BLODDY HELL how many times did Frank hit and hold at the beginning of that fight!
BLODDY HELL how many times did Frank hit and hold at the beginning of that fight!
agreed
coulda shoulda woulda.................
Didn't.
no worries little bro theres some awsome vids there hours of entertainmentOriginally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING
u could say this fight showed mike was more than just a puncher.
he could take a big punch, and then come back and punch some more, and as in this case, go on to flatten the other guy.
apart from stunning tyson in round 1 momentarily it was all one way traffic. tyson was slightly stunned but continued fighting back.i remember tucker stunning tyson with an uppercut too in 87.
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yea heres footage of tucker stunning him
watching that fight with the sound off I don't see Tyson get stunned.Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING
But Tyson didn't look like he used to to me, I've seen his old fights but right there he looks one dimensional just winging hooks and big shots looking for the KO and Tyson in his quote unquote prime. Would set traps, was defensively sound, would set you up for combinations and not just one big shot winging away like he is against Bruno.
It's not surprising that there was such a hoopla about that punch.Originally Posted by Memphis
Circa 1989, Tyson was considered to be unbeatable & invincible.
He was being talked of as the greatest HW ever.
He would have been odds on favourite against the whole United States Army simultaneously had they arranged the contest, so it's no surprise that Bruno got a lot of mileage out of it.
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There was a lot of turmoil in Tyson's life before the Bruno fight. It was originally scheduled for England but he had marriage problems, suicide attempts, street fights ect. Tyson looked poor for the first time as a champion in the fight and were the signs that his lifestyle was going to cost him his greatness, legacy, fame and fortune.
Do not let success go to your head and do not let failure get to your heart.
Mike had got hit happy at that stage, he had already started to neglect defence because his punching was still at its best. When the ability to punch faded, this neglect was penalised.
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It was a great hook, and if Tyson didn't have one of the best chins i ever seen it would have been lights out for Tyson. Not to mention Bruno never did have the heart to go in for the kill.
There's a little clubbing right just before the left hook that's a decent punch as well. Frank just wasn't good enough to capitalise but he certainly shook Tyson.
I was gutted that Smith beat Witherspoon to get that fight. Witherspoon would have tested Tyson, I reckon a focussed Witherspoon could have won that fight.
Googoogachoob your dreaming if you believe Witherspoon would have won. In fact if Witherspoon had won the fight you probably would have wanted Bonecrusher to win, but all the fighters at that time were made to look ordinary by Tyson because he was fighting great and was unstoppable.
The punch hurt Tyson and it would have knocked out most fighters but Tyson recovered because he had a good chin and there really was not much opportunity to capitalise. Tyson fought straight back, the same when he got hit against Bonecrusher and Tucker. The fact that we are talking about clear punches that landed on Tyson during his best shows how good he was.
Do not let success go to your head and do not let failure get to your heart.
Prime Witherspoon would of gave Tyson all he could handle especially the Witherspoon who fought Holmes.Originally Posted by Master
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