Which Former Heavyweight Champ Has The Most" Rose Coloured Glasses," Wearing Fans?

I think perhaps the Tyson fans when all is said and done. Ali and Louis fans also tend to disregard their fighters' flaws and make them somewhat mythical in ability, but when it comes to Tyson the proportions get almost ludicrous. Without exaggerating, "peak Tyson", which seems to have been in existence for some 23 minutes, is made out like some 220 lbs combination of Duran and Pac. Always coning in behind jabs and with perpetual head movement, throwing seven punch combos. That is literally the highlight reel version of him. No other fighter's fans (not even Duran's) have such problem keeping apart the real version from the highlight one.

 

Which kind of flower do people enjoy too much?

 

Those damn Marvin Hart ball lickers!

 

Ok. What about his spectacular accomplishments? He did a lot of things that most greats rated above him could only dream of. We also must remember he spent 3 years in prison and 4 years without touching a glove.

 

The answers gotta be Johnny du Plooy

I mean cmon

 

I can see some fans of modern boxers wearing rose colored glasses.

People didn't really rock those as much back in the day.

 

I would say Foreman fans take the cake when exaggerating his prowess. The usual banter is "Foreman broke chins", or "When you fight Foreman you're never the same again", or even this little number "Foreman has 10 times the power of so and so".

All Tyson fans use his peak when matching him with mythical fights. Nothing wrong with that. Most fighters have their prime within that short window time frame as well. I'm not sure why people feel he didn't accomplish a great deal when the film footage is there to be seen.

 

...and not Kallie Knoetzee?

 

Thems fightin' words, son.

 

Oh, I think Mike was great at his peak. But this with constant head movement, jabs and combos is a myth which the footage doesn't bare out. He wasn't prime Duran with just 90 lbs of added muscle. He fought far more in spurts and was far more prone to lead with big single punches. Even in 1986-1988.

 

Agree with this. Excuses abound, even in threads asking for nominations

 

Vitali

 

Mainly the old timers. I actually think tyson and ali are two of the most underrated on here nowadays. Mainly because the casuals got a hold of them the so called experts love to be able to tell them their wrong. It makes them feel good about themselves. Just my opinion.

Alis resume speaks for itself...foremann. frazier. Liston. That alone is enough to justify him as being one of the best ever. These were serioys guys. As well as the many other good fighters he beat.

And anyone that watches prime tyson at his best...its clear to see he was on a different level to even the top guys in the division at the age of 20 years old. Thats pretty much phenomenal. We all know what happened and it ended up going downhill for him pretty much of his own doing but for that brief period he was a head to head nitemare for anyone imo