Even in the '80s, I remember fighters were alrady jumping on the ropes, raising their hands and stuff after scoring a KO......but look at Tyson after stopping Berbick, Spinks, Holmes, Bruno, Thomas, ecc.......he was totally emotionless:huh:huh
Because he knew he'd only beaten bums and old men. :roll: Actually, Tyson said it best himself after the Tucker fight: he was a perfectionist, and couldn't be satisfied with anything less than a perfect performance. As every boxer knows, there's always someone to remind you that "You knocked him out with the wrong punch!"
I do seem to remember him punching his chest and yelling like a madman when he beat...Marvis Frazier I think. Seemed to get a lot of enjoyment out of that one. But he didn't normally tend to jump around much. Verbally though, he clearly enjoyed certain wins (like vs Biggs).
True. Perhaps he would have had more satisfaction if he had some wars and came through to win, but whenever he got into serious difficulty, he never had it in him to come back and win.
That's not fair. Tyson had a lot of early trouble in the Botha and Mathis fights, but came back to win impressively.
Tyson was exposed to alot of old school fight films. Back in those days a fighter rarely celebrated alot when they knocked out their opponent. Its also the reason why he wore black trunks, no socks, no robe and just a towel. For example, watch Jack Dempsey (one of Tyson's heroes/idol's) he didn't jump around or jump on the ropes after knocking out an opponent.
That previous post was premature, what I was saying, is that I agree, that Tyson was a student of the old time fighters and their restrained, subdued reactions to their ko victories, and that's something about Tyson that I actually liked. The more he emulated the greats of the past, particularly Dempsey, the better he was, I think. I'm sick of the jumping on the ropes and screaming and ranting in that damned hip/hop-rap manner that so many of these thug-minded fighters indulge in these days. I say, be cool, damnit, after you score a ko, like Louis, Sempsy, Marciano, etc....
Danny Lopz was another, MODERN day example of a guy who scored spectacular, often come from behind ko's, and didn't react, or exult much in victory at all.
I agree, jumping on the ropes and running around after KOing your opponent isn't really necessary and I don't like it. What I found funny and embarassing was Hopkins after the Trinidad fight leaning over the ropes trying to start a U-S-A U-S-A chant. No one followed.
People are content and celebrate differently. Tyson certainly was'nt the first not to do a jumping up and down celebration. Look at Evander Holyfield after he stopped Mike Tyson.....he was'nt jumping up and down either. He took it as if it was exactly the outcome he expected of himself. With Tyson, through his undefeated stretch.....he never showed that joyous emotions because his attitude and thing back then was "how dare these primitive skilled individuals think they can compete with me!" ....it was part of the Tyson aura!....... If you expect it, why jump up and down as if I cant believe what I just did? Tyson expected that of himself and more! I was'nt a big Tyson fan, but I did appreciate that type of a mindset from himself.
Tyson looked pretty happy after the Berbick victory when Rooney and he looked at one another knowingly and embraced - Knowing they'd achieved what Cus had wanted for Mike all along.
Tyson had a job to do and when he had finished he would just walk out. I think he did this because he was not really a Showman in the ring like eubank or ali.
