I know it wasn't a clean knockdown, just had to post it cause it was so funny. I love the look on Barretts face, like "There you go you little son of a *****" and Haye "Hey ref, c'mon you gotta help me out here!!!"
Oh come on, Spinks was more shot than Barrera, plus, he was terrified to come out, he didn't even want to fight Tyson, he was begging to be Ko'ed. Same goes for the others.
I'm not even sure Haye would make it the ring & that's not a joke or meant to be disrespectful to Haye! This one would be over before its over, if you know what I mean? Haye is a risk taker, but as soon as the bell goes he would freeze imo. Haye goes down very quickly, a bit like Alex Stewart did!
Uhmm? Tyson knocked a Michael Spinx, who was a far more accomplished fighter than David Haye, in 91 second. I'm going with Tyson by KO at 85 seconds of the fight round. First left hook that lands on Davey's chin buckles his needs...and a brutal right uppercut ends it. The ref doesn't even count, he just call for the doctor and a stretcher.
First off, Haye was no where near the defensive fighter Tyson was. Tyson actually moved his head in his prime, got under punches and had great footwork. Haye has zero head movement, horrible footwork (he's always falling down in fights) and he gets tagged by the jab way too much. PS The Buster Douglas that met Tyson that night in Japan would have torn Haye's head off in on punch. The uppercut that finally fell Tyson literally would have killed David Haye with his pencil thin neck.
Spinks was more past it than Barrera ? Dude please ! Spinks being scared was down to Tysons aura , Barrera having to fight for four rounds with blood pouring out of him was down to Frank Warrens aura. And as for the size difference , on the night the Khan v Barrera fight looked comical Khan was so much bigger and although Mike was heavier spinks was the taller of the two. You cant compare being THE heavy weight champ at 21 to picking up one of the lesser LWW belts and then admitting you arent ready for the best the division has to offer. and the others didnt bother to fight ?? For one watch the Tyson v Mitch Green fight and tell Green wasnt going for it.
I give both Klitschkos and Lewis very good chances against prime Tyson. They would outbox the far smaller pitbull and keep him from any infight. Tysons power cannot be overrated, though - if he gets close, he is able to KD even far taller men. I doubt Minto would give Tyson more troubles than boxers with great reach AND great ring dominance.
Ok....I dont' have any pics or vids of me boxing as a young man, teen and kid. :roll: PLEASE BELIEVE ME...PLEASE BELIEVE ME. I don't seek accolades or approval on a message board homie. Maybe you do....but to each their own. Tyson faught bums but he also faught very good to great fighters in his best days. He did exactly what he was suppose to do against bums...he compeltely destroyed them. Tyson's chin is very good. He ate so many huge punches from bigger punchers than haye. LL put a beating on Mike for 8 rounds and he took everything until the end. He'd have little trouble taking Hayes best....but could haye take Tysons best? I doubt it. Look....I love Haye...he's a great talent but I'm not sure about his stint as a HW just yet. His charisma and swag is good for the HW division. Loved how he called out the Klit bros! But I didn't give him much of a chance...especially against Vit which is good he injured himself. He's not ready just yet for Vit....maybe Wald if he gets past Nik, but I think he'll have a very rough time with Valuve's size.
You Haye fans truly are deluded. Tyson never beat anyone as good as Barrett of Garry Delaney? Ever heard of Michael Spinks? Every Heard of Toney Tucker? Ever heard of Bonecrusher Smith? Ever heard of Larry Holmes (who was still a very good fighter at that time)? Now, I wouldn't call any of the great fighters, but they were all far better fighters than Barrett or anyone Haye has fought at heavy.
You get stiff when you eat the kind of power that Tyson brings and it was so quick there was really nothing Spinks showed anyone in that fight. He got caught and it wasn't luck. Tyson was just on point and took him out. You can discredit the Buster win just based on what we saw in his corner. They had no clue what they were doing and had no advice to give.