Will Tysons record of youngest Champ ever be beaten?

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  1. noonan

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  2. sg85

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    Correct me if im wrong, but i've never seen Fury 'in-shape' for a fight. :lol:
     
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  4. trotter

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    Ah I didn't recall the easy payday fights, Spinks wasn't really talked about in the mags I read, no surprise given the hype around Tyson at the time. I was brand new to boxing so I'm sketchy on that period.

    To be fair lineal wasn't as big a deal then, if you won one of the main three straps, you were proclaimed a champ... the alphabets still had some credibility.
     
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  5. UndisputedUK

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    Herbie must deserve some credit for putting his title on the line against Bowe and in the second reign Vitali. Haye's WBA belt has as much credibility as Hide's WBO at the time, I agree.
     
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    This is how I remember it and the ABC's certainly held a lot more credit back then - Tyson, as we all know, held all three.
     
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  8. Danny

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    My point exactly! Spinks has NOTHING to do with when Tyson won the title. Tyson became UNIDISPUTED champion on Aug 1st 1987, whne he beat Tony Tucker. Spinks opted out of the HBO tournament!

    If one of the fighters of the super 6 opted out, whoever the evntual winner turns out to be, would we say "oh no, he's not the champion as he has not fought that guy?" No we would not!

    Tyson beat Berbick at 2o years old, making him the youngest title holder at HW in history! That will not be broken! What teenagers do you see comign through as good as Tyson when he was the same age?
     
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  9. GazOC

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    Is the lineal 168lb champion in the Super 6? If he was and opted out of the competition without losing then no, the winner of the tournament wouldn't be THE champ in my book.
     
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  10. JonOli

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    So when Bowe threw the WBC belt in the bin and Lewis won it, Lewis wasn't the real WBC champ, Bowe still was.

    OK.
     
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  11. GazOC

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    Lewis was the WBC champ like Tyson was, thats just a statement of fact. When they won those belts I didn't consider either to be the 'real' champ.
     
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  12. JonOli

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    Well when Tyson won every single belt in the division, I considered him to be champ, as I remember most people did.

    As far as modern day comparisons go, ABC belts are viewed, very differently today, it's simply different times (as you well know).

    Anyway, each to their own, but holding every single belt in a division, makes them the champ for me (especially 20 odd years ago).

    As I said though, each to their own.
     
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  14. GazOC

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    :lol:

    Erdie is a long running PITA to those of us who support lineal titles. But, yes, I have to take the rough with the smooth and Erdei is the 175lb champ unfortunatly.
     
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  15. GazOC

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    The Ring still recognized Spinks....
     
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