Was Mike Tyson mentally weak?

:thumbsup Bingo, Alot of dipshits have no clue on what the hell they're talking about, If Tyson was weak he never would've become a top 10 ATG, as he was challenged numerous times and pulled through.

 

yes,when under pressure he came unglued

 

atsch Go watch his wins against Tillis, Ruddock and Tucker. This myth about standing up to Tyson and he folds is bull****. Even in his losses to Douglas, Lewis and Holyfield where he was getting his ass kicked he fought hard and landed good shots before being stopped.

 

Yes very mentally weak.......... Even in the amatuers crying on teddy atlasses shoulder..scared of loosing...because if he lost nobody would like him anymore............. Yes very insecure and mentally weak.

 

Disagree, he fought his ass off taking a beating from Douglas, EH and Lewis going down swinging and on his shield..............CRAZY??? YES!!!!..........Noone who is mentally weak takes that beating from Lewis for so long.....:nono

 

Tyson had to always fight coming forward, but he'd get too reliant on one shot when things were getting bad. That's why I think that Kevin Rooney was a good trainer for him, not because he was some Ray Arcel-like trainer, but because they had the right chemistry. Tony Tucker was actually doing very well in the early going, but Tyson ended up winning a decision in a fight where his best punch was the jab. Tyson also started getting lackadaisical against Pinklon Thomas in rounds 4-5, but picked things up in the 6th and stopped him.

 

Yeah, a guy who made his living getting punched in the face and was the youngest heavyweight champion of all time deserves to be called mentally weak by a bunch of never were anythings from behind their computers.

Tyson being weak in certain areas of his life is obvious but calling any pro fighter "mentally weak" is silly imo, they deserve more respect.

 

He is 15 years old. Most people, if not all people, have some insecurity about them...especially at 15 years old.

Look at Tyson's position. About 15 years old, around 2+ years of learning how to box, fighting in the HW division against more seasoned fighters (even grown men)...being built up by a legendary figure within the sport, Cus D'Amato, as being the next HW Champion...and may have had the feeling of...If I win, people will still like me because they need me...and if I lose...I'm back out on the streets.

Yeah, I could see how that wouldn't bother someone in his position given his history/background.


He just isn't the strongest of people compared to his peers but he isn't that weak.
You can't be and be a Pro at 18 and Champion at 20.

Even Holyfield told of a story of how he wanted to quit boxing because he kept losing to this one fighter and his Mother told him NO. A little lesson was learned in that story on what is needed by a mentor/Mother/Father....to build confidence and learn through experience.

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: "When I was 15 I remember travelling to Providence for a fight. It was a long ride for me and I was fighting this older, more experienced guy - he was 22 and everyone thought he was 'the man'.
"The place was packed and I was making a name for myself - but was just a kid.
"It was such a tough, great fight. I never stopped, I fought my heart out that night.
"The fight was too close to call and although they gave it to the hometown fighter it was the greatest fight of my life.
"I cried all the way home to Catskill. When I got home Cus D'Amato asked me why I was so upset.
"He told me how proud he was that I never caved in that night and kept fighting to the end. I will never forget that night."


http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12183_5577650,00.html

 

duhhhhh ... is grass green

 

This is ****ing pathetic.

 

yes

 

Funny that a bunch of guys on a boxing forum are calling a fighter like Tyson mentally weak.

People only say that about him because he bit a guys ear. No one was saying that in the late 1980's when he was dominating everybody.

How does a mentally weak guy become the youngest hw champ at 20, destroy the entire division, and unify the titles? This is just a bull**** myth created by guys like Teddy Atlas. Tyson certainly showed signs of mental weakness later in his career, but early? I'd like you to name an instance.

He showed a lot of toughness in the Ruddock fights, taking and exchanging punishment - and he showed the ability to adapt and cope in the Tucker fight when things weren't going his way. He got the **** beat out him for 10 rounds against Douglas, and never quit trying, Even late in his career, he took a horrible beating from Lewis and never packed it in.

If Tyson was mentally weak then must of had super powers to accomplish what he did.

 

He is mentally stronger than most if not all of us on this board. Most of you don't even box in the amateurs and have no idea what it's like to give up alcohol, sex, or anything for that matter for a time. It takes great mental toughness to go through a good portion of your life training, handling adversity in and out of the ring, and basically going through everything he went through and coming out alive. I'm not saying he doesn't have his faults, which he does. But for anyone here to call him mentally weak, I'm sure most would not survive the dissapointments his life has brought him. That's why it upsets me whenever someone disrespects fighters, these guys experience a glory most of us will never know.

 

Hes very mentally weak!!