I've got #5, now for #6

Fair enough, each to their own I suppose. If anything the highly impressive manner of his first title reign (Thomas, Berbick, Holmes and Spinks: all good wins) should qualify him for the bottom reaches of the Top 10- in my view (despite the mixed bag of what followed). Any lower than 15 is definitely unreasonable.

I've him at #8.

 

I dont know about that. There are the old-timers that I'm not familiar with - and nor are you, by your own admission, right ?
But they have to be considered in a true "ALL TIME" list.
And if you dont know that much about them it would be foolish to say their inclusion an "embarrassment" to the person who puts them forward.

 

Tyson's incredible dominance from '86 to (not including:yep ) '90 is probably the most dominant period of a fighter in heavyweight history since gloved boxing. Only Marciano comes close. Tyson beat something like 12 ranked contenders and only lost to one of them during the period 86-92. For that alone he should be in the top15 at least, i have him at the bottom of the top10 near Holyfield.

 

Your welcome, sorry its a bit late , havent been on in a while

 

Why outside the top 100 ?

What ?

 

I'd consider putting Buster Douglas above Mike Tyson on my list.

8)

 

Yeah, you're right. He pretty much proved superiority with that brutal beat down and KO.
Tyson did better against common opponents though, so maybe not as cut and dried as you think ........

Neither of them would make my list though, so I wont need to worry about it.

Who you putting at #6 on yours then, JT ?

 

I think that Mike Tyson holds firm at 10. I really can't see any justifiable reason to rate him higher or lower. He did beat everybody that was anybody in the 80's. I do, however, feel that the other people I mentioned can be shifted around. I chose Foreman over Holyfield when I typed this a couple years ago. Now, I'd possibly be persuaded to have him above Foreman because he won more fights while being champion.

 

Good point Rocco.......... "Anyway, back to why we agree for once... I think Tyson was a great boxer, with tremendous skill and power, that never seen it's full potential. What he did outside of the ring, before he ever accomplished what he should have, is where we differ. I really wish the guy would have just done what everybody knew he could... without all the other crap that crept in!"

I think Tyson accomplished more than you give him credit for though. I rank him +/- 9-11 ATG heavy. He should have been a top 5 but burned out like a meteor