How do you rank Mike Tyson and your age?

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  1. rydersonthestorm

    rydersonthestorm Boxing Addict Full Member

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    i rate him top 15 of all time and top ten h2h and i am 25
     
  2. My dinner with Conteh

    My dinner with Conteh Tending Bepi Ros' grave again Full Member

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    Mid-30s.


    Around 8th.


    And I ****ing hate the ****. :good
     
  3. Arka

    Arka New Member Full Member

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    **** Haglerfans! :shock:
    Are you seriously rating him ahead of Dempsey or Marciano?
     
  4. Arriba

    Arriba Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I'm 20 and I have him anywhere from 6-10 depending on how I feel that day. I'm still relatively new to the DEEP history of boxing so naturally it changes depending on how much I see of a fighter.
     
  5. butler08

    butler08 Active Member Full Member

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    i was never old enough to see tyson live i am 15 now but after extencily watching his fights i put top five all time heavyweights and top 10 all time p4p
     
  6. PaddyD1983

    PaddyD1983 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I'm 25 and have him at #7 on my all time HW list
     
  7. Robbi

    Robbi Marvelous Full Member

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    I'm 31 years old. Just outside the top 10.
     
  8. Mendoza

    Mendoza Hrgovic = Next Heavyweight champion of the world. Full Member

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    Mid 30's for me. I rate Tyson around #10-13 on an all time heavyweight ranking list. There are no cream puffs on ATG lists.

    Tyson might be the #1 guy vs tier two opponents. Tyson could blow out journeyman, and fringe contenders as well as anyone I have seen.

    My trouble with Tyson is he was never a mentally tough fighter and lost his biggest legacy fights badly. Some say the prison time took away from Tyson. While there is some truth to this, I have also seen Tyson look good post prision, and struggle a bit pre Buster Douglas.
     
  9. Nick Balsamo

    Nick Balsamo Member Full Member

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    I'm 27 and I rank Tyson somewhere between 8 and 12.

    He's the best ever against average contenders. He absolutely destroyed them.
     
  10. marciano1952

    marciano1952 Active Member Full Member

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    that will deffently Change man when you lean more about his opponents in the 80's and so fourth

    I thank when i was 15 I ranked Jim Corbett in my top 5 HW LOL
     
  11. pugilist_boyd

    pugilist_boyd BUSTED UP PUG Full Member

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    5-10 of all time in his very short prime,if cus d. could have lived 2-3 more years he would have had a longer prime prob. would be in alot more peoples top 10s----and im 30
     
  12. Maxmomer

    Maxmomer Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I used to be a teenager. Does that count?
     
  13. papke26

    papke26 Member Full Member

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    1. Jack Dempsey
    2. Muhammad Ali
    3. Larry Holmes
    4. Gearge Foreman
    6. .Joe Louis
    7. Lennox Lewis
    8.MIKE TYSON
    9. Wladimir Klitchko
    10.Gene Tunney.

    So i would rank him 8.
     
  14. FromWithin

    FromWithin Living for the city Full Member

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    I'm 19 and I do not rank him in the top 10. I don't understand how people can rank him above Holyfield? WTF?
     
  15. marciano1952

    marciano1952 Active Member Full Member

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    I agree I dont thank he ever beat anyone on the same level Holyfield did and lost when he did face that comp

    most the guys he fought in the 80's seemed to be B+ at best other then Spinks who was just a Blown up light Heavy and Holmes who hadnt fought in 4 years