What was all the fuss about mike Tyson ?

A load of crap posted by you as usual, go back a few pages and please answer every single point i put to you.

otherwise dont mention my name.

A supposed article written by god knows who.....compared to Foremans OWN words. Id rather believe Foreman himself. 'i was scared of the dotted line more than Mike Tyson, thats why i didnt sign for the fight'

Ray Mercer didnt face Holyfield after spending 4 years in prison and he certainly didnt face Lewis 14 years after his peak

If i have to actually explain that to you, it surely proves YDKSAB

 

Jesus, you must be 15 and a Boxrec warrior.

Williams and McBride? He was SHOT. Also, his match maker was stupid to put him in there with men that were that tall and large. Mike of old kills them.

Lewis, also past it, just not shot.

Douglas, he didn't even train and almost KO'd him anyway.

Holy beat him convincingly.

Had Mike had a focused and harder work ethic in his career, he goes undefeated or close to it.

 

Mike Tyson was overrated? atsch

 

I know. It's a shame that people can't just appreciate what an amazing amount of natural talent he had. He was a freak of nature.

It says it all when people are using post prime examples of Tyson to somehow prove he wasn't great in his prime. He was fearsome, the strongest there was in the late 80s. I like to think real boxing fans take delight in that.

 

he'd need to retire early I suspect to manage that, those fights and the training for such speed and strength combo took a huge toll on his relatively tiny frame.

 

they were all larger than him.

LOL.
what a horribly 100% failed argument.

quite.

 

Tyson kills both klit brothers faster than lewis kills them both (on the same night).

 

I disliked Iron Mike back in the day i thought he was a tad overrated and that he would lose to both Ali and Holmes in their primes.

The truth is that Mike was a great fighter that lit up the sky like the brightest star, that star burnt out quickly because of his life outside of the ring. fame and success quickly destroyed the man that hunger and anger had created. IMO in close to 35 years of watching boxing, Mike had the potential to be top 4 Heavyweight behind Ali, Louis and Holmes (in whatever order you rank these three champs). Peak Mike Tyson would run wild on the current crop of HWs like a hot knife threw butter

 

I can't recall how old he was when he lost to Buster, but I imagine he was 24, 25? He could have made it to 50-0 way before 30 and then retired.

I looked, he was 24. Had he won that night, as he SHOULD if he actually TRAINED, he would have been 38-0 at 24. He could fight 3 times a year for 4 years, 12 fights, 50-0.

Had he not been wild OUTSIDE the ring and trained for each fight with DECICATION, I think he could have made that mark or come close. Hell, he was 45-1 before his fights with Evander and that included a layoff for prison.

 

yeah its quite possible, he would have cracked marcianos record for sure.

sometimes its good to leave your peak till late in life. having to form your personality at 21 round being world champion cant be a great setup for setting goals greater than that in life.

 

He was a complete animal and always gave us spectacular knockouts and memorable fights .

Hes gives any heavyweight in history a run for their money .

Now do I believe hes an ATG ?

NO but hes no question a hall of famer

 

He was his own worst enemy. He went from being a quiet spoken, humble kid who had freakish skills and who'd been given a great chance by the benevolent Cus D to a faded bum before 30. Quite some achievement. I do rate him goat for excesses, the same excesses that sent him to jail and ended the myth around him, although he did smash panto dame Bruno in 96 granted.

 

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