Mike Tyson as a boxing analyst

TBH, as much as I hate him, I think Shannon Briggs was a good commentator on FNF.

 

i never thot about it but he may be a nice color guy, better than what shobox and versus has i cant stand those guys

 

plus the guy is a convicted ******.******?????who bit evander's ear off, who told female reporters they could only talk if they sucked him off, threatened peoples children. he is unintentionally funny as **** but the man is mentally ill, a nasty ***** and despite his feats in the ring was/is bad for the sport as a whole

 

I thought Briggs was excellent, too, and funny.

 

Mike seems to unstable to me to keep a steady commentator job. You know he's bound to be arrested or something during a scheduled broadcast. Plus, the guy can be very hard to understand at times.

 

Pfffft, those guys are better than the cheesy ass, biased HBO team IMO.

 

why not, mike knows his **** as good as any boxing person around

 

i bet he would be better then Kellerman

 

The single downside to Mike as a commentator is whether he would show up on time or be caught in personal turmoil. Keeping the schedule would be the only difficulty.

Mike Tyson is by far, hands down, the most intelligent boxing commentator I've ever heard. His understanding of the fight game is second to absolutely none. While during his career post-Catskills Team he did get involved in trash talk against his opponents, etc., he has always been very respectful of boxers other than himself. In a commentator role where he's not trying to sell one of his own fights through trash talk, he would be very tame and straightforward. Tyson has seen and thoroughly analyzed as much fight-tape as anyone in the business.

 

I've seen Mike in public before outside the ring and if anything he's very humble. Not one to draw lots of attention to himself like other boxers. I bet if Mike hosted the next contander, those ratings would crush most HBO, Showtime and ESPN broadcast.

 

this has nothing to do with the thread but i've been dying to quoted mike on this....

"i'm gonna get you buthter douglath".

makes me smile every time i remember this

an insight into what we can expect over the mic...mike

 

So true, how about when he Lampley asks what his scorecard is "ahk Jim, I got it 7 rounds to 1 Hopkins, Pavlik is not fighting his fight and he's in danger of needed a knockout", between that and all his weird noises he makes when he talks or gets overexcited, is too much for me.

Mike is very knowledgable when it comes to boxing, he is a historian in his own right, and that would show up on air. I dont know if anyone remembers when he used to guest commentate for HBO back in the late 80's, he was damn good, no worse than boring ass Lennox and Jones who half the time is promoting a CD or an upcoming fight of his, Tyson is alot better than these 2.

 

i'd like to see him take over merchants spot during post fight interviews.

 

Who wouldn't? :yep

 

Some of the things Tyson comes out with are far more interesting to hear then your average guy. This is displayed in the fact that if gives an interview many watch. People say he's "dumb", but personally I find him more articulate then your average drone. He has opinions and expresses thoughts... he may say silly things at times - and is not cultured in some academemic aspects - but that doesn't make him "dumb" in my eyes...