Seems like there are 2 camps when it comes to evaluating Mike Tyson, the ones who thought he was overrated and the ones who thought he was underrated.
When your biggest wins are against an 38 year old Holmes, an blown up LHW in Spinks (who beat an 36 year old Holmes and got a gift decision in the 2nd fight), weak contenders/paper champions like Seldon, Bruno, Biggs, Williams, Marvis Frazier, Berbick, then that's a pretty weak resume. He looked spectacular fighting weak contenders and knocking them out.
And 1 funny thing, Mike Tyson fans claim Mike was in his prime in the late 80s, it's really funny that Mike was past his prime when Buster Douglass beats him in 1990. I keep hearing that.
So can anyone tell me how can a 23 year old undefeated, supposedly invincible HW champion without that much wear and tear be past his prime in the Douglas fight?
Yeah he was exciting knocking out tomato cans, bums, old ass Larry Holmes, blown up LHW in Spinks, etc. But put me in the overrated camp.
And no way does he even beat an Ali if both were in their prime. I keep hearing that. Ali would just have made fun of his voice and then proceed to give him a beating in the ring.
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