Bert Sugar on Mike Tyson, his legacy and chances against the Klitchko's

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here's comes Lyle spreading his Limburger cheese on another thread.

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I have to laugh at these old fogies trying to rewrite history. Boring, "chessmatch" heavyweight boxing started with Lennox and the Klitschkos? LOL! Have you ever heard and seen of a little known guy by the name of, hmm, JACK JOHNSON? Have you seen footage of Jack fight? TOTAL cerebral chess match, and that was 100 years ago!

Look back at even the golden era of the HW division. Sure Ali was the greatest, but have you watched all of his fights? They weren't all "Thrilla in Manilla" or "Rumble in the Jungle", a lot of them were mind-numbingly boring! Why? Because he did the SAME THING that people crap on the Klitschkos for, i.e. playing the chessmatch, controlling the fight with his jab and superior skill/athletics, not aggressively going for the finish, ect.

The Klitschkos are boring because they don't "put themselves in danger". LOL, you show me a boxer who voluntarily puts himself in danger and I'll show you a club fighter. That's the name of the game, HIT AND NOT GET HIT. It's the same thing Ali did, the only difference is Ali had guys close to his level he fought every now and then who forced him into these exciting fights. The Klitschko's are head and shoulders (literally and figuratively) above everyone in the division and don't have anyone around to make an appealing fight for them. David Haye was supposed to be the guy to do that, but we all know how that turned out.

Don't blame the Klitschkos, blame the rest of the suckers who don't have enough to give them a compelling fight.

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As far as Mike vs the Klitschko's, Tyson had the power to flatten ANYONE in the history of boxing, and the kind of speed to land those missles.

However I question what kind of success he would have had against opponents so much taller, with such good foot movement, range, and jabbing capabilities.

Could Mike have knocked both guys out? Certainly. But if you think he would just walk in on them and blow them out like they were Michael Johnson or David Jaco or some shit, you're crazy.