Theres a wanker of a boxer in britain called Anthony Small. The alias he uses is 'Sugar Ray Clay Jones Jr'.
james toney,junior witter,lennox lewis,david haye,zab judah before tszyu flattened him,duran,hamed,roy jones ya'll musta forgot! i wanted michalczewski to beat him but they never fought, plus michalczewski might have lost anyway, but i was hoping.just a few that comes to mind.
With Tyson it was more total confidence in his ability than cockiness, atleast the prime version. Remember his post fight interview after Holmes where he stated he was honored to have shared the ring with him and admired him very much, and that he wouldn't have stood a chance against a prime Larry Holmes. I love watching Tyson's old interviews. The guy was real. It was only after Robyn Givens had him put on drugs and then prison that he became obscenely antagonist towards the media.