Tyrel Biggs -- just not suited for the pro's or ruined by Tyson?

I was laughin real hard when I read the title of this thread. Tyson ruined him and his career. Im sure Biggs had a lot of potential but all his hopes and dreams was shattered when he met Tyson. Its been a while since Ive seen this fight. I goin to watch it tonight for a good laugh.

 

Tyson broke him down pretty bad.

Still though, i think Tyrell Biggs belongs in the same category as Audley Harrison; great talent, athletic ability and size but misses some essential qualities a professional boxer must have.

Biggs also had a shaky performance or two before Tyson, if remember well. Tyson put on a pretty nice performance in completly breaking him down but Biggs was also gonna end up in similar fashion, i believe.

 

Ive saw this on tape, it was bad, he took the man out of him.

 

Tyrell was thrown in against Mike after 15 fights because Lou Duva was afraid his fighter may fall to pieces before he got a substancial return out of him.. The David Bey fight was a close call.. They got their million and raced off into the darkness..

I heard a story that the Biggs camp threw a massive and expensive after fight party reception for all of the nights press and a few select fans.. They than deducted it from Tyrells purse..

 

My answer to the initial question, is that Biggs was the victom of a poorly managed career, with a lot of the problems caused by himself.

Biggs made the mistake of breaking up with the Duva family after the Tyson fight. What's more he apparently had some substance abuse problems going on in the meantime. In addition, He took one year off after the Tyson fight, and faced Francesco Damiani the following October, a fight in which Biggs was ahead on the cards, until he sustained a cut from an accidental headbutt, causing a stoppage. One year later, after little training and ring activety, he faced Gary Mason and was once again bested. Biggs had some decent career wins against James Tillis, David Bey, Jeff Simms, Renaldo Snipes, and unbeaten prospect Rudolfo Marin. For a brief period, he had former contender Jimmy Young working his corner. He certainly had some skills and physical attributes, but never quite got his ducks in order.

 

I always thought he had the ability, but not the power, to suceed in the division.The Tyson fight, and his drug problem, ruined him.

 

He was exposed as lacking the necessary grit to be a pro fighter. Tyson merely did what another top-flight fighter would have done sooner than later. And of course Tyson did it without mercy.

 

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Apparently his management took the Tyson fight before the drugs ****ed him up knowing he wasn't ready.

 

Lennox Lewis blasted him out in 2 rounds or 3 rounds, in the Pros!

 

Biggs was shot at that point though, he gave Gary Mason a good fight before folding though.

 

Biggs wasn't really "ruined" against Tyson because he wasn't a Larry Holmes, but had he not been destroyed he would of had a much better career. At his best he wasn't too bad with his good jab, amateur experience, speed, and was fairly durable.

He would of reversed many of his later losses, for sure.

 

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I'm not sure that I agree with the notion that he was durable, and many of his later losses were either a result of being past his prime or just fighting guys that he wouldn't have beaten regardeless of what stage of his career he was in. Not so much a case of him being ruined by the Tyson fight.

 

I'm not sure that I agree with the notion that he was durable, and many of his later losses were either a result of being past his prime or just fighting guys that he wouldn't have beaten regardeless of what stage of his career he was in. Not so much a case of him being ruined by the Tyson fight.[/quote]

Biggs took a lot of big shots against Tyson but lasted 7 rounds, longer than most against Tyson in that era. I'm not saying he is George Chuvalo, but he was more durable than his record shows.

 

Tyson didn't ruin him. The chinks in his armor were alredy there, as evidenced in the Bey fight (which he was losing before gutting out the stoppage victory). Being basically handled by a faded Bey (who wasn't much to begin with) should have sent big warning flares into the sky for everyone to see. Simply put, it wasn't going to take a Mike Tyson to beat him. The boxing press and dearth of other suitable opposition, however, made it a sort of "well, this was the fight we all wanted when these guys came out of the amateurs, so let's do our best to sell it" kind of thing. Then there was the whole nose candy thing........