Probably my favourite boxer ever. If he'd retired before fighting Douglas I would have had him as top 3, maybe GOAT but sadly, **** happens. I still have him as top 10 ATG HW, mainly because of his prime H2H ability, youngest ever undisputed champ, a monster at 20 years old and like Ali, he transcended the sport. The scary thing is he could probably commit genocide and I'd still be a fan, his prime was something to behold.
I don't see anybody beating a 1990 (I started following the sport in 89 and was a big Tyson fan) Mike Tyson. Not one fighter. Ali gets crushed. Foreman gets frustrated with Tyson's ability to get inside. Lewis would not be big enough. Lennox of 2000 would have trouble as well. Tyson in his prime is too much for anyone in the sport.
I start watching boxing at age of 9,10 seeing mike-mcneely fight. prime vs prime n 1 Mike vs wladimir mike ko 1 vs vitali mike tko 3 or 4 vs lewis mike ko 1 or 2 vs larry mike ud maybe a difficult fight vs george mike tko 5,6 vs evander mike ko 9,10
Mike used to love posing like the old time fighters. These ones are my favourite. Especially the ones with Cus in.
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I find Tyson an interesting figure. He has a huge presence in the recent history of the sport. And am a fan of his abilities. But honestly I don't think you can watch footage of Joe Louis and rank Tyson above him, nor above Clay/Ali. So even discarding all other Heavyweights, and there is a lot of them through the years, who you could argue could rank above him, at the very best Tyson could only reach #3. And that isn't offering negative comments.