Why do people think Tyson is a top ten Heavyweights?

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  1. fists of fury

    fists of fury Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    So you admit that defensively he was pretty good then?

    As for Tucker, he started out hot (hot basically being one good punch in the first) but faded due to Tyson adjusting and making life harder for Tucker. Biggs started out hot too, and fizzled. Same with Tubbs.

    Tyson never gets credit for either making adjustments or applying enough effective aggression that opponents lost what momentum they initially had.
    The broken hand claim? Tucker was still throwing the right hand late in the fight, but he had been put into his box by then.
    Fighters make all sorts of excuses after losing.
    Until I see some solid proof that Tucker bust his hand, I will remain highly dubious about that.

    In any event, his jabbing hand was his left. If Tyson was such a poor boxer, no way does he outjab even a one-handed Tucker.
     
  2. Azzer85

    Azzer85 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Well he dropped the WBA belt to avoid Tucker for a start.
     
  3. Azzer85

    Azzer85 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Tyson wasn't the one stopped on cuts.

    Hell, Tyson fought a much better, more focused version of Lewis and still lasted longer than Vitali did.
     
  4. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    Yes. Everyone who voted no is just another alt of mine. :yep It can't possibly be the fact that multiple people, have Tyson outside their top ten.
     
  5. Azzer85

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    Tucker allegedly broke his right hand. He jabbed with his left.

    So what if Tucker was the same weight?

    Would extra pounds have helped him magically develop extra skills?
     
  6. Azzer85

    Azzer85 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Well, you all do have something in common.
     
  7. HerolGee

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    let me explain - hes from planet K
     
  8. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    OK. In that case, all 32 of you who voted are the same person.
     
  9. HerolGee

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  10. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    He is Berlenbach, dinovelvet, Dubblechin, elgoadie, ETM, fists of fury, foreman&dempsey, Harman, heerko koois, Hookie, Hotsauce, lufcrazy, mr. magoo, Mr.DagoWop, mrkoolkevin, Nighttrain, nikrj, Phil_Ivey_76, PopeJackson, prime, Pugilist_Spec, Roger Federer, Saad54, Sangria, Seamus, Smokin Bert, Stevie G, TigerDariusz, turpinr, UFC2015, Woodhouse, [Haut-Parleur]
     
  11. Mendoza

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    Okay. 9 ot 10 is fine.
     
  12. Jamal Perkins

    Jamal Perkins Well-Known Member Full Member

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    U really are a total moron
     
  13. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    *you. Misspelling the first word (and a very common one) while trying to label somebody else as a moron. How embarrassing. :oops:
     
  14. Jamal Perkins

    Jamal Perkins Well-Known Member Full Member

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    The thing is the moment the tumultuous summer of 1988 happened Tysons fighting became a side show.

    No doubt if he stayed with cayton,rooney and Lott his post Spinks schedule would have looked more like.....

    Late 88 bruno
    Early 89 williams and adilson rodriguez in brazil
    Summer 89 damiani in italy
    Late 89 ruddock ( theres a chance a slip up occurs here-remember douglas was meant to be a mere filler)
    Early 90 FOREMAN (after ****ey and rodriguez ko"s)
    Late 90 Holyfield
    Early 91 MERCER
    Summer 91 Morrison
    1992 holyfield rematch,bowe,with 1 tuneup with say a bert cooper

    Thats how his likely career trajectory would have panned out had he kept winning.
     
  15. Jamal Perkins

    Jamal Perkins Well-Known Member Full Member

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    A common retort of the troll......always resort to nitpicking grammar rather than admit being a,troll....in this case ....a Tyson troll

    By the way buckwheat U is a perfectly legitimate use of the word you in the real world.....u should try joining it sometime