****yzing Mike Tyson's title defenses

that's it Foxy, let it out, we are here for you :rasta

 

Tyson/Spoon would have been a great matchup

Unfortunately, Witherspoon was sent to the wilderness after he split with King.

Tyson beat Witherspoon's conqueror James Smith, but an in shape, focused Witherspoons would have been much tougher for Tyson to beat than Smith.

Tyson didn't duck him. He beat the guy who beat him.

 

Sorry, Povetkin is probably the second best guy out there based on resume, but thats because he hasnt encountered Fury, Wilder and Joshua yet.

Povetkin is good, but nothing special, he is primarily a brawler which would fight right into Tysons hands.

Nearly all the guys who decided to stand toe to toe with Tyson, or stood in Tysons firing range, got sparked sooner or later.

 

You're right, but he also got splattered like a bug by Lionel Butler in that time frame too.
Maybe Butler deserves a similar level of credit as Tyson gets for KOing Tubbs.

 

Butler was a decent fighter.

 

He was a decent puncher. There's a difference.

 

:d

 

Why would Anyone get similar credit beating Tubbs in 1992 as 1987? :-(

 

I'm the wrong age for you to be there duck egg. Remember it is 4 year olds you fantasise over.:rofl:rofl

 

Tysons the only guy whos opposition never ages.

 

He's also the only guy considered past prime at 23.

 

Not to mention the only one to have booze and drug problems.:rofl:rofl

 

He's also the only guy who ever won the heavyweight championship at 20. And yet he made more defenses than either Dempsey or Marciano.

 

1992 and 1988 actually.

Because that's the exact time frame where Tubbs was getting good results against Bowe, Seldon, Ferguson and Zolkin, that everyone keeps mentioning.

 

Well, it's the Tyson boosters here who are bringing up what Tubbs did in 1989-'93. As soon as I mention that he was also stopped by Butler in that timeframe, the whole argument gets reversed ??

We could talk about Tubbs's recent form leading up to the Tyson fight. Wins over Mike Jameson (who knocked him down), Wimpy Halstead and Eddie Gonzales didn't impress anyone.