Bruce Seldon-Knocked him out with a miss Orlin Norris-Broke his leg with a punch Golota-Broke his face while high on pot Spain-Never been stopped before Holmes-Had two years of rest and still knocked out
Mine Would Be 1. Spinks - Destroying the guy who some people thought was the legitimate champ and had a good chance of beating Mike...and cementing his legacy. 2. Ruddock 1 or 2 - This fight answers those critics who say "Tyson was finished after Douglas" and "Tyson had no heart" he was on the comeback trail by fighting the most dangerous heavyweight out there at the time and despite taking huge shots by a guy who wasnt "scared" Tyson still whooped his a$$, even thought he was pretty shot himself 3. Tubbs - The reason i like this fight, is that Tysons seems so dangerous, Tubbs has these quick hands which give him a little bit of an advantage in the first round, but its one of those fights where you think, its only a matter of time. The end combination of that fight is great to watch. The right to the body and then right uppercut (called the 6-4) then the left hook and Tubbs does the chicken dance 4 Tyrell Biggs - To me this answers a FEW questions on how a Tyson Vs Ali fight would go, to all those people saying Ali would wipe the floor with Mike etc. Mike was no Frazier or Foreman, He Was Iron Mike Tyson 5 Tony Tucker - Yet another fighter who wasnt scared, Tysons doesnt KO, but he outpoints a taller fighter who dances around for 12 and can hit and move and Mike easily outpoints him (Holyfield nuthuggers take note)
KO2 Berbick- Tyson was on a roll, 20 years old and he just beat the crap out of a solid veteran and world title holder KO6 Thomas- he put it all together in this fight, he beat a talented former world title holder who had never been stopped (only loss was a close decision to Berbick), he broke Thomas down and stopped him in devastating fashion KO4 Holmes- Holmes had not fought in 2 years or won a fight in 3 but most felt he would give Tyson more problems than what he did KO1 Spinks- not a huge surprise but most felt Spinks would find a way to trouble Tyson a little bit NC3 Golota- I know it's an odd choice (it was a TKO win for Tyson, Golota quit after the 2nd, before it was changed to a NC due to Tyson testing positive for marijuana), but I was impressed in this fight for a couple of reasons. He was dominate and fought a clean fight when most thought he wouldn't. Also, up to that point Golota had looked good in all of his fights except his loss to Lewis. True he had the two losses to Bowe and even a TKO loss to Grant but he had still looked good in these fights right up until the crazy endings. Tyson crushed Golota's cheekbone in this fight!
The Win over Michael Spinks was most historic, Pinklon getting stopped was good scalp, Unifying over Tucker was awesome, Tony came to fight.. Beating Berbick was great considering Mike was just a kid and Berbick was at least a title holder.. Ruddock was hungry and always hard to kill........ I think Mike underestimated him a touch....