What would Mike Tyson’s career be like if he was never convicted of **** and served jail time?

Even 96-00 Tyson probably beats every active fighter besides Holy and Lewis. 92-95 he would probably have slug fests with Bowe and Holy that could go either way, most likely stops a pre prime Lewis and should beat everyone else although a Mercer type could give him problems if he fought him like Ruddock.

 

Tyson was a ticking time bomb. He had nothing but leaches around him and no one looking out for him. Him getting into big trouble was just a matter of time in my opinion.

 

I think prison actually extended his career. Gave his body a few years to relax and heal. The Ruddock fights showed that he was getting very sloppy and taking a lot of punishment.

 

Foreman would've KOd him if not Evander would have got to him earlier

 

He would of fought Evander and lost. He was already too far gone by then the fact he struggled with Rudduck shows that. Evander we know can take his power, it would of been more competitive as Holyfield was smaller back then and Tyson not as faded as the version that came after prison but Holyfield would of found a way to win, he was simply the better fighter.

After another loss to Evander in the rematch, if he was able to stay out of prison because lets be honest he was completely off the rails at the time and even if the **** case hadn't happened there might of been something else that saw him incarcerated, then maybe he fights Bowe or Lewis. I see Bowe winning the titles off Evander then ducking a rematch with Evander to fight Tyson simply because the money would be too huge to pass up.

Tyson/Bowe I think is a far better style match up for Tyson and Bowe no doubt after winning the title from Evander gains weight and loses focus. Bowe loses the title to Tyson, they end up having a trilogy and not sure who comes out on top in this trilogy will depend a lot on who shows up in better shape and is more focused. Whoever wins the trilogy ducks Lewis and fights Evander and loses to a resurgent bigger Evander powered by the best Balco products.

 

In 1991 i had a vivid dream that Holyfield was going to upset Tyson just like he did in 1996. So thats what i think was going to happen for starters.

 

Going to jail was probably the best thing for his ATG discussion and life in general.

 

Counted out while attempting to rise, fight had ended, a KO not a TKO.

 

The whole point is that he had the desire to get back up and fight on after taking a battering for 10 rounds and being on the end of a vicious combination. The fact that he missed a count by one second doesn't take away from the fact that he had a heart of a warrior

 

A second away from continuing.....yeah right.

 

Accuracy.