Was Mike Tyson's prime overrated?

Very weak resume.

 

So wilder who has been outboxed by super bums on many occasions beats everyone mentioned? Wow!! People use Wilders ko record to put more stock on Furys win and to **** on genuine atgs.. Laughable

 

Is Furys better??

 

Please. I'm not pumping up Wilder to add stock to Fury. In fact, I laugh at fools saying Fury is an ATG. I state Fury's best wins are an old Wlad and a limited Wilder. Not ATG wins. I just feel Wilder could take any of those guys out. At the very least, it's not outside the realm of possibility.

 

Tyson had all the potential and ability to be arguably the greatest but without Cus and Rooney his career was very average.

 

Makhmudov has limitations. That said I think his power is enough to win him a title against the type of opposition out there today

I belive Mike Tyson would have UD'd him comfortably.

 

If you think Tyson is an all time top 5 heavyweight ,yes he's overrated.

 

Tyson had flaws as a fighter. he never learned how to fight in the clinch, yet would walk to his opponents inexplicably as if he wanted to get inside only to be tied up. But there is no question he was as destructive and ferocious fighter as they come. that's why he captured people's imagination. it's not because he beat the greatest fighters, but because of his amazing style and punching power to go along with it. I don't understand the harp on his resume. he was 37-0 with 33 knockouts and beat everyone in his way. He CLEANED OUT the heavyweight division. Just look at other great heavyweights in history. How many great opponents did Jack Dempsey beat? or Sonny Liston? or either one of Klitschko bros? People need to realize, when it comes to heavyweight champions, there aren't a lot of them with great resume. Only Ali and Holyfield comes to my mind as heavyweights with exceptional resume

 

wrong. they interviewed holmes right after mike beat tyrell biggs, he said he was already training for the fight. that was three months before the bout

 

That version of AJ or Usyk would get slaughtered by Tyson.

 

No he cleaned up the division something Larry Holmes failed to do in the 80s, you can't call someone overrated if they unified the Heavyweight title and fought all comers, virtually cleaning up the whole division in 4 years.

 

Iron Mike in his prime was unbeatable although I would give prime Foreman a very good chance maybe. Jack Demspey too. Ali no way he would get blasted out.

A young Tyson was a whirlwind with lots of power. He quickly came back to the pack when he lost his speed and agility. Just watch his head movement when he was young to later on when he was slow and relied on brute power.

 

1986-1989 Tyson best ever ...close thread

 

This is how I feel too.

Gotta say though OP. The way you describe Holmes as having 2 losses in a row to Spinks without even mentioning the fact that the second one was a bit controversial makes me wonder if you have actually seen those fights. Been a while since I've sat and scored it but seem to remember thinking Holmes deserved the second one.

Also I don't get this thing that people seem to do where they describe Spinks as being terrified of Tyson and somehow that takes away from Mikes win....how the **** does that make any sense? He was scared of Tyson because of how Mike was knocking people out and because he was an intimidating person.....how people use that as ammunition for shitting on the win has always confused the hell out of me.

 

true. numbers dont lie. 37-0 (33 KOs). undisputed heavyweight champion. fought and beat all comers