Was Tyson The Most Overrated Ever?

Yes, but he is still a great fighter.

But if you put all of the ATG's in a round robin at their prime, Tyson probably wouldn't scratch a win against any of them.

 

Only people who don't watch much boxing overrate him. People who follow boxing don't

 

Tyson is maybe the most overrated and underrated ever. People are too extreme.

More so it's casual fans with Tyson, some act like he was the greatest thing ever, but some more serious boxing fans overrate him too. An excuse for everything, failing to acknowledge his weaknesses. It was pretty funny when people would always say "Tyson will rise to the top again if he went back to Rooney"....they would say it in 2003!

Then there's others that take it too far and underrate him. Saying things like "all you had to do was not be scared and stand up to him to win". Geez, do you think only ONE guy in his first 46 fights was not scared of him?

He was indeed somewhat of a front runner but it's not that simple, you had to have the right skills, style, and gameplan and execute it well. And of course being confident is important. People often knock his era, the 80s certainly was filled with talented underachievers, but lots of HWs eras are considered weak. Besides the 70s and 90s, how often do you actually hear people describe a HW division as strong?

 

Toss up between him and Calzaghe.

 

no way, there were so many journeyman fighters at heavyweight in the 1980s after Holmes was beaten by Spinks, and Mike knocked out many of them easily. Solid guys who would not be beaten that easily. He destroyed people and was good. He took for granted how much training and concentration he would need to keep his defense what it was from 1985-1988. He slipped just a little, and for a smaller guy that was enough for bigger guys to get some punches in and start beating him. He was great.

 

Ever? Probably not. He made the hw division exciting for almost 2 years and spawned a lot of new boxing fans.

He was hella over rated though... no doubt. Lokk at his "best wins"... Razor Ruddick ffs...

 

Tyson was over-rated for sure, but he was one of the most exciting heavyweights ever to enter the ring. People will talk about him for 30 years after his retirement.

 

Tyson in his prime 86-88 is one of the greatest heavyweights of all time

H2H i would take him over alot of guys

Louis is the greatest

 

Tyson was overrated. Current Wlad would destroy him easily.

 

The wlad i saw today is a good fighter not great

dude was missing punches on a bum like Lepai before that fat bum gassed

Lepai can not bob and eave and has no head movement

Prettu much any great heavyweight of all time would ko wlad

 

:-( Wlad is the shittiest inside fighter that ever lived. If any fighter gets past his jab and shoving and hits him with a solid hook. LIGHTS OUT!!

 

That is why I dont think he could beat any All time great heavyweight

That would be able to slip his jab or counter over it and knock him out

 

There is a faw in your argument. No one was able to get past his jab in the past 10 year. Wlad is just that good.