It's a very hard question. Tyson was too dominant for his own good and never had the fortune of running into another truly great heavy weight when...
Dempsey is definitely an all-time great whose dominance transcended the sport. It's hard to compare him to a lot of modern fighters. For impact...
I agree, but I still contend that he was a good, effective heavy weight. But, Tyson was just all wrong for him.
To put it another way, this highlights the fact that what these guys were earlier in their careers isn't relevant to the discussion at hand....
No, you're missing the point. I don't think whether a guy happened to be a light leavy or not earlier in his career is all that relevant to the...
Good point. I guess my main point is that people always make it sound like every true heavyweight who fought Spinks totally destroyed him....
Jerry Quarry is comically overrated on most boxing forums I have viewed. I don't care if Foreman ducked him or not, he probably would have stopped...
Neither was Evander Holyfield. That's a bad argument, IMO.
Sorry, but I've read a ton about Tyson and it's common knowledge that he wasn't the same guy post prison. The one fight he supposedly trained...
I could definitely see this point of view. It's interesting because I think both perspectives are equally biased. I feel like the truth is...
Also, I think another huge factor for me is that we had never seen Spinks lose. For a guy who was undefeated to get so thoroughly embarrassed was...
I agree with you, but it's not like Spinks was unaccomplished as a heavyweight. He had two huge victories over a heavy weight legend. We all...
Yes, but he still had success as a heavyweight, including beating Holmes twice (I happen to think he actually lost the second Holmes fight, but it...
With respect to his legacy, Tyson's sheer dominance at the pinnacle of his career has ultimately become both a gift and a curse. He was so...
Frazier had a better career, but Tyson at his best would get in that ass and probably stop him in 2 or 3.
