Mike Tyson talking about Jack Dempsey in 1987

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  1. Unforgiven

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    6:40 onwards

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPtq7POYQUU[/ame]


    Great stuff from Tyson. :good
     
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    Dempsey-Willard and Tyson-Berbick, am i the only one that thinks these fights were almost mirrored
     
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    Definitely two of the most brutal/devastating title-winning performances at heavyweight in all of history.
     
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    Tyson knows his boxing.
     
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    Tyson is the greatest boxing historian alive.
     
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    I remember this Sportsnight feature. I was amazed at Mike's knowledge of the history of the Heavyweights who came before him.
     
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    They seem almost identical
    small guy beating crap out of bigger guy, winning the title in 2 rounds

    Dempsey was awesome in his prime. Very underrated nowadays
     
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    Tyson was as big as Berbick. A little bit heavier in their fight, actually, but shorter.
    Willard managed 3 rounds with Dempsey.


    Yep. :good
    Underrated by some, anyway.
     
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    Well he looks smaller than Trevor

    Oops my bad


    Yep. :good
    Problem is Dempsey was one of the first ATGs, with more and more fighters coming after him hes bound to get underrated/ignored
     
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