tell me which tyson fight after prison he looked good??

I just watched that round 3 in the second Holy fight. Man that Tyson was ferocious. I wonder if he had fought the rest of the fight like that what would have happened?

 

Before?

I thought round 2 of Holyfield-Tyson II was Mike's worst completed round of all of them (apart from round 10 in the first, natch!) He threw few punches and landed even fewer.

And round 1, well, Holyfield knocked him into the ropes with a series of shots and Mike looked intimidated already.

AFTER he bit the ear, sure, we saw a bit of the quickness and movement of old. Fueled by him being all pissed-off and angry rather than the same youthful energy. But not before, I'd argue.

 

He collapses and dies of exhaustion in the 5th.
He simply would not be able to keep that pace up. When he was younger, he could've for a few rounds...not then. IMO, of course.

 

Yeah, Tyson wasn't beating Holyfield that night. If he was going to (and felt confident that he would've won), then there would be no bite.

 

Tyson looked plenty good post-prison but he still wasn't the same guy. He was still barreling into opponents and not slipping/countering/moving in with the jab like he did in his prime. He did better against holyfield then some give him credit for, and he had an overall good comeback up to that point.

 

He's been a bum ever since the Douglas fight.

 

While in prison, Larry King conducted an interview with Mike from Indiana. During the interview, Mike states that he feels prison dehabilitates you, rather than rehabilitates a person.

To the original question, I think Mike looked terrific when starching Frank Bruno in three very one-sided rounds. That night, Mike was throwing combinations, was ferocious, fast & accurate. However, it was apparent that the elusive head-movement was not there.

As far as conditioning, being in shape etc, well Tyson, for the most part of his career, always showed up in shape. Personally, I feel he looked in splendid physcial condition for the Holyfield 2. Mike's was solid, his weight was 218lbs, the lighest since the second Ruddock fight, some 6 years previous.

Mentally, well that's another proposition & if a fighter's not there mentally, then forget about it. Tyson is my favourite fighter of all time, I'm a big fan, but I feel prison did more harm than good for him, that's for sure.

Think about it a second: If you felt you were put in prison for soemthing you did not do, you feel you are innocent etc. How would you feel?

I know I'd certainly hold some sort of anger because of it.

 

Honestly, do you really believe Tyson has been a bum since the Douglas loss? Boy, if the Tyson who beat Alex Stewart, Ruddock twice, was a bum, then all the contenders coming through the ranks might aswell give up now.

For a bum, Tyson destroyed credible opponents such as Stewart, Ruddock, Bruno etc.

 

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Tyson's resume has never impressed me.

 

good post...Tyson was still a very good fighter post-prison, he just wasn't AS GOOD as he once was...but he was still phyiscally prime, if not technically(no head movement, no jab, loading up)

 

Yet so many are so quick to hail Holyfied the all-mighty for beating him after he got out of prison. atsch

 

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Floyd has a better resume and better achievements than Tyson.