doesn't smell like that it doesn't smell I like it but this is a shoe you would break the rule for completely white, yes, I think I would, yes, it's a good shoe, we don't spy, there's no doubt about it, listen, we talk about everything, now's the easy part, bring Rocco. buy, see where you're going to take home, let's do it, let's do it abroad, yes, you want the simple colors, yes, okay, so today we are ready, I have everything you need.

Hello, I have a variety of things and I am happy. I think you did very well. I think you did very well. Thank you. Okay, your total for today will be 17.76. Here you go, I got you, thank you very much, I got you, okay. Ingenuity at its best, okay, we made it work. They are ready now. Thank you so much. Okay, guys, so Mike Tyson stopped by. Rocco passed. They both went to get some sneakers. Thank you. So much for taking your time. Hey, thanks for your time and of course be sure to check out Hot Boxing with Mike Tyson.

Mike Tyson.com to see the merchandise, everything he has. Thanks again guys, it's okay, foreigner.