Will there ever be another Mike tyson?

I lt might sound daft but I thought andy ruiz jr was the one to do a similar tyson style with his very fast hands. But No he turned out to be what his body suggests, a lazy unconditioned and non explosive fighter. Povetkin did absolutely nothing against klitchko, they all try swinging for the fences with big loppy punches, and never let there feet do the work. It goes to show how good tysons footwork and head movement really where. He could get inside in a flash and devaste the taller fighters! A long limbed man can't do anything when a mans on his chest banging away. Povetkin is the best short puncher in the division but doesn't possess the handspeed and fluidity, in simpler terms he leaves his feet behind him sometimes, ofcourse it's easier for him to get his combos off against similar sized opponents. The same with david haye, quite often these shorter fighters see themselves as counter punchers for some good awful reason, yes tyson didn't like getting pushed back and his style is long lasting but iyou have to fight within your physical capabilities. Haye tried to goad klitchko into a punching the backfoot, wladimir isn't stupid, povetkin tried too stand his ground and occasionally do a mock slip and try to land 1 or 2 shots, nono. You need to go to foward foward, if u can't slip and get combonations off you need to sit on the chest.

Bermane stiverne tried walking wilder down aswell, it's not easy too keep your body moving slipping, in and out and angles. Heavyweight boxing is a tall mans game, you can imagine the energy expenditure of a smaller fighter missing a lot, evading a lot and just to get hit with a big right hand or too miss by a big amount as the 6'5+ fighters pull away. Tyson was a freak he was, as he could put together the speed of foot, the speed of bodymovement, and the tenacity and aggression to 3 or 4 punches that would knock you out into one.

Or would mike be troubled by wilder, the klitchkos, fury and others. Remember mike was 5'11. Povetkin and stiverne are 6'2, haye is 6'3.
They can't duck as low, they can't fight aswell inside, they get hit easier with there height. Are the giants getting better at fighting short men. Fury wilder klitchko, always have been huge always will fight the same way. Povetkin probably thinks he doesn't need to train any different for klitchko, haye thought he was too fast; haye was a tall cruiserweight, he had 5 inches over mormeck. He did t need to learn how to slip, whilst going foward. They are both counter punchers and that's why they do well, fighting similar sized opponents. You could say delboy was the only fighter who continusly fought in the bulldozing advancing manner, unluckily for derek he didn't have the schooling of haye and povetkin, he turned pro late, he never developed proper punchng technique but he had the right style to trouble tall fighters, tall good fighters I mean. Helenuis, vitali etc.

Either the taller fighters of today are getting better at dealing with smaller fighters, or the smaller fighters are getting taught the counter punching box off the backfoot game. And not the tyson Frazier and the better version Mike Tyson style. Remember Frazier was a huge hearted fighter, unbeilievably fit, but he wasn't a mike tyson, he tried to gl arch you with the hammering left hook and then follow up. Tyson wanted to catch you with more than 2 shots when he was inside! None of the heavyweights today want to do that, they think they are 1 punch ko artists. Who told them that? Lol. Haye,povetkin are not. Stiverne still needs more than one to put lights out.

And I rate amir mansour as a good small fighter, that man is one of the true 1 punch fighters of the heavyweight division. Age and inactivity blighted him. So he won't reach the top which is a shame. Mansour could of been the number 1 american heavyweight fighter.

I've been banned for a week, so I had a lot to say after watching the wilder vs stiverne fight I have to concede that there will never be another 5'10-6'2 dominant champion. And the fat ass stiverne needs too sort out his weight. If you look at the shape of takam, you see a solid muscled 255lb stocky heavyweight. Stiverne should be the same weight as povetkin, 220-230lb no more. This strength factor there talking about, it's rubbish, you need speed and ferocity, you cannot outlast a 6'6 fighter whose going to lay on you, only by breaking down the body. Landing punches not grappling it's not wrestling. Peace. Well done wilder now fight povetking or fury.

 

Yeh the fat past prime tyson lost against two of the best heavyweights of all time. Haye and povetkin didn't do a damn thing vs klitchko. Atleast the Holyfield fights were pretty competetive. Lord nosh