Thread: Mike Tyson why do people hold him so high

Ever post i see on a Tyson vs whoever there is always a huge amount of people pulling for mike and it is hard for me to under stand. I mean i read a posts saying that Prime mike would beat a prime Ali or Forman or Holmes. When there asked why Tyson would win all the say are these words "Tyson would just win.'' Now not all people say that some try to explain it so i won't get on there case about. But i read alot about Tyson and it doesn't wow me like it does others. So he had 2 year prime where he either beat ok people and a way past it Larry Holmes at 38. Then He gets beat by a ok fighter Douglas then sent to prison for a while. Then he has some fights which are easy wins against ok people and then losses to Evander who is 4 years older past his prime and has a heart condition and losses twice to him and form there his career goes down the toilet.

Now i do not hate Tyson but simple want to understand why people like him so much and please you so i would like you the fans to tell me why and to point out anything that i am not correct about. You also free to say that i don't know what i am talking about if want to i don't mind.

Prime Tyson was the ultimate crowd pleaser. He didn't go into a fight just to win, he went in there to KO his opponents in the worst way possible. He threw fluid, fast and brutal combinations! Always came forward, had a great chin. He gave off that aura of invincibility. He was already going downhill before he fought Douglas..too young..too much sh*t going on in his life that he didn't know how to react too.

It's hard because Tyson peaked and then went down hill so quickly. I don't think prime Tyson couldve beat a prime Ali. I do think he wouldve given Frazier a hard time.

I admit I always used to always over rate Tyson and it wasn't until recently I realized that a lot of guys wouldve given him problems. He wiped the floor with Holmes and even though Holmes was getting old he still beat Mercer and went 12 with Holyfield 4 years after he got destroyed by Tyson so he wasn't THAT past it.

But i think if holmes was in his prime it would of been a different story but thats just what i think.

He's held so high because of Mike tyson's Punchout.

Prime Tyson was the ultimate crowd pleaser
In a nutshell, that's it.


I loved to watch his fights and I bought every single PPV (as soon as i was earning) because you never knew what to expect. I did find his style very exiting. When i was a kid....everybody knew who Tyson was, girl or boy, mother or father, grandma or grandad.

dasamm is right, he was as crowd pleasing as you can get.

Because he came to fight. He didn't pussyfoot around. He pulverized the body. Just very exciting to watch. He always got my adrenaline pumping.

Originally Posted by Mr140

But i think if holmes was in his prime it would of been a different story but thats just what i think.

well styles make fights and Holmes wasnt quite as rangy and strong as a prime ali or foreman woulda been (i am sure they would beat prime mike); i can see a prime Tyson givin Holmes a lot of trouble with his relentless rushing, swarming style. Mike Tyson in his prime was awesome...not that he wouldve beaten all the rest...but he brought a hell of a lot of excitement into his fights. He went in to take people's heads off and was BLASTING people out of there; just ruining them. THat's what people want to see most the time. The big KO...the one punch bomb that levels it lights out for the other guy. Tyson fights gave them that. Every time u saw him u knew someone was getting the living daylights beat out of them. Even as he got older he was still entertaining. Whether it was trying to break Botha's arm or biting Holyfield's ear or trying to streetfight Lennox Lewis at the presser, you always got some kind of crazy drama or entertainment...and in the end that's what Mike is. A performer. A great entertainer. And like it or not that is a big part of being a great pro boxer. I will always consider Mike Tyson one of my all time favorites, regardless of the fact that he is not number one on the top of the list.

Tyson was a beast. An untamed animal. He was the shot in the arm. After watching a boxer like Holmes for so many years, then a slickster like Spinks, people were amazed with Mike. He is what people were waiting for at the time. Watching Mike was like being in a mosh pit, pure adrenaline.

Mike is not underrated but he is underapreciated the boxing world has been in decline since Mike's retirement! he was a product of his environment.

Originally Posted by Mr140

But i think if holmes was in his prime it would of been a different story but thats just what i think.

Yes i think your right mate it would have gone about 6 rounds

I take it you don't think much of Holmes but at least he didn't lose to a Buster Douglas

Because he did'nt fight Buster Douglas but i know this he got knocked cold by Iron Mike Tyson

at 38 years of age and that one of his biggest wins. Larry Holmes beat Ali at 38 and stopped him does that mean he stop Ali at his prime as well and don't forget rocky that beat the 38 year old Louis.

Ali retired he did'nt get knocked cold like Holmes never in all Holmes career has anyone done to him what Tyson did

Well i guess i let tyson get his glory for defeating a Larry Holmes who was years past his prime and you can't say with a staight face that larry was the same in his 20's then he was when he was 38.