Comparing Tyson and Lewis' competition

Why is it that every Tyson fan always brings up :

Well if he was properply trained for the Douglas fight he would have never lost .

If he had never gone to prison he would have owned Holy


A prime Tyson would destroy anyone ..

Well the man fought pretty much one style come forward ..I'm sure someone other than BUSTER Dougals would have figured that out ..That man imo would have been Holy ...It just would of had happen much sooner than later ..Stop the excuses!He had a very good run was excitiing to watch but was all brawn and no brain when it counted !

 

I agree some people make to many excuses for him but others also say that he fought nothing but bums and was exposed everytime someone stood up to him which is BS so it goes both ways BTW he never was as good post prison as he was in the 80's just as Ali was never as good as he was before his long lay off.IMO.

 

After losing to Douglas, Tyson was happy maintaining his stock value by fighting minor opposition. If he hadn't had such a multitude of fawning devotees - and therefore money making potential - he would have never got away with the standard of opposition he did. The Tyson of the nineties (based on his opponents) was no more than top ten.

 

I meant generally, he did of course fight Holyfield, but the fact you produce such a small list only illustrates my point further.

 

If you recall your previous post you were criticising Lewis for not fighting Bowe and Moorer. So that is why I also replied that Tyson didn't fight Witherspoon and Holyfield!

Now you have the nerve to justify why Tyson didn't fight Witherspoon and Holy back in the 80s?? Duh, so now maybe you see how pointless your argument is for citing that Lewis hasn't fought Bowe and Moorer.

 

that's not entirely true, tyson was garbage before he went to prison

 

He was definitely already declining but "garbage" is stretching it a bit, a lot in fact

 

been on my jock for a while, huh?

 

Great post. It's often said who cares Tyson beat Ruddock he only had one punch. But then when talking about Lewis he was the best heavyweight that year and Lewis blew him out. So many fighters are bums when they fight Tyson but were solid competetion when Lewis fought them.

 

Marvis Frazer ,Bruce Seldon ,were bums before they fought Tyson and after :rofl

 

tyson in his prime would never have lost every single3 rd against frank bruno...............zelko mavorich would never go 12 rds with prime tyson.,.....phil jackson would get crusified in 1 or 2 rds......

 

Tyson I think fought lesser oppenents but some of the guys he beat were considered contenders before he knocked them off like botha, who thought a great close fight with moorer and gollota was still looked at as being a good fighter at the time in 2000. Thats not forget Lewis had trouble with Frank Bruno also, I remember him almost knocking Lewis out early on.