Once and for all: When was Tyson's "prime"?

including and between his fights with berbick and spinks. so 86-88.

you could see the start of his downfall during the first bruno fight, especially when bruno got off the canvas in the first and rocks tyson, if bruno had a little more belief in himself we may well never have needed buster douglas.

 

This is easy. It's like any other fighter .
The huggers say when he won all his early matches, the haters say when Buster KO'd him :good

 

The day he fought spinks lol

 

86-89. I would say he reached his pinnacle during the Spinks fight, because after he got rid of Rooney and Cayton, his skills were on a steady decline.

 

Tyson V Alex Stewart ........

That was a very Driven Mike..

Starving to regain title..
Breaking himself to redeem himself.........
Not a man to stand in the way of...........

 

86 to 96

 

Tyson looked good post Buster Douglas in a couple fights, but certainly not the same fighter. He looked good against The Truth too, probably one of the best counter lefthooks Ive seen to put him down, but he started showing inconsistencies, when he got tagged by Bruno, and looked sloppy against Ruddock at points.
Prime to me is when you consistently fight at your best against the best compeitition. Tyson reached that pinnacle against Spinks, and then started showing the inconsistencies and the loss the Douglas which eventually led to prision. Still he compacted a lot of fights in that short 3-4 year stretch, something fighters today, never do.

 

He was in his prime up to his prison term, but he peaked during the Spinks fight.

 

1986-1991 was Tyson's Prime.

1986-1988 was when he was (in retrospect) his absolute best.

 

...in the 80s when he KO'ed a series of bums...

 

Agreed.

You could say late 86' to 88' for peak as he got more experience throughout 1986.

 

1986-1991

 

1990... 1991 was his solid prime, Stewart , Ruddock 1 and 2 .. he was starting to look increadible.. Before his loss he was starting to go stale and look bored occasionally...