Tyson Holyfield 1 was far from one sided

Five was Tyson's best round, I had him ahead something like 3-1-1 by then. I think he lost some heart at the end of that particular stanza when Holy took some of his best. When he was put on his shitter in round 6 it was effectively 'game over'.

 

Tyson did well for the first 5 rounds. I thought they were close over all, but had Tyson slightly ahead. After the flash KD in the 6th it was all Holyfield, though. Tyson just faded away.

 

I had Tyson ahead by a single round after the fifth, a narrow lead but he had looked to be in the asendacy right then until the very next round: when it was more or less one way Holyfield traffic from there on in.

 

The Tyson of the 90s had stamina problems and he was only a headhunter at that time he also lost his combination punching his balance his timing and he wasn't that sharp anymore also he believed not anymore in his invincibility in interviews he also said that his greatest accomplishment was his second but short reign as a heavyweight champion if he had wonder to become champion again at that time he knew his limits.

 

anyone got a youtube link or something to the first round?
I can't be arsed to find my dvd.

 

just imagine if that was a 1980s tyson in there, not only would holyfield have never seen the 5th round....but had he been lucky to make it past 5 tyson would have had the stamina and desire to fight hard paced the last 7 rounds and win a decision over holy.

 

This is one of my favorite Tyson fights, and fights in general. Tyson didn't have the technique or stamina of the 80s, but he had more one punch power and still fast hands. This is Holyfields best fight in my view, he was stronger, hit harder, and more motivated than he ever was. If Holyfield didn't have one of the most granite chins ever he would of been stopped within 5, he absorbed a few MONSTER uppercuts that every time I see them I wonder how he wasn't dropped or at least visibly shaken.

It was a very competitive fight but Holyfield pretty much outlasted Tyson and that was the difference.

Had 80s Tyson been in there, I have no doubt he would of won. He'd have a serious shot to stop him early, and even if he couldn't, he had the stamina to go the distance unlike the 90s Tyson.

 

It was one sided in the sense that once Holyfiled crossed a certain barrier and put Tyson into that 'uncomfortable-I-don't-operate-as-well-now terrain' he just simply had to keep pushing to win the day.

Moreover, it took Holyfields iron constitution and his best ever executed tactical plan of rough-housing and counter-punching to leave victorious.

 

It won Ring Fight Of The Year though, didn't it? I don't think a one-sided beating would ever win that prize.

 

Unless of course it was a heavyweight one-sided beating.

 

It was probably the worst choice for Fight of the Year in recent years.

Barrera-McKinney was miles better. Gatti-Rodriguez, Bowe-Golota 2, Kelley-Gainer 1, Liles-Littles 2...were all better fights. Just not better events.

Gatti-Ward 3 won Fight of the Year and that was pretty one-sided.

 

It wasn't until the end of the sixth that it was really apparent that it was Evander's night. Then the seventh round and the way Tyson began to lose heart, plus the dispondancy he showed after the accidental but horrendous clash of hearts in that round convinced me it was all over for Mike.

Actually, it was in the seventh that it became apparent Tyson couldn't KO Holyfield, since even a full-force headbutt of Tyson's forehead couldn't hurt Holyfield's iron temple.

 

The fight is totally overrated. The only reason it was thrilling is because it was a HUGE UPSET.

But the fight wasn't a great one at all. Holyfield was certainly washed-up and slowed down considerably, and Tyson was nothing like the same fighter he had been before prison, now only had the stomach for easy fights and obviously not in peak condition.
Two "has-beens" really, the only thing that made Holyfield "great" that night was his desire.

The fight started off mostly wrestling, Holyfield was smothering Tyson a lot and Tyson was hanging on and holding every time he got hit. It was a very scruffy physical grappling affair. The second half it became one-sided, Tyson just plodding in getting hit, being fierce for 20 seconds a round and getting out-strengthed and just beaten up.

Truth is, Holyfield had been damaged goods since 1992, and worryingly war-torn since '94.
And Tyson's had lost his real lust for battle in jail.

I think a Tyson-Holyfield fight in 1990 could have been a truly great fight. But by 1996 it was just a dramatic event.
Still, that's better than what we get at heavyweight these days.