Mike Tyson post jail career

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  1. Eternal

    Eternal Active Member Full Member

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    List of Mike Tyson's decision wins after 1995:

    List of Mike Tyson's decision losses after 1995:
    Jake Paul

    Mike Tyson's record post 1995:
    9 wins 6 losses and two no decision fights.

    Interesting statistics.
     
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  2. Overhand94

    Overhand94 Active Member Full Member

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    Clearly, his post jail record ruined his legacy.
     
  3. Sammy123

    Sammy123 Money Maker Staff Member

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    Tyson was not the same fighter after prison. His instant quickness and laser sharp accuracy was gone.
     
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  4. Philosopher

    Philosopher Active Member Full Member

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    I think the last truly peak version of Mike was v Biggs, or maybe Holmes although many did not realise it at the time....
     
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  5. Bigcheese

    Bigcheese Well-Known Member Full Member

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    No longer an elite fighter but picked up some good wins in Bruno, Botha and Golota. (NC officially but I think it was for Marijuana so I'm counting it)

    I don't really count any of the post Lewis losses.
     
  6. ellerbe

    ellerbe Loyal Member Full Member

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    So embarrassing that he lost to JP. You can use age as an excuse but Foreman and Hopkins won titles close to his age.

    What’s even worse is JP held back hard and didn’t KO him because he knew the backlash would have been bad.
     
  7. ForemanJab

    ForemanJab Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He was still a very good fighter up until 2000. Had he retired after the Golota fight he would've had a career record of 48 - 3 with 42 KOs.
     
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  8. offshoot

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    He was just an overrated, flawed fighter who peaked when he was young, like Michael Owen did in football.

    He's mostly one for the casuals to talk uneducated about like he's this mythical monster who couldn't be beaten.
     
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  9. heerko koois

    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Hot and cold.....not the same imo
     
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  10. rodney

    rodney Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Never got up after he was dropped.
    That says it all.
     
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  11. Jennifer Love Hewitt

    Jennifer Love Hewitt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yes he did. He got up and lost, but he did get up.
    Down in the first Holyfield fight in round 6. Loses in the 11th
    Down vs Lewis in the 8th (this one is questionable) loses in the 8th
     
  12. Babality

    Babality KTFO!!!!!!! Full Member

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    He did destroy guys like Stewart and Savarese like they were nobodies. See how Holyfield and Foreman did against the same guys.
     
  13. Bigcheese

    Bigcheese Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Neither did Lewis, is he not great?
     
  14. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    You're mistaking him for Lewis
     
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  15. The Cryptkeeper

    The Cryptkeeper Well-Known Member Full Member

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    He was the greatest young fighter of his generation but careers are measured in their entirety and on that note, whilst Tyson was a great heavyweight he does fall some way short of the very top tier.

    As a cultural icon though, he is the biggest boxing icon since Ali with Foreman the only legitimate challenger to that.