Tysons movement on the bag at the beginning of this vid

[Shockwave]

Anyone who thinks that Tyson was just a hard puncher doesn't know shit about boxing ,he was  one of the most technical fighters in the history of HW boxing.

Agreed, anyone with half a brain can tell just by watching him practice hes insanely skilled. His hand, head, foot movement is insane, Ive never seen another boxer his size move like him.

[che]

Thank you my negga. Tyson lookes kinda old there though? what comments has roach made about Tyson?

38 yr/old , about 15 years  past his prime.

[che]

Agreed, anyone with half a brain can tell just by watching him practice hes insanely skilled. His hand, head, foot movement is insane, Ive never seen another boxer his size move like him.

True,  but most people can't see that .

[maxkane69]

he was and is a great man but one the most OVERRATED fighters ever, Sonny Liston said he was a joke even after the "knockout" in 65, he was paid to go down, if Liston would have been allowed to fightnhe would have DESTROYED Ali, people who fought Liston said his left jab could bring down a building.

While I agree that in the second fight with Ali, Sonny Liston took a dive, you must expalin me why Sonny Liston got TKO by Cassius Clay in the first fight!
Ali would have won against Sonny Liston in the rematch just like he did in the first match,not in the first round like he did in the rematch but problably in the middle to later rounds just like he did when his name was Cassius Clay!
That night whoever paid Liston told him just to go down in the first round!
 
The entire first fight:

Short clip on the first fight commentary from Ali great opponents

Short clip on the rematch commentary from from Ali opponents (especially listen what Chuvalo said at at 2:00)

[Shockwave]

True,  but most people can't see that .

Stupid. You can watch 100 boxers and not see another move/strike anything like Tyson does.
Not to mention in his early days he had a kind of extreme aggression coupled with his head/hand/foot movement that has never been duplicated. He was born to fight, plain and simple.

[uk-lion]

the sad thing about tyson is he had no one to fight that was truly world class.

if you look back to the 70's the calibre of the top heavyweights was far higher, which is why so many great fight took place, ali,foreman,frazier,norton,lyle,shavers,holmes,bugner and even the like of ellis and bonavena were better than the most of the top guys in the 80's and 90's.
for all his speed and aggression tyson was still unable to stop james smith and tony tucker two box fighters who were good but not in the league of the guys i mentioned before. he was exciting in a very poor era and what the sport needed at the time, people that rate him as the best heavyweight got caught up in the excitement of him knocking out poor fighters and believed the hype, he is in the top ten but not near the top imo.

[maxkane69]

the sad thing about tyson is he had no one to fight that was truly world class.

if you look back to the 70's the calibre of the top heavyweights was far higher, which is why so many great fight took place, ali,foreman,frazier,norton,lyle,shavers,holmes,bugner and even the like of ellis and bonavena were better than the most of the top guys in the 80's and 90's.
for all his speed and aggression tyson was still unable to stop james smith and tony tucker two box fighters who were good but not in the league of the guys i mentioned before. he was exciting in a very poor era and what the sport needed at the time, people that rate him as the best heavyweight got caught up in the excitement of him knocking out poor fighters and believed the hype, he is in the top ten but not near the top imo.

You are 100% correct!
The saddest thing is that now the heavyweight class is a lot worst than the 80' and 90'.

[hench]

agreed!

i do believe mike in his early 20's was the greatest boxer to ever climb thru the ropes.....

[Parker]

He was beasting out on those neck bridges...

[hardgainerj]

Agreed, anyone with half a brain can tell just by watching him practice hes insanely skilled. His hand, head, foot movement is insane, Ive never seen another boxer his size move like him.

prison made him a brawler