Mike Tyson "weak" opposition

There was a thread about it son, and go and watch the 10th round. Tyson trumps any stumbling made by Foreman against a prime Holyfield......

 

Do you want me to prove you wrong yet again empty head? I'll say it again, Tucker said he believed he broke the hand prior to their bout. You've got to be Sandra's alter ego? No way can two people be so dense at the same time.......

 

Look Perry I posted Tuckers comment he himself made....... Yah goofy kid

 

No Sandra, you posted what goes off in that empty head of yours......

 

To be honest, every dominant champion has had this criticism at some point. That their opposition was weak.. Too fat, thin, small, big, young, old etc. Louis had it, marciano, Ali s first career, Holmes. They all suffered the weak opposition critics. It's probably a case of them been a high level above the other guys that makes them look so inferior. Ali's post foreman wins aren't classed as such because by then he'd slipped himself, so the level of opponent s became that much closer. I'm not saying Tyson s opponents were nessecerily weak, but that a young dominant champion makes them look that way. It's a combination of a talented confident champ beating guys and doing it for a number of years successfully. They could be top level contender but the man at the very top is above them In skill, strength, speed etc.

 

What the hell am I making up?

Larry Holmes wasn't on a losing streak and on a two year retirement?

Tubbs really didn't eat his way out of a $50,000 bonus, have his trainer walk out on him "for being in no shape to fight" and had not won a fight against a rated opponent for three years?

Bruno wasn't inactive for a year, wasn't 0-1 against rated opponents over the last three years?

I didn't make any of that up. The best time to beat a fighter has to be when the guy hasn't fought at world level for years. What am I missing here?

Thomas had not won at world level for years. Even Spinks had not really won at world level for years. Biggs had not won at world level at all.

This leaves 5 good opponents for Tyson in Berbick, Tucker, Smith, Douglas and Spinks. Mike is 4-1 with them. It's the truth.

 

Tyson never beat a guy that a great fighter would lose to. That's the bottom line.

And it goes for most champions too. That's why it is a bit foolish to knock another era and make one champion out to be better or worse than another champion. Ali would not lose to Tony Tubbs and Tyson would not lose to Brian London. That's all you can say.

It's rare that one great champion beats a guy that another great champion at his best would lose to and kind of impossible to prove it.

 

Perhaps, perhaps not. Tillis was nothing special, but he gave Mike some trouble.

 

i dunno mate u appear to be arguing uphill there

 

he was a designated Preacher.