Thread: What if Mike Tyson had not ever become a boxer? How would 86-96 be in boxing?

Mike Tyson never came to the division. As hard as it is to imagine the boredom of heavyweights without him, what happens?

Originally Posted by LegendBoxing65

Mike Tyson never came to the division. As hard as it is to imagine the boredom of heavyweights without him, what happens?

I think it would be known as the "Dead Era" of boxing.....Tyson brought people who were not fans to boxing....Kinda like the way Dale Earnhart brought non fans to nascar....for those few years he was bigger than boxing.....

Tony Tucker would of ran the division

It still would have been pretty good: Bruno, Rudduck, Lewis, Morrison, Holyfield, Bowe, Golota, Moorer, Foreman, Mercer, McCall, and so on would have still been good.

Tyson might have been very dominant in the begining but he ducked guys at the end!

I would think that Holyfield would have become the head of the division as he did in 90.. Same pattern really since Mike did fade after he lost in 90.. The one fight we might have missed is the great Bonecrusher Smith/Evander Holyfield superfight.

...actually Bruno might have been the dominant figure in the heavyweight division until Holyfield came up

Originally Posted by Lyle

...actually Bruno might have been the dominant figure in the heavyweight division until Holyfield came up

Frank Bruno? I get it. Lyle got jokes

I think it still could have been interesting.. Lots of guys who had a chance to shine otherwise it still wasn't as bad as the division today... Michael Spinks, Holyfield, Bruno, Witherspoon, Tucker, Biggs, Holmes could all still have mixed it up in the late 80's... and come 1990 Tyson never amounted to anything again anyways.

Holmes would have had ALL the spotlight, and instead of being underrated he would have the credit he deserves....

Oh Larry Holmes......wasn't he the guy who was beat by Michael Spinks TWICE and then Evander Holyfield, and then Oliver McCall and Brian Nielsen.....yeah he would have RULED


Frank Bruno was a decent fighter, he got beat by Witherspoon, Bonecrusher Smith but they were pretty much at the height of their careers when they beat him.

but oh well

Originally Posted by Lyle

Oh Larry Holmes......wasn't he the guy who was beat by Michael Spinks TWICE and then Evander Holyfield, and then Oliver McCall and Brian Nielsen.....yeah he would have RULED


Frank Bruno was a decent fighter, he got beat by Witherspoon, Bonecrusher Smith but they were pretty much at the height of their careers when they beat him.

but oh well

larry holmes should of won both decisions against spinks he gave holy run for his money at 40+ winning about 5 or 4 rounds i think he should of got the nod against mccall and nielsen aswell

does lyle even know what hes talking about?

Originally Posted by oakleyno1

does lyle even know what hes talking about?

He does, He just likes yank everyone's chain.

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[/quote] larry holmes should of won both decisions against spinks he gave holy run for his money at 40+ winning about 5 or 4 rounds i think he should of got the nod against mccall and nielsen aswell
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I think Holmes took Spinks lightly, but in a way that showed us how a smaller guy has advantages the bigger guys do not. I was shocked when Spinks beat Holmes. I was even shocked when he was in the 5th round.