Could anyone else do that to berbick?

20 year old Joe Louis could give Trevor Berbick the business.

 

No...he got ko,d by max schmeling

 

Earnie Shavers at 20 years old was very much capable of annihilating Berbick.

Hell , Shavers as a teenager was probably flooring grown ass men.

 

Tyson's record is impressive no doubt but it's not hard to see how he achieved it let's be honest here. Tyson at 20 was a hell of a lot more developed and mature than a certain Cassius Clay who won the title at 22. I think Clay's title victory is more impressive considering this and the person who he beat.

 

Had those men just beaten an undefeated Pinklon Thomas?

 

Realistically?

Louis perhaps and that’s about it.

 

To be honest, Louis was more 21 by the time he was demolishing top contenders.

Sam McVea perhaps, but I rather doubt it.

 

Well maybe not at that age.

The other side of the coin is developing that early makes for rapid decline at an early age and not having the same skill set for long. And we did see Tyson go downhill at an age when most heavies are going up the ladder. Heavies usually have a shelf life of 4 to maybe 6 years of their prime. Then, they have to alter their style or make changes to continue fighting top 10 competition.

Another thing with that fight was Berbick himself. Good call firing Eddie Futch for the Tyson fight. Then again, there's a reason Trevor went through a ton of trainers.

And just who thought it was smart of Trevor to come out bombing trying to trade with Tyson? His forte was conditioning and a mauling style. A grinder. He was never a hitter and there he is trying to back Tyson up. It is one of the dumbest strategies I've ever seen. And he was as comfortable doing it as he would have been circling around the ring flicking jabs while moving his feet like Muhammad Ali in the younger days.

So Berbick gave Tyson exactly what he wanted. Mike did not have to break the guy down or fight smart or anything. Nope. A silver platter and it was the worst possible way to fight Tyson.

So as far as strategies and the tools to pull it off go===this ranks up there with King Roman and George Foreman.

 

Are you going to answer the quite straight forward thread title or just hate on and attempt to discredit Tyson as per usual?

Me, i'm going to think on it. It was an incredibly dynamic performance regardless of age.

 

Great performance from Tyson and no....not many could have done that at a mere 20 years of age. Most of the alltime great champs either had n't developed enough physically at that age or simply had n't turned pro yet. Joe Louis is the only one who comes to mind here.

 

Shavers wasn't even fighting pro at age 20 and was losing to the likes of Ron Stander even at age 25.