People always talk about Mike Tyson's career, but I feel they do not give enough credit to guys like Buster Douglas and Evander Holyfield.Douglas proved that Mike Tyson was actually human, and put a chink in his armor. Holyfield then stripped him completely naked. The mark for any fighter, since 99.9% never go undefeated, is how you handle your first loss. His loss to Douglas was the beginning of the end.
Tyson was a shot fighter by then. Alcohol, prescription pills and he lost his will to train. Tyson when he was on and in his prime Holyfield would have been taken out.
Tyson is a force of nature. He can fuck you up this precise moment, at his age.
I met him two years ago and he was tiny. He'd destroy me in a boxing match but I'd fancy my chances in a bar
please watch some tyson fights when he was perfect with his technique and head movement. good examples are james tillis fight, mitch green and ribalta fights. those are lesser opponents but the fights show how good he was. ofc the spinks, holms, thomas kos are more impressive but young tyson going full ten rounds is fun to watch.
if he had been around in the 70s no one would have known him
i guess you know more about boxing than cus d'mato who believed tyson had the potential to be the best hw boxer ever.
Holmes, Ali, Foreman, Frazier, and Norton all would have given him very good fights, and prime Ali and Prime Holmes would mmost likely would have beat him
Cus would say that wouldnt he... he was his trainer after all...
watch some tyson fights before frank bruno in 89. if you understand some shit about boxing you will understand why everybody was scared of tyson.i dont understand how can you guys hate on mike... he is a legend. 20 top hw my ass.
HahahahahahahahaFedor said Tyson would ve been a very hard fight under any rules.Brock said similar.Randy Couture said he wouldn't have gone near Tyson in any rules or no rules.Joe Rogan thinks Tyson would ve beaten Cain and Fedor.Bas Rutten also thinks similarBUT "Strongmanfan" knows better
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I watched all Tyson's fights, I was a big fan of his, fact remains he intimidated fighters before they got in the ring, they were all scared of him.Frank Bruno?Frank was never any good.
good than you know that tyson was top all time fighter in his prime. Bruno fight in 89 us just his fight under don king management and it shows.
who did Tyson beat when he was in his prime?
When he started looking more like a bodybuilder his performance went down, no more bobbing and weaving and less speed.But of course, on Getbig Ronnie Coleman would probably be the world's greatest fighter.
berbick, bonecrusher smith, tony tucker, pinklon thomas, michael spinks, larry holms, tyrrel biggs... not bad for 20 year old.
Don't worry boxing will rule again..............
exactly, apart fro a washed up Holmes, no one at all.3rd tier fighters that wouldn't have laced the gloves of the fighters in the 70s.
berbick beat old ali, biggs was a gold Olympic champ, spinks was also considered not tier 3. I am not saying tyson was the gratest ever but he was on the way and definitly top 10hw of all time.
