Mike Tyson, Top Ten Worthy?

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  1. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    Imo, Vitali and Tyson aren't in the top ten. My list is similar to yours, but I have different boxers in different places.
     
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  2. Wass1985

    Wass1985 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Go on then you've convinced me, stick Frazier in the top 10 and it's Tyson or Vitali for number 11. Frazier's best win trumps any of Tyson's victories, they had a similar length of a title reign though Tyson did have more wins. But Frazier didn't lose to a Buster Douglas, he only lost to ATG's.
     
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  3. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    He also didn't lose to a Kevin Mcbride, or Danny Williams.
     
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  4. Wass1985

    Wass1985 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Exactly, Frazier in much worse health fought Jumbo Cummings to a draw whilst Tyson at that age was getting KTFO by Danny Williams and curring out against Kevin McBride.
     
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  5. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Liston never had a single title defense but he is placed ahead of Tyson who had 9?

    Vitali Who? Who the hell did he ever beat? Sam Peter? Kirk Johnson? I like his toughness but he is out of his depth being on this list.

    I would further argue that Tyson dominated the division for 3 years in a meter that Holyfield never did.
     
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  6. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    Liston cleaned out the heavyweight division, completely annihilated an ATG twice. And he didn't duck anybody. You can't say the same about Tyson.
     
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  7. Wass1985

    Wass1985 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    My top 10 is not just ranked on their records, H2H comes into it too. liston is a H2H monster imo.

    vital, the fighter who was never dropped let alone knocked out. A fighter who was never outclassed in a fight and a fighter who is a H2H nightmare for any fighter ever, who the hell did Tyson beat then?? An old pensioner and a blown up light heavyweight...

    Holyfield ****es all over Tyson, for starters he beat the man twice. He beat the man who knocked Tyson all over the ring. He's got a better resume, won the title 4 times and had more longevity. Holyfield's run would also have lasted longer fighting the same fighters Tyson did during his defences.
     
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  8. Unforgiven

    Unforgiven VIP Member banned Full Member

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    Yeah, from that 1986 list, he cleaned out everyone except Douglas and Witherspoon.
    Douglas cleaned Tyson's clock.
     
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  9. McGrain

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    Nothing wrong with Tyson in a top ten. It's a soft top ten with a concrete top two.
     
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  10. mcvey

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  11. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace Full Member

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    I have at the moment

    Ali
    Louis
    Lewis
    Holyfield
    Holmes
    Liston
    Foreman
    Tyson
    Bowe
    Johnson
     
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  12. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    Very decent list. I don't think Bowe belongs there however. Also, where's Dempsey? :huh
     
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  13. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    Yes he's worthy. He flattened about 98% of an entire division and established himself as he youngest Champion of all time within less than four years of tuning pro.
     
    mr. magoo, Jan 20, 2016
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  14. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    I don't think he did enough to be in the top ten.
     
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  15. Pugilist_Spec

    Pugilist_Spec Hands Of Stone Full Member

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    His resume before Douglas trumps the work of nearly every ATG heavyweight.

    Dempsey? :lol: Liston? :lol:

    Hell, even Marciano or Johnson? :lol:
     
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