Shortest prime in history

mayorga's prime lasted like 2 years. 3 years at the most.

 

in 86 he wasn't really that good yet

 

Zab Judah

 

i was also thinking mayorga the moment i see the thread...hmmm, how about bowe?

 

Margarito

 

It has to be Tyson ooooooorrrrrrrrr Tyson just wasn't that good in the first place, as soon as he was found out he was shot according to his fanboys

 

'89 was the tail-end of Tyson's prime. Bruno hurt him and he was clearly becoming a headhunter, which signified that things had changed. That being said, Tyson did go 2-0 that year scoring stoppages over Bruno and Carl Williams so you have to lump it into his prime and what a prime it was.

 

Or he just looked good against limited opposition, and as soon as someone found out how to box him (Douglas) he was suddenly shot !!

Sorry but I have never bought the Tyson myth

 

Ummmm.....Riddick Bowe anyone????

 

There have been so many reasons given to explain Tyson's career trajectory but the truth is that he just didn't care about the sport anymore after the original Team Tyson fell apart. Yeah, the Robin Givens and Don King circus didn't help but Tyson started to have a love/hate relationship with the sport after he beat Spinks and a lot of that was due to his out-of-the-ring problems. Bruno and Williams just weren't good enough to expose it. The wins over Ruddock in '91 were solid but even still, Tyson looked like a guy who was just doing a job. If there was fire, it came in short bursts. Ruddock was crude and his punches can be seen from a mile away. Even still, he was able to land many of them. Tyson was just mystique by that point. The wins over Tillman, Stewart, McNeely, Mathis, and the others were all to preserve the mystique, which boxing insiders had known for years was gone.

 

Buster Douglas

 

He probably could have done what he did to Berbick in November of '86 earlier in the year. He had a meaningless fight right before it. Just a tune-up I guess. Since he won the title in '86 you gotta count it. Most do.