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I've always been a stark Tyson defender when it comes to people attacking his opponents credibility and I always say one of the good fighters he beat was James 'Bonecrusher' Smith, but good lord, I just looked at this guys record and not only was I dead wrong about him being decent, I think I might have to go as far as saying he flat out sucked. Aside from being KTFO in his first fight, take a look at his record:
http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=000563
most of them 17 losses came at end of his carrer he wasnt bad fighter and he could bang thats for sure he knocked down ruddock in his prime
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That does put him in a new light for me. He lost to Marvis Frazier
when he was in his prime only people he lost to was
LARRY HOLMES
TONY TUBBS 93-97 | 93-97 | 93-97
TIM WITHERSPOON he koed him in rematch in one round
MARVIS FRAIZER Marvis rises from knockdown in the 5th round with a broken jaw
MIKE TYSON
RAZOR RUDDOCK Both fighters down. Ruddock in the 2nd, bonecrusher in the final round
Adilson Rodrigues 96-98 | 97-98 | 100-91
TWO OF THEM LOSSES WERE BAD BUT OTHERS WERE ALL GOOD FIGHTERS NO SHAME IN LOSING TO ANY OF THEM
He wasn't a bum he just wasn't anything spectacular...he was a good throwback no nonsense fighter
heres record of people he lost to in his prime
LARRY HOLMES  45-0-0
TONY TUBBS  19-0-0
TIM WITHERSPOON  20-2-0
MARVIS FRAIZER  15-1-0     
MIKE TYSON  28-0-0
ADILSON RODRIGUES 25-2-0
RAZOR RUDDOCK  20-1-1     
SO WOULDNT CALL HIM A BUM HE WASNT BEST BY ANY MEANS BUT HE WASNT A BUM AND HE COULD BANG
I would say that is not really a bad record considering most of them loses came towards the end off his career...At the end off the day he did win 42 fights with 32 knockouts I find that very impressive...
I have the Tyson career set and one off the fights I did not watch yet was him fighting Tyson I know it goes the distance but is it a decent fight..I skiped it thinking it was gonna be boring lol...
watch last round of that fight i think bonecrusher hurts tyson or something from what i heardQuote:
Originally Posted by nigel2smooth79
It was probably the worst fight Tyson was ever a part of... Bonecrusher just grappled him for the entire fight, he should have been Dq'ed imo, it was getting ridiculous at times. As for him being a bum, I dont know... He only lost to good fighters before Tyson, and gave a good account of himself usually... One thing I never understood is how in the hell he KOed Witherspoon in 1 round... Was Tim already into drugs or something?? "Because he dominated him the first time round, won every round... And Witherspoon would have been a very good opponent for Tyson if he was at his best, but obviously he wasn't to get KOed by Bonecrusher.... Anyone seen the fight??Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel2smooth79
He was decent. One of the 1st big HWs. He became mayor of a small city in North Carolina later on after boxing. Anyway, Tyson didnt KO him.
Smith didn't fight Tyson, he wrestled him. It was boring cause Bonecrusher was trying to hug Mike to death.
smith had a fight with bruno, old frank was winning the fight infact he'd won all 9 rounds then in the 10th hit walked onto a hook and that was it, how frank managed to lose is some what typical of him
i remember smith fighting iron mike, the best part of the fight was tyson poking his tongue at smith
To be fair to the bloke if he was born later and in the heavies at the moment i would give him a fair crack at beating Valuev, Maskaev, Peter, Brock etc but Wlad would take him out handily.