Mike Tyson - Heavyweight King of the 1980s

Aptly enough a complete product of one of the last trainers from a classical great, bygone era.

People can say "What's changed between trainers in boxing that's so great the modern trainers can't do?" but that doesn't change the fact that these men were capable of seemingly handing damn magic. Even with Futch into Roach and Pacquiao.

 

I don't really care about what Mike's perceived weaknesses were...in or out of the ring...the Douglas disaster, the Holyfield losses...getting blown out by Lewis, or anything else,....it's what he was leading up to and during his '86-'90 reign of terror that matters to me.

 

Tyson in his autobiography said he felt like a chump in that get up and only did it because Don King talked him into it.

 

It's because of that time period that Tyson is considered a heavyweight ATG.

 

Robin Givens recently starred in a stage play around where I live. Tyson said the only reason he married her was because he believed she was pregnant.

 

You misspelled Larry Holmes.