Quote Originally Posted by Lyle
....I know people LOVE Mike Tyson, I know he was very exciting and it's a thrill to watch all his 1st round KO's. I like Mike he's a good/great fighter All-Time more on the great side than the good but ...


HOWEVER

Think about why he's considered to be so exciting...mainly because Larry Holmes and the post Ali heavyweights were boring.

Think about the competition Tyson fought...he only BEAT 2 All-Time great fighters and one of those was a light heavyweight and the other was 40 years old.

Tyson never beat who people THOUGHT his rivals were (Lewis, Holyfield) but matter of fact Frank Bruno was his biggest rival IMO and Mitch Green was also a good rival for Tyson.

In his prime Tyson never was able to fight another All-Time Great fighter in their prime.


All of those reasons make me sort of sketched out when pairing Tyson vs any All-Time Great. (yes even Marciano and Dempsey)
I dont want to get into Larry's whole age thing again seeing that he went on a few years later to go 12 rounds with Holyfield, McCall,Mercer..Then we will have to question Marcianos status seeing out 4 alltime greats he fought 3 were pushing 40 I do stick up 4 Mike he attained alot but IMO never realized his true potential We had the opportunity to see a true Phenom in our lifetime but he let other influences run his life and never manned up to take control over his life and realize the opportunity he had and I'll say it responsibly control his destiny

this ranks up there with BO Jacksons injury as seeing greatness not realized in my lifetime as a sports fan.

Albeit Bo had no control over his injury but he was a Juggernaut of a football player and an outstanding Basball player....Mike fell short cause of Mike...But the dissapointment of both instances even though they are not the same to me are equally dissapointing