Why Mike Tyson Feels Guilty About Tupac Shakur's Death

Mike Tyson said he still feels guilty about Tupac Shakur’s death because he had asked his late friend to watch his fight in Las Vegas, where he had been gunned down by a mysterious shooter in 1996.

Tyson revisited his close bond with Shakur during a recent interview with Vlad TV. The boxing legend shared that he feels he pressured the late rapper to head to Las Vegas and watch his fight with Bruce Seldon.

"I just knew that it was really a bad day when that happened," he said when asked how he felt when he learned about Shakur's death.

"I felt a little guilty about him coming to the fight … me pressuring him (saying) ‘Hey you wanna bring the tape, don’t forget the tape.'" he recalled.

At the time, Tyson wanted to walk into the ring with Shakur's track playing in the MGM Grand, so he pestered him to bring the recording on a tape. The boxer also promised to join him at 662 nightclub, where the shooting happened. However, he wasn't able to meet up with him because he had a newborn baby and decided to head home.

"And I was going to go out with him that night. I promised to go to 662 of that night, but I just had a little baby and her mother provoking me to stay home, so I stayed with the baby and someone called me that night and told that happened," he continued.

Tyson went on to explain that hearing about someone's death wasn't new in his world. He somehow expected tragic incidents after every fight, but it was different when Shakur passed away.

"This is just what we do. You know, I come to my senses and come to my objectivity and I know who I am, I know what my elements about and my world. That's what happens in my world. This is what happens to my world that was part of my world," he said.

"My world just happens. But just because it was Tupac and I was attached to it, it was different," he explained. "But normally, this is what I expect somebody to die after a fight or somebody get hurt, something crazy happens, but when it happened to him, it was different."

Several online users comforted Tyson in the comments. Some thanked the boxing champ for sharing his story, while others felt for Tyson regarding his experience with tragedies.

"You can tell that they were really friends because he feels guilty Mike it’s not your fault it was unfortunate pac was a very special man," one commented.

"It is normal to feel guilty when you lose a friend, especially when you don't spend the final moments with that friend before they die. What Mike Tyson need to understand Tupac Was A marked Man long before he went to Vegas," another commented.

"'This is just what happens in my world' damn.. after losing Cus, Pac, and his daughter he just almost expects tragedy," another wrote.