tyson my belifs why we underate him

Young Tyson = Ancient Ali with a tinge of Parkinson's Disease?

OK, I can sorta see that. I'm a bit disturbed by your pathological hatred of Mike Tyson, but that's between you and your therapist.

 

Tyson was missing somethng very fundamental for a great fighter. He couldn't strategically adapt himself to a situation not going his way. When Douglas started outboxing him, when Holyfield started smothering his punches on the inside - Tyson showed no signs of progress of doing something about it to turn the tides in his favor. With Douglas he landed a good punch when Douglas got careless - it proved his heart but that isn't strategy. Since Mike Tyson seemed lack strategical fighting for an extender period of time, he'd lose against many ATGs. This was his biggest flaw IMO.

 

Mike Tyson was Cus Damatos dream .He was built perfectly for the style Cus perfected and while Cus was alive was possibly the greatest prospect ever in the division .When Cus died ,so did Mike Tyson .It was just a matter of time.Kevin Rooney was no Cus in no shape,form or fashion .Mikes compact,explosive style got longer and less explosive with each fight until Buster ,who was extremly fluid was able to bait and destroy Mike in Japan. Evander beat Buster by staying in Busters flow and beating him with turns and explosive combinations inside ,keeping Buster off ballance until Buster started reaching with upper-cups . Evander beat Douglas at his own game ,as was Holyfields greatest assets ...knowledge...knowledge....knowledge....God bless....kenny weldon

 

Dempsey was still trying to find ways to win even in round ten. Dempsey was not just contempt with taking a beating and hopeing to land the shot. He was finded ways to find the mark and wear Tunney down. He did land on Tunney pretty often in the 2nd fight. He was only just a step or 2 behind Tunney.

 

that is exactly what i'm talking about. tyson didn't have that. this was dempsey at the twilight of his career so he didn't have the ability anymore - but at least he had the strategic planning.

 

Tyson tends to be very overrated by those who really don't know too much about boxing or its history - but he is also underrated by some who assume that his opposition was extremely mediocre, or that all anybody had to do was stand up to him to beat him. At his best he was a very formitable fighter - but not unbeatable, as some claim.

 

He's underrated by those who claim that Lennox Lewis beats him peak/peak, that's just insanity!atsch

Realistically, Tyson is a top 10 Heavyweight in my book and at his peak, quite a head to head monster in fantasy matches.

 

Tyson is underrated by self-proclaimed historians, simply because he's the most well-known and infamous boxer out there (Along with Ali), and thus rated highly by the "casual" fan.

Playing down his accomplishments, and/or Ali's for that matter, gives the historian an intellectual edge with the fan that doesn't know the entire lineage of the heavyweight title.

The fact is, there is no way someone like Dempsey could match up to Tyson in terms of legacy (or head-to-head in my opinion). Anyone taking an objective look at their career would see Tyson achieved more than Dempsey, although granted head-to-head is a matter of opinion.

 

Tyson appears to rank 3rd in his own era (behind Holyfield and Lewis) and if we rank eras at an equal level all the heavyweights who proved the best of their eras must rank ahead of Tyson. There is no need to unduly criticize Tyson but from an objective standpoint he appears to rank above guys like Walcott and Bowe but behind the heavyweights who dominated for long periods.

 

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agree with some of you. tyson gets uderrated and overrated. kind of like ali becasue they are the two most popular fighters in the history if the game. but ali's legacy is less in doubt then tyson's is. and alot of people expected too much out of tyson. people thought he'd go 50-0 or something. while he had all the physical gifts, (except height), he had alot of other flaws that hurt him in the long run.

 

Tyson was an underachiever.

He could have been the greatest, but what he did outside of the ring ruined his what could have been a great career.

 

Tyson is very underrated, while likes of Marciano, Liston and Holmes are very overrated