watched tyson v tucker today

Mike Katz told me Tucker told him his hand was broken before the fight. Take it for what its worth. I dont think Tucker could have ever beaten Tyson at his best, but overall he was a very good fighter during his prime. I dont believe the fighters that held and survived were scared of Tyson but more lost of a way to win or get anything done. Tucker was a tough fighter who tried, but just had no answer for Tysons speed and elusiveness. Same with Bonecrusher. Ribalta was one of the very few fighters that actually fought Tyson and made it into the later rounds, but he certainly paid a big price for it.

 

That's a very good point actually, Tyson was very hard to hit and very hard to defend against.

 

Yep he also had a tendency of making his opponents look very awkward, like in the Smith fight. Tyson's style is all about breaking down traditional boxers, making their jab useless and countering every shot they throw. Most of his opponents weren't used to fighting a guy like that.

 

And Holyfield was considered damaged goods, losing to Moorer and being brutally stopped by Bowe in poor performances where he looked like a faded shadow of his former self. It goes both ways. Nevermind Tyson was still looking impressive in his second run and most understandably picked him to demolish the broken down Evander.

 

Heard that he broke it in 4th round...

 

It was fractured before the fight. Read here...

BoxingInsider.com: Your next fight you took on Mike Tyson. Were you 100% for
that fight?
Tony Tucker: My right hand was broken when I fought him I knew Tyson
couldn’t beat me. A couple days before I was sparring against
a guy named Young Joe Louis. This guy was doing a lot of
talking bad about me. I heard this from my sparring partners.
So I chose him to spar against first because I was gonna put
him down. I was hitting him real good when I heard a pop in my
hand When I went back to the corner I knew I had hurt it bad.
The doctor said I had a small hand fracture. They said I would
need therapy and to not use it for ten days. I had to fight Tyson
in less than that. I went in determined though. I was very
apprehensive to attack Tyson due to the hand. I hit him with a
right uppercut early and my hand just shattered. It was the
worst pain ever. I still went on though, that’s why I did all those
antics and everything. I was supposed to beat this guy, but
how could I with one hand. With two hands I would have
knocked Mike Tyson out.

 

Sure he would. Any written proof of this fracture? Otherwise I call it bull****. If he had actually FOUGHT Tyson instead he would get ktfo. :deal

 

It was in Tucker's best interest to box Tyson. If he had fought Tyson's fight...that wouldn't have been good ring generalship, to state the very least.

Need a man fight another man's fight to prove himself? That wouldn't be boxing.

 

I dont doubt his hand was hurt, but I dont believe he could have ever beaten Tyson. You should know by now, all fighters talk sh*t.

 

It was actually a left uppercut that he landed early, not a right handed one. A great one.

 

Tucker never thrilled me at all............ He was losing his biggest win to Buster Douglas in May of 1987, until Douglas ran outta gas and quit.......

Tucker lost to Tyson and drew with McCall that set-up his title shot at Lewis in 1993, in which Tucker lost..... Then Tucker choked against Seldon in 1995 on PPV to close out his career so to speak..........

Tucker was good but never close to greatness.........

MR.BILL

 

I agree with the first half of your statement about him not being that impressive. But, as for the losses that he later had to Seldon, etc.. I don't think those should be held too heavily against him.

 

I do........ Tucker was around 38 at the time of his loss to Seldon, but, he had King pulling for him to win.... I think Tucker was slightly favored to beat Seldon in '95.?.? I taped the fight..... I recall how Tucker cried everybody a river after he was stopped by Seldon..........

MR.BILL

 

There are a bunch of holes in this.

He didn't start attempting any antics until far, far into the fight. He also didn't bring up that his "hand just shattered" during the fight in the interview immediately following the fight. He didn't seem to be in any pain at all. I've had "boxer's fracture" in my hand from shattering it after punching a door. The pain is incredible. I only recall Tucker yelling to Tyson to "Find Jesus!"

Also, boxers don't go into a fight unless they are pretty close to 100%. Why would you put your title on the line if you have a BROKEN HAND?! If it was something serious, he would have postponed it.

 

Tucker didn't postpone the fight because he had his dice in a vice so to speak. Lots of 'promoters' & other businessmen (Kushner, Kornberg, Rappaport, etc) were taking all sorts of money for getting him a shot at the WBC/WBA crown... if tucker postponed he would have been in a world of financial hurt... plus his dad was ripping him off.... I felt sorry for what tucker had to put up with during this time in his career.:?