Did Tyson take a dive against Lewis in round 8?

I reckon he was physically knackered, disheartened and fighting a lost cause. The fight didn't need to go on longer. It was a decent shot that put him down but nothing like the Rahman one.

 

Yes he was for a few rounds wanying to quit but torn between wuitting and "taking it enough like a man" for no one to say anything.i think ultimately he knew enough was a enough but didnt want to quit on his stool in suchva big fight

 

Aye he dove head first straight into Lewis' right hand.....

 

that was not a taking a dive punch which Lewis threw. He was landing clean and Mike was cut up..

 

The corner should've pulled him. When they were working on his cut, he let out a bit of a squeal when they applied pressure, plus he said he was done...All signals that he was finished and WANTED pulling out !

 

he was a chunky framed 35 year old. he wasnt matchfit anymore.

 

He thought about diving at one point. His knees sagged badly from a punch and he almost sat down from it (didn't the referee give him a sympathy count for that ?) but carried on. The last KD seemed genuine.

I think he took a lot of punishment in that fight.

It's a while since I've seen it and it's never been a fight I've gone back to much to view again and again. It's really not a good fight, not a good spectacle.

 

Come on. Did you see the replay of that last shot? He took plenty of punishment.
That being said, if he had theoretically badly hurt lewis right before being knocked down, i reckon MAYBE he could have beat the count.

Mike still had a cast iron jaw even if he had been mentally unfit to fight ever since he left prison where he had reverted to being the con artist thug he was before he started boxing. Amazing how many punches he took considering what kind of unfit physical and mental condition he was in.

 

The fight was a fix. Lewis fixed it with a right hand.

 

He was done

It was probably smart to not get up.

He didn't need to take any more.

To me, when you take a dive you try to make it look legit, but you take as little punishment as possible.

If Tyson was going to take a dive, he would have done it much earlier, before he sustained a beating.

 

That doesn't mean they are "taking a dive." It just means they are beaten and choose not to take any more punishment.

 

He was a done for. Essentially gassed after round three.

I think Tyson might have been able to get up once after Lewis landed and pushed him down, but Tyson was never a mentally strong fighter, and he knew he was done for.

Tyson almost quit in-between rounds and acted like a rather soft when they were working on a cut. Like many big fights, this one should have happened 2-3 years sooner

 

Max Baer refused to get up against Louis. He said, "What's the sense of getting up just to get knocked down again?" Same scenario regarding Tyson vs Lewis.