Mike Tyson v.s Sonny Liston (Bareknuckles)

Discussion in 'Classic Boxing Forum' started by Bad_Intentions, Jun 17, 2007.


  1. ThinBlack

    ThinBlack Boxing Addict banned

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    Tyson's from Brooklyn, and would handle Liston easily.Enough Said.
     
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  2. Charles White

    Charles White Chucker Full Member

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    Bump. The Liston-Lewis street fight thread has been resurrected, why not have another go around with this thread as well?
     
  3. cross_trainer

    cross_trainer Liston was good, but no "Tire Iron" Jones Full Member

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    Threads like these make me think we should abandon weird, speculative questions about events that never happened, and focus instead on whether Jimmy Wilde with brass knuckles could defeat Valuev.
     
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  4. BoB Box

    BoB Box "Hey Adam! Wanna play Nintendo?" Full Member

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    Im not trying to take a dig at Bad Intentions (cool name btw) but when I tried to calculate the percentage of 26 out of 7,367 blood started dripping from my nose. So i used the calculater on my phone and the calculater broke and longer works.
    Never the less I didnt give up..after I jumped my brain with a handy pair of jumper cables, I rounded off.. 26 of 7k is 0.37% !
    Bad Intentions is possibly a bot.
     
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  5. cross_trainer

    cross_trainer Liston was good, but no "Tire Iron" Jones Full Member

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    I've been hearing a lot more about bots recently here. What's going on with that? And how can we tell anymore?

    (Curious because am bot.)
     
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  6. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    Um what?
     
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  7. BoB Box

    BoB Box "Hey Adam! Wanna play Nintendo?" Full Member

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    Well to start...I would rewrite your code so your not self aware that your a bot. This would allow you to...well, as us humans say " Look like an idiot " when asking a question.
     
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  8. cross_trainer

    cross_trainer Liston was good, but no "Tire Iron" Jones Full Member

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    He's been in something between 6,000 and 12,000 streetfights. Seems clear enough.

    Although this might appear a remarkable claim, we should really view it in perspective. It's not that astonishing compared to the far more striking implication that he has managed to avoid significant prison time despite committing thousands of incidents of assault.
     
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  9. cross_trainer

    cross_trainer Liston was good, but no "Tire Iron" Jones Full Member

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    Probably the only thing I'm self aware about...
     
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  10. PRW94

    PRW94 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    This is a silly thread but I’ll bite … if Tyson has been in any bare knuckle street fights, it was as a young punk/juvenile delinquent looking for street cred. I of course have no verification, but I would wager that if Liston was in any bare knuckle street fights, it was serious business where someone could’ve ended up dead. And while I’m not a Tyson detractor, he’s an ATG, although some folks here who are stuck in the 1980s go way overboard on him, I don’t think Iron Mike on the best day of his life was legitimately as tough/mean as Liston. I pick Sonny.
     
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  11. JohnThomas1

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    https://talksport.com/sport/boxing/1006749/mike-tyson-mitch-green-street-fight-new-york/
     
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  12. MixedMartialLaw

    MixedMartialLaw Fight sports enthusiast Full Member

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    He literally got into one when he was a pro. He broke Mitch Blood Green's orbital outside of a club.
     
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  13. PRW94

    PRW94 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I forgot about Mitch. I still pick Sonny.
     
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