Does Mike Tyson belong in the top ten greatest heavyweights of all time

I'd say he best win was against Ruddock or the rematch against Rahman. Both extremely impressive in my book, but obviously meaningless in yours.

 

Personally I'd be ashamed to post something like this and actually take credit for it, but too each his own. You seem to think a win is a win regardless of the quality of fighter standing across from you.

Nothing wrong with being a Wlad fan, but put things into perspective, please.

As far as the WBO belt goes, if you have 10 belts held by various fighters would each one mean anything to anyone? Look at it this way, if Ali and Foreman each had a belt and Frazier and Lyle also had a belt would the Rumble in the Jungle have meant anything? Would the Trillia in Manila have mattered? Defending meaningless belts is really a pathetic argument.

You're smarter than that.

 

With Tyson he'd be on everyone's top 10 H2H list, but accomplishments and longivity, those are harder calls to make. So I guess in some respects it depends on your criteria when it comes to making a ATG list. Does H2H count more than number of defenses? or length of time on top? or the quality of your comp?

Depending on how you weigh these factors, you're going to get completely different lists, all legitimate.

 

I have him between 12-15 his era was awful and he lost to every good fighter he fought after he got out of prison.