Can anyone take 88-89 Mike Tyson?

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  1. On The Money

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    How is it ridiculous? All that was different was Rooney wasn't in his corner. Physically he was peak.
     
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    Well for a start Bruno was better than anything Vitali knocked out.

    You know Bruno, the guy who was thoroughly beating a young, prime, Lewis by a wide margin before being stopped? as opposed to going life and death with an old Lewis before being stopped?
     
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    Stop, it hurts :lol:
     
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    Why not? Did he really lose all his confidence after Douglas?
     
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    Go and watch his career from 86 onwards to 91 and then comment.
     
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    Spot on.
     
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    So your are claiming that the 25 y/o Mike that fought Ruddock twice before jail was somehow a faded version? :rofl
     
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    Trust me, I did. The only difference was that people noticed he wasn't an invincible monster. Tyson was pretty much the same.
     
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  9. Azzer85

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    Since when was a fighters peak measured by age?
     
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    No, you need to watch his career and then comment.

    If you cant see the difference, stick to a different thread.
     
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    Oaks could take a prime Tyson

    Oaks! Oaks! Oaks!
     
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    Shoulda woulda coulda.

    Last time i checked, Tyson knocked out both Holmes and Spinks.
    Vitali on the other hand, lost to Lewis and Byrd.
     
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    Id quit and save yourself further humiliation, you really are starting to embarrass yourself.
     
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    Are you serious? :lol:

    In this instance you are claiming Mike vs Ruddock I and II in 91 was a past it Mike? I say no, that Mike was identical to earlier career Mike and he did not show there despite two full camps.
     
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    Vitalis resume is **** poor and you know it.

    His whole claim to fame is the Lewis fight, which he lost.

    Well Bruno holds that accolade too.
     
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