This guy calls himself a boxing writer. :roll: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news;_y...9Eo14?slug=ki-kimbo051608&prov=yhoo&type=lgns
This part irks the **** out of me- shame on Iole for not seperating bull**** hypejob internet fighters from one of the greatest heavyweight champions ever... Iole- "ItÂ’s hardly a stretch to suggest that Kimbo Slice is the Mike Tyson of the 21st century. Tyson became a cultural phenomenon in the 1980s with his intimidating visage, powerful punches and almost weekly appearances on ESPN. Slice shares the same intimidating look and powerful punching, but his vehicle to stardom was the Internet video-sharing site, YouTube."
i can see where he is coming from.....kimbo has 3 fights, tyson was the undisputed havyweight champ at 20.
That's an insult to Mike Tyson. Iole should be ashamed of himself. If you're going to compare an MMA fighter to Mike Tyson, make sure it's a top level one and not somebody who's only had 3 fights.
Say what you like about Mike Tyson, but the man was the youngest undisputed Heavyweight champion in Boxing History, and had a lot of cute skills, not just a big punch. Comparing Kimbo to the great Mike Tyson, who I'm not a fan of, is a farce. *Can't wait to see the new Tyson Documentary that was just shown at Cannes festival*
atsch one guy is the youngest heavyweight champ ever&true sporting phenomenom the other fights fat guys in back yards:rofl
You know, I've seen enough pieces on Kimbo recently to respect that he's actually training hard now in MMA, so I don't want to sit here and bash him for no good reason. It's Iole's inability to separate spectacle from reality that I find disconcerting. Can you imagine Merchant penning something like this back in the 70s?
Iole makes a vague comparison to Mike Tyson and it was only a small part of the article. And the comparison that he made is that they're both intimidating, big punchers who are cultural phenomenons. He really doesn't compare the two in regards to overall skill level.
He compares their "punching power" and star power. Shame on him for not seperating style from substance. I don't see anything vague about it really.
