Tyson wasn't even the same guy post prison .Talk about a case of letting fame and fortune go to your head , Mike is the perfect example, he thought he was untouchable. George Foreman was a better win than Tyson and he was on a 24 win streak after a 10 year layoff.
I seem to recall back in the day the critics and press were really down on Holyfield at the time saying oh he never gunna be a true heavyweight oh he can't punch he doesn't have a knockout punch he only fight small 3rd raters (Cooper) who have him on the verge of being stopped or anchient old men (Foreman Holmes) who give him tough fights and he took the title from a fat loser who took the money and laid down (Douglas) - it was always when is he gunna fight a young live true heavyweight with talent?? It really bugged me at the time because he was my favourite fighter and I loved the fact that he was a small fighter doing it without being able to fall back on pure size or power - when he lost to Bowe all the turncoats were suddenly oh aactually he has proved that he is a great heavyweight now - people never gave him enough respect when he was young and in his prime - not really fair - people don't even give him enough respect for what he did since - yeah he's not the greatest of all time or anything but he was a great great warrior - he beat Valuev (IMO) far more conclusively than David Haye even at the age of 102 or whatever
They were a few months away from fighting in 1991 weren't they? And Tyson got banged up? Can't really hold that against him - he signed to fight him straight up
Give me a break Foreman could barely stand up straight when he threw a punch?? Granted when George's punches connected it must've been like being hit by house but still - Tyson was still far better than the fat old version of Foreman lets be real
Fair enough but like I said Foreman was better win than Tyson. Honestly Tyson post prison was not a quality win for anyone. It's painful for me to say that becuase I honestly idolized Tyson as a child ,I thought he was invincable. As I have grown older I now realize what a ****up he was . There are 2 Tyson's and Evander fought the wrong one.
He went 12 rds with him, George was a way better win than Tyson, I'm not saying that he is top five though by any means just like Tyson shouldn't be comsidered top 5.