Mike Tyson: Top 10 Heavyweight?

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  1. Hands of Iron

    Hands of Iron #MSE Full Member

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    Very simple question/poll. No bells and whistles attached to this thread like the others I've made.

    What's the ESB consensus?
     
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  2. brnxhands

    brnxhands Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    hell yeah
     
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  3. DaveK

    DaveK Vicious & Malicious Full Member

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    No bells-and-whistles answer needed either.

    Yes.
     
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  4. dyna

    dyna Boxing Junkie banned

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    Maybe "prime" h2h.

    Resume: NOPE.
     
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  5. Zakman

    Zakman ESB's Chinchecker Full Member

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    Very close, but I'd say he falls just short. The lack of wins against fellow ATGs is the biggest shortcoming.
     
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  6. kostya by ko

    kostya by ko Boxing Addict

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    If the criteria is Prime H2H 50% Resume 50% ... yes.
     
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  7. Phil Shad

    Phil Shad Keep working the jab. Full Member

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    Undisputed baby! Yes.
     
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  8. Vic-JofreBRASIL

    Vic-JofreBRASIL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    #11 in the last listI did.....
     
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  9. sinol

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    Definetly in his prime
     
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  10. turbotime

    turbotime Hall Of Famer Full Member

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    No. #11 definitely though !
     
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  11. Hands of Iron

    Hands of Iron #MSE Full Member

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    Stubborn ass.
     
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  12. vargasfan1985

    vargasfan1985 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Tough because Lennox Lewis and Wladimir took spots in the top 10 of most people. I mean, youngest HW champ of all time, 9 straight defenses, 2X champ, that's all hard to ignore. One thing is for sure, if you have him ranked in your top 10 then odds are he's #10, not much higher.
     
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  13. Boxed Ears

    Boxed Ears this my daddy's account (RIP daddy) Full Member

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    Yeah, for me, and I don't see anybody threatening to squeeze him out either. I think the last time I did a list, he was eight or nine. But, still holding there strongly. He went through a phase of most people gushing over him and expecting him to be in the realm of the Louis and Ali tier, then a weird backlash of underrating him is prevalent now, in my opinion. ESPN treated him atrociously when he got into the IBHOF, I felt.
     
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  14. Hands of Iron

    Hands of Iron #MSE Full Member

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    In that ESPN one-on-one interview they pretty much asked him five questions, all of them about how grateful he felt in five different ways. :lol:
     
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  15. vargasfan1985

    vargasfan1985 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    He's HOF, no doubt, top 10? Let me see if I can find 10 others before him.

    Louis
    Ali
    Lewis
    Foreman
    Frazier
    Marciano
    Holyfield (iffy, but 4X champ, former undisputed cruiser, hell of a resume, etc)

    I would add guys like Dempsey, Johnson, etc, but I don't know enough about them. I see them in a lot of top 10 lists though. Let's say I put them in, and my list is already at 9. Some would say Floyd Patterson as well. That be 10.

    Tough call.
     
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