Tyson !!!!!

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  1. Overhand94

    Overhand94 Active Member Full Member

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    What do you think was lacking for the promotion of the first Ruddock fight ?
     
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    Dynamicpuncher Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I'll pick a few from different decades and I'll also choose realistic match ups.

    Riddick Bowe for example their timelines just didn't fit. When Bowe was in his prime Tyson was in prison, and then when Tyson got out of prison Bowe was finished after the Golota fights.


    Tim Witherspoon = One of the few top notable 80s contenders Tyson didn't fight It would've been an interesting match up.

    Greg Page = For Tyson's comeback fight after losing to Douglas they could've hyped this up due to Page flooring Tyson in sparring previously.

    George Foreman = In the early 90s before Tyson went to prison what an absolute barnburner this would've been.

    David Tua = In the late 90s this would've been an absolute war.

    Oleg Maskaev = Correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't Tyson supposed to fight Maskaev at some point ? This would've been an interesting fight in the early 2000s.
     
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  3. Andre2000

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    I hear the new doc is going to reveal, for the first time, that Mike likes and breeds pigeons. How crazy is that?

    Looking forward to seeing/hearing the full details on that little anomaly. :D
     
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    I heard there's something about weed in there.
     
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    Andre2000 Active Member Full Member

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    Are you serious? Say it ain’t so, John!
     
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  6. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    A motivated Tim Witherspoon in 1987. Also, wish he'd stayed out of prison and fought Bowe and Moorer and Morrison
     
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  7. Overhand94

    Overhand94 Active Member Full Member

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    Yes, Tyson and Maskaev were supposed to meet in June of 2003, a fight which was supposed to be the co-main event of Lewis vs Kirk Johnson.
     
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  8. MaccaveliMacc

    MaccaveliMacc Boxing Addict Full Member

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    And about how Don King was bad and he didn't **** that chick.
     
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