Mike tysons defining fight?

His defining fight in regards to the press and general public was the Spinks fight. To me it was his title defenses and the way he was blowing out guys that had never been blown out. Tyson was a heck of a fighter for a short period of time. Probably one of the best ever.

 

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Alot of guys on mike's resume that would've given Holyfield Lewis Bowe etc trouble, are simply not seen as defining fighta as they just wern't seen as competitive fights or even fights that mike would possibly lose..(spinks apart) I think that this is people's problem when ranking Mike, he was so dominant against his competition at the time that he doesn't have a defining fight Pre-prison...again (Spinks Apart!)

I don't see it contorversial that guys such as Tucker, Biggs, Williams, Smith would've given Holyfield Lewis and Bowe trouble...Hell the past prime version of Tucker took Lewis 11rds and landed some telling Jabs at times...jeez the ancient Holmes lasted the distance with Holyfield....and by trouble I mean just that, not that they'd win but there's a case to be made for all.

Tyson's stand out fight for me was Berbick..but you could obviously add spinks , Tucker, Holmes etc to the list...as I previously posted I was also impressed with his fighting spirit against Ruddock...if Holyfield had that type of back and forth battle to add to his other memorable battles...he'd have been lauded even more then he already is.

 

Well it was proven. Guys like Tubbs and Biggs were competitive with Bowe. Stewart, Holmes were far more competitive with Holyfield.

 

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Yeah, Tyson was great as blasting out fighters who were a notch or two below him. It's actually a rarer quality than we might expect. There have been greater fighters than him who didn't have that ability to sweep away inferior opposition.

For me, Berbick was his defining fight. Tyson-Spinks had all the build-up, but Tyson-Berbick was the real eye opener for boxing fans.

 

Berbicks legs were like twizzlers licoroce. I think this was my favorite fight that he won and the way he won and what was on the line made it that much more appealing.

 

tyson bigger than he ever was during the pre prison years. He carried more muscle and less fat. pre prison he was more fat

Your right about him losing the fundamentals that made him great

thats why holy and lennox won thoae fights

 

Spinks. Both fighters were on every single major magazine in the land.

 

Tyson pre prison looked in great shape, check out the Ruddock press weigh in
, compare that to the Tyson who fought Mcneeley and Mathis. Dude looked more like Snoop Dogg

 

He weighed more against McNeely than he did against ruddock and was more cut

He wasnt in fighting shape against McNeely and Mathis. He was really lacklustre. He should of laid McNeeley out in the first 5 seconds

 

I dont think he expected that from McNeeley, and it really made Tyson look like an amatuer the way he fought him. He missed and stood straight up and then went to slugging it out. Tyson's timing never returned ever after prison, and it was evident from the first fight on.

 

His neck was totally gone, he used to have maassive thick neck pre prison.

Im at work now, so i cant post pics, will do when i get home

 

Hiss neck was a lot bigger (pre prison) but He was carrying more fat and water before prison. his neck was still big



Here's an interview with Larry King (after he came out). It still looks big to me. I agree it was small compared to what it was before prison. It was monstrous. From 1999-2005 his weight ranged 230-240 pounds but he never got that monsterous neck back. Probably because he lost his puppy fat and wasnt doing the beck exercises he used to do before prison

After prison, I never seen him do any of them mad neck exercises he used to do before prison

But overall he was bigger (in lean muscle mass) around all the other muscle group during the post prison years
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPK-h2LG278&feature=related[/ame]

 

No, Tyson never got that shock absorber of a neck back. Remember, he didn't train in prison and had a bad batch of trainers when he came out. It could very well have been drug use in prison. That stuff is prevalent in the clinker.