How did Tyson destroy Super-Heavyweight Savarese?

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  1. LittleRed

    LittleRed Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Well I'll never get that image out of my head.
     
  2. On The Money

    On The Money Dangerous Journeyman Full Member

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    He was a bit unlucky with the shot that caught him in Glasgow, I thank Saverse was slightly better than that but he was done and then Mike did his usual and was still smashing him as the ref tried to stop the fight. I remember reading about Savarese in the Ring in 90/91, was being hyped along with Tommy Morrison as the white American hope. His record is actually quite decent, maybe verging on B class, but he choked on his biggest night. He was quite long necked, I remember thinking that head is going to get clipped.
     
  3. sweetsci

    sweetsci Well-Known Member Full Member

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    How did Tyson destroy Savarese? My knee-jerk attempt-to-be-humorous response was "Very quickly."

    Tyson, post-Douglas, steamrolled some capable guys very quickly. Stewart, Bruno, Mathis, Seldon, Savarese, Golota, arguably Etienne. Sometimes I think he's underrated at this stage of his career. It's like we're not judging him vs. the 90's heavyweight field, but rather judging him against 80's Mike Tyson.
     
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  4. Azzer85

    Azzer85 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Tyson was meant to face Buster Douglas in a rematch, but Savarese crashed the party and beat Douglas so Tyson fought Savarese instead.
     
  5. N_ N___

    N_ N___ Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Didn't they fight in 40 degree weather or something? Maybe he was cold.
     
  6. 2piece

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    Watch the fight and you will see how.
     
  7. Sangria

    Sangria You bleed like Mylee Full Member

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    Outdoors in Scotland, so yeah it was cold.

    I believe Tyson's bodyguard, Darryl Baum, was shot and killed by 50 Cent a couple weeks before this fight.
     
  8. Azzer85

    Azzer85 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I guess Tyson had heaters in the ring with him?
     
  9. SmackDaBum

    SmackDaBum TKO7 banned Full Member

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    I Belive 5'10 1/2 is most accurate.

    [url]http://www.boxingforum24.com/showpost.php?p=982252&postcount=34[/url]

    [url]http://www.celebheights.com/s/Mike-Tyson-1161.html[/url]
     
  10. choklab

    choklab cocoon of horror Full Member

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    Yes even at that point Tyson was still one of the greatest fighters over three rounds.

    I think a prime 1988 Tyson could have been Lennox Lewis's worst nightmare.
     
  11. N_ N___

    N_ N___ Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He came out second
     
  12. BoxerFan89

    BoxerFan89 Active Member Full Member

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    50 Cent hasn't killed anyone....
     
  13. 2piece

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    Darryl Baum was the man who shot 50 Cent, and how do you know what he has done? Are you two homies?
     
  14. heizenberg

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    I think Tyson declined quite a bit from the time he fought this fight and the time he faced Lewis. A few years of drugs plus a stint in prison can take a lot out of a man....
     
  15. N_ N___

    N_ N___ Boxing Addict Full Member

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    "Hommo shot me/three weeks later he got shot down" that's 50s line about Baum on "many men"

    50 didn't shoot him because he was still wrecked from the incident. I wouldn't say 50 has never killed anyone with any real conviction, but he didn't kill Baum.