Love this Tyson interview really speaks his mind!

[Darren Avey]

Never seen this before!

[Conker]

my favourite out of ring tyson footage

[Matt]

Never seen this before!

How would Tyson have done in the UFC, Darren?  I just see difficulty for anyone who is primarily a strong striker [no ground game].

Strong wrestlers who have heavy hands do well...but do strong strikers with strong legs [potential for wrestling, like Tyson] do well?

Did Randy Couture say that he wouldn't fight Tyson in a UFC fight?

[Darren Avey]

How would Tyson have done in the UFC, Darren?  I just see difficulty for anyone who is primarily a strong striker [no ground game].

Strong wrestlers who have heavy hands do well...but do strong strikers with strong legs [potential for wrestling, like Tyson] do well?

Did Randy Couture say that he wouldn't fight Tyson in a UFC fight?

Randy said Tyson was a scary prospect to fight

[Fortress]

Great interview and piece. Thanks.

[AbrahamG]

Tyson would have excelled in the UFC.  He could have pretty much just trained wrestling and jui jitsu and let his boxing skills alone.

[Slapper]

For the life of me, I will never understand how people though of Mike as an ignorant prick unable to connect two sentences that made sense.

He is and will always be an American icon.

[Matt]

Randy said Tyson was a scary prospect to fight

Interesting...

In a boxing match with boxing gloves, I have no doubt that Tyson would beat any UFC fighter in history.  With the small MMA gloves, I think the game is changed a little [as I understand it].  But for such a prolific striker to be competitive in MMA [specifically the UFC] on the basis of striking alone is very impressive.

I wonder if Randy was just being humble?  I only wonder that because Randy's wrestling was at such a high level, that I can't envision a scenario where he wouldn't be able to take Tyson to the ground...but maybe I'm in denial over just how good Tyson was.

I'm happy that the UFC came around, because it forced fighters to be well-rounded.  Individual fighting styles are naturally limited, and I'm glad someone got the idea to merge them all [maybe inspired by the movie Bloodsport?].

I would love to see a top boxer in a UFC fight...but I can see why a boxer would be worried that he would look bad.

I think Conor McGregor was wise to fight Floyd Mayweather - he exceeded everyone's expectation and made something like $100 million...and it's not like a fighter's career lasts forever.

I would love to see a prime Tyson enter the octagon.

[Darren Avey]

Interesting...

In a boxing match with boxing gloves, I have no doubt that Tyson would beat any UFC fighter in history.  With the small MMA gloves, I think the game is changed a little [as I understand it].  But for such a prolific striker to be competitive in MMA [specifically the UFC] on the basis of striking alone is very impressive.

I wonder if Randy was just being humble?  I only wonder that because Randy's wrestling was at such a high level, that I can't envision a scenario where he wouldn't be able to take Tyson to the ground...but maybe I'm in denial over just how good Tyson was.

I'm happy that the UFC came around, because it forced fighters to be well-rounded.  Individual fighting styles are naturally limited, and I'm glad someone got the idea to merge them all [maybe inspired by the movie Bloodsport?].

I would love to see a top boxer in a UFC fight...but I can see why a boxer would be worried that he would look bad.

I think Conor McGregor was wise to fight Floyd Mayweather - he exceeded everyone's expectation and made something like $100 million...and it's not like a fighter's career lasts forever.

I would love to see a prime Tyson enter the octagon.

We ll see it soon when James Stabler wins boxing and MMA titles at the same time.

[tres_taco_combo]

prime mike tyson = greatest boxer ever

[LanceD]

Tyson makes a lot of sense, if you listen

[AbrahamG]

prime mike tyson = greatest boxer ever

This is silly.  There are zero and I mean ZERO experts/historians/students of the sweet science who would or have made this claim.  He is on the cusp of being a top ten heavyweight of all time.  Period. End of discussion.

That being said, I am a huge fan of Mike Tyson the person and also think he was a terrific heavyweight fighter in his prime.

[Darren Avey]

Youre a grade A moron if you think Tyson WOULDNT have easily beaten any MMA fighter in a boxing rules match, whether proper boxing gloves, mma mitts or bareknuckle.