One Of The Greatest Of All Time: Iron Mike Tyson The Baddest Man On The Planet

Michael Gerard Tyson is a 5'10 Heavyweight with a 50-6-2 44 KO's 5 KO losses. Born on June 30, 1966 in Brooklyn, New York. He's been inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame and the World Boxing Hall of Fame and was one of the hardest puncher's in the history of the Heavyweight Division. As a child Mike Tyson made me a devout fan of Boxing, before Tyson I vaguely remember since I was only about 5 or 6 all of the pomp and circumstance around Leonard vs Duran, Hearns, and Hagler. And while I recall watching and enjoying the matches it was Mike and his brutal knockout power that really sucked me in as a Action movie loving kid, Mike just obliterated people, he truly was a badass of the highest order. So being someone who craved seeing pure unadulterated violence he was a perfect fit for me. I got Mike Tyson's Punch-Out for Christmas for the ancient original Nintendo when I was 8 in 1988 and played it constantly for about 3 years straight as well as Mario Bros.

I didn't understand the significance of any of his wins at the time I just knew he was fun to watch, because everytime he stepped in the ring you knew something really violent was about to take place, you were gonna see somebody get KTFO. And because of that I'll never forget my shock and the looks of absolute shock on the faces of the kids the next day at school after Buster Douglas knocked him out, it was a truly jaw dropping moment, we couldn't believe it, and it taught me to never believe the hype, no matter how unstoppable you think you're favorite fighter is ...he's not. Then a year later the sideshow started the Desiree Washington rape trial and imprisonment, the Mike Tyson-Robin Givens joint interview on 20/20 with Barbara Walters, the Holyfield ear-biting incident, the whole thing was surreal as hell, seeing my hero being torn down by the media was at the same time confusing, frustrating and fascinating and in my opinion alongside the OJ Murder Trial basically gave birth to the 24hr a day scandal obsessed media culture that we have today. By then my image of Tyson had completely changed from the Super Hero KO machine to a flawed borderline maniac that was beyond redemption. But thankfully Mike has somehow someway found a way back from the brink of total destruction or Bolivian as he once said, and has finally seemed to get his head on straight and found order amongst the chaos of his life. While I usually hold people's personal foibles against them, Mike I truly believe was mentally ill, not that that excuses anything but he was barely in control of himself at the time, and seems to be truly sorry for what he's done in the past.

A lot of you younger fans, don't have a true understanding of what the Rise and Fall Of Mike Tyson meant in the sport and to the world, he was a megastar, a type of stardom that you don't see now days, he transcended the sport and was as well known world wide as Justin Bieber or Lady Gaga actually probably more so, he was the Heavyweight Champion of the World when it really meant something. Back then there was no internet, no iPhones, no Youtube, you sat in front of the TV and waited for crazy stuff to happen and Mike provided the crazy for quite awhile. Now days you have a scandal a week with the Ray Rice's and Donald Sterling's of the world but none of them stick with you, you forget them the next week, well that wasn't the case back then, there wasn't a media conjured storm of controversy every other day it was about one a year, and Mike provided plenty of excitement for us fans and the media in and out of the ring. So for all you doubters and haters please watch and try to understand especially the younger people on here who know Mike from The Hangover, of what a truly Larger than Life figure Iron Mike Tyson truly was. A Cultural Icon. The Baddest Man on the Planet. :toney:toney:toney:toney:toney:toney:toney:toney




Educate Yourselves
Tyson Vs. Frazier
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRCVwsIokEw
Tyson Vs. Berbick
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AJA9qu1Fr0
Tyson Vs. Tucker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1a48q5HtlE
Tyson Vs. Biggs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpH7jVPT_Zc
Tyson Vs. Holmes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNISUZ-ghjE
Tyson Vs. Tubbs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wR3z_aRzEyI
Tyson Vs. Spinks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T02RhdpGWgw
Tyson Vs. Bruno
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZfd7cpwM6o
Tyson Vs. Bruno II
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t08u76cvrRk
Tyson Vs. Douglas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8z0xoMze8U
Tyson Vs. Ruddock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXnFqED_kB8
Tyson Vs. Holyfield
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu0Htt0OenA
Tyson Vs. Holyfield II
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCJtMij_57c
Tyson Vs. Lewis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQeZzlV8X2A

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4eUR-Y9wMk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bysjFqxI1Mc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hu57oIv8SLM

 

Pretty Awesome isn't he.:yep