Lets say Mike Tyson...

Becoming a gynecologist in a prison of men would be interesting. Perhaps you can write the story to where he double practices in urology and proctology. He'd have a lot of hands on experience in both of these areas.

 

Lets see ur top 10

 

I suppose it all depends if you think that his post prison exploits tainted what went before.

Some people rate him an ATG purely on his 86-90 career and not on what came after.

 

Fought better comp in the 90's than in the 1980's? WTF!!:nut
The only good opponent Tyson fought in the 90's was Holyfield... Everyone else sucked!
Overall, Tyson's opponents from his reign during the 1980's was far better than the pack of wusses he fought in the 1990's. (excluding Evander, who certainly wasn't a wuss)

 

The number he did on The Mallard was very impressive. It'd be hard enough to annihilate Holmes like that even when Larry was 50.

 

I'd have him a bit higher. I have him around 8th, that would possibly place him around 5th or 6th.

 

Oh boy,

Tyson's fights with Ruddock were in 1991.
Holmes was a good win, but not one of his best victories, as Larry was past his prime. His best career wins were Thomas, Berbick, Smith, Tucker and Spinks.

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Yes, but these men while being his best opponents post prison, should not be listed as his best opponents nor best performances overall. Tyson beat up Bruno once when they were both younger during the 80's. Lewis, Tyson and Holyfield were all well past it when they met each other.

Dude, I'm not trying to be a jagoff here, but you seriously need to do some reading up on your Tyson history.

First you tell people that he's not even a top 15 fighter, then you can't even list his best wins, nor when they actually took place. That's a real good way to lose credibility and fast. I also believe that you had a similar post on this issue about a week ago. I'm no Tyson nuthugger and It's obvious that you're not either, but weather I like a fighter or not, I make sure that I have some idea about the guy's history before judging him. With all due respect, you need to start doing the same, or people here aren't going to take your posts seriously.

 

I would rate him a little bit higher, I have him tenth on my ATG list, he'd probably make 7 or 8 if i didnt know much about his mental frailties. Saying that, if he had retired after the second Bruno fight he really would be a hell of a lot higher, maybe 5th or something.

 

There would be a lot more people saying that Mikes chin was solid as hell..

His chops let him down in a number of fights after the Ruddock battles, which may i add were very Gladiatorial fights..

Holyfield exposed Mike, twice.. Lewis did the same , followed by Williams and later Mcbride , who really finished off a rather unwilling wrecked Mike.. ( he beat himself) in other words..

His pride would be in tact much more if he retired after Ruddock..

But a lot more "What Ifs" Very close to the Liston type ending..

Notorious solid once beaten tough ATG..

instead of Junkie, Prison damaged 6 times beaten wreck of a could have been ATG.. who still gets haunted by his past..

A damn shame..

 

Holyfiled will be spended time in prison for drugs.

 

i think he would be considered greater than he is today. the post prison years damaged his legacy as a fighter. people questioned his heart and called him a bully who could not pull off the win

many people would be saying that he would of undoubtedly cleared up the heavyweight scene in the late 90's

The Tyson of the 80's for me warrants a place in the top 1o heavyweights in history. NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. he was sensational

 

Tyson had a great chin. he just never had the conditioning in the fights that he lost. The punches that he took off ruddock would of knocked down a house. he took a great pummeling from douglas, lewis and holyfield before burning out