Mike Tyson vs Oliver McCall ***SPARRING*** Sept. 1987

[brocktonblockbust]

[Primo Carnera]

And this is a perfect example of why sparring means absolutely nothing when it comes to predicting the outcome of a fight.
At this time , Tyson was probably near his peak, (McCall was young, fit, seemingly mentally stable and not too shabby either.) and if they met in the ring:
1. No headgear. This discourages head movement and Tyson's head movement in fights was exceptional.
2. Smaller gloves, this helps Tyson with the torque on his punches
3. A referee wouldn't allow anywhere near as much clinching and holding. That is so tiring for the smaller lighter guy.
I thought McCall looked pretty damn good as well. And looking at this, it makes you wonder why he had to wait so long for a title shot.

[Master]

McCall had his opportunities early in his career and lost to Buster Douglas.

Under Don King he got the fight with Lennox and the rest is history.

McCall chin is remarkable as he says he was never knocked down in sparring against Tyson and he took Lennox right hand flush when he had his mental breakdown.

[Ron Swanson]

There are few things in boxing more overrated than Tyson's head movement. It was phenomenal during drills. But in fights it was not. His fantastic power and speed protected him. People were so worried about what was coming at them it protected Mike. But if you hit him his head movement stopped completely.

Very similar to Pacquiao in that offense was his best defense.

[Master]

There are few things in boxing more overrated than Tyson's head movement. It was phenomenal during drills. But in fights it was not. His fantastic power and speed protected him. People were so worried about what was coming at them it protected Mike. But if you hit him his head movement stopped completely.

Very similar to Pacquiao in that offense was his best defense.

Tyson's defence was superb and his boxing skills were excellent. Very under rated part of his game.

[Primo Carnera]

There are few things in boxing more overrated than Tyson's head movement. It was phenomenal during drills. But in fights it was not. His fantastic power and speed protected him. People were so worried about what was coming at them it protected Mike. But if you hit him his head movement stopped completely.

Very similar to Pacquiao in that offense was his best defense.

Don't agree.

[Primo Carnera]

Hey , Ronnie baby, have a look at this:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LORhVEj6rPg
And this one is where he gets hits, but continues to move his head.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vC5PTPV4Frg
3.02 to 3.12 is my favourite one in this vid.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=d_kbC36JESs
I really want to find my all time favourite where he evades about 20 punches, throws a right uppercut against some giant, and the commentator just says "over he goes" he may as well have said "Tiiiiiiiimber."
Come on Ron, what you got?