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I was thinking about this today, would have he gone in the ring with Klit and got a beating? Or what he have had so much motivation and maybe stop him? Or would he have even risked getting killed by him? I know it probably wont get a lot of attention but im curious to know.
If he would of fought Vitali he would of lost if he would of fought Wlad its possible for him to get lucky punch but otherwise Wlad outboxes him with his height advantage and long reach.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tam Seddon
Tyson would have just continued fighting bums and fringe contenders and probably have lost to the very next one after Williams. He was then and is now SHOT.
But wasnt there talk about Tyson fighting the Klit after the williams match up? and Klit was impressed with Danny because he prevented him fighting tyson ?
hey tam, i think if tyson had beaten williams, he would have got a shot, but i dont think he would have risked vitali, i think he would have gone 4 a lesser fighter such as, chrs byrd, or brewster. and might just pulled off the win. but as soon as he lost he would have lost his hunger all over again, tyson has never been that hungry since he lost to buster douglas.
hunger is a majot thing in boxing and if you have lost it, you may as well stop fighting. Its a risk to a fighters legacy and i do believe if a boxer has a full desire to win he can go very far. its stating the obvious but if Tyson had that before the Danny williams fight he could have gone further!
Thats the thing with boxing tho, after a fight people start to think well, what if he had won instead! Sometimes somebody off a lesser ability can beat somebody who is world class, with more hunger and a bigger heart. A big heart is the best weapon in boxing, but can also be a bad thing!
mike doesn't have it mentally anymore, its better that he lose and keep away from boxing.
I think a motivated Tyson could have beaten both Wlad and Vitali he has'nt been motivated for years not even for Lewis
I agree with you there julius but wouldnt it have been kool to see Tyson as champ make a few defences and then call it quits? I would prefer that than see him get beat by McBride and see McBride get KILLED! by some by named Mollo. Sad really.
It is said tam, but at the end off the day i think if tyson had not gone to jail he might just have been one of the best of all time, look at him now, $40m in debt and getting in trouble again!
yea as a fan of tyson i would of love to see him be champ again, but him not having it mentally anymore its better he stay away from boxing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tam Seddon
hard to see mike just sit on his ass and quit. the good old days it was tyson who put asses down and made them quit, now a days its him down there.
at that stage of his career i really dont think it would've changed much. As i've said previously i've seen evidence that tyson was starting to fade by the end of his initial 19 ko streak and only winning the title and becoming the youngest champ kept him going for alittle longer but he was done in 1990. Yeah douglas put on a hell of a preformance but it wasnt the same tyson.
Im a massive Tyson fan when he lost to a pug like Williams i could of cried but i put it down to his knee injurie i saw him wince in pain in round 1 but when he sat on canvas and looked miles away i knew that was it end of a great heavyweight champ and my childhood
yup theirs no one like tyson, you guys seen that one show long ago.
it had sugar ray lenard mohammad ali and mike tyson.
ali said tyson was a true champ and is one of the greatest of all time. ali even said if they had fought prime vs prime if tyson caught him he'd be knock out. but ali insisted tyson would have to catch him first.
i saw it at youtube.com a few days ago.
they talk about reverse pyscology too, how ali was the godfather of mind games, and how tyson adopted it from ali but tyson came of as more aggressive and more of a beast. i think behind tyson crazy interviews his whole character that he put on, i always thought he was a great champ but was a trouble person. if he would of stayed focus on boxing without the b.s in his life, tyson would of continued to knock out oppenents. I don't think anyone could of stop him.