When Tyson fought Spinks......

[BIG H]

Don't think he's ducked anybody (except getting his big brother to beat up that Bully Corrie Sanders) Just a very crap era, probably the worse ever.

Like Tyson got Holyfield to beat up the bully Buster Douglas?

Nope! Holyfield was the manadtory and beat Douglas a few months after the Tyson fight and then Douglas went into excile. There was no opportunity for that rematch.

[El Kabong]

Nope! Holyfield was the manadtory and beat Douglas a few months after the Tyson fight and then Douglas went into excile. There was no opportunity for that rematch.

Uh huh...so there WAS opportunity for Wlad to rematch Sanders? 2004 Sanders loses to Vitali & Wlad loses to Brewster. Sanders then goes on to retire for 2005, then in his "comeback" he fought 1 time in 2006 & 1 time in 2007 and then lost in 2008. Wlad rematched Brewster when he got the opportunity. Mike Tyson never avenged a loss, Wlad did. I'm not saying that to hate on Tyson, I'm saying that because it's an accomplishment Wlad achieved that is overlooked and under appreciated.

[TysonBomb]

Nope! Holyfield was the manadtory and beat Douglas a few months after the Tyson fight and then Douglas went into excile. There was no opportunity for that rematch.

Uh huh...so there WAS opportunity for Wlad to rematch Sanders? 2004 Sanders loses to Vitali & Wlad loses to Brewster. Sanders then goes on to retire for 2005, then in his "comeback" he fought 1 time in 2006 & 1 time in 2007 and then lost in 2008. Wlad rematched Brewster when he got the opportunity. Mike Tyson never avenged a loss, Wlad did.

Wlad fought a man who was practically blind in one eye and in the hospital for 9 months and inactive for 15 months in total. And he was coming off a loss.

How was one eyed Brewster who was coming straight from his hospital bed to the ring supposed to beat him again? Where was Wlady the two years that he was champion? Brewster even said that Waldo didn't look for a rematch those two years

[El Kabong]

Wlad fought a man who was practically blind in one eye and in the hospital for 9 months and inactive for 15 months in total. And he was coming off a loss.

How was one eyed Brewster who was coming straight from his hospital bed to the ring supposed to beat him again? Where was Wlady the two years that he was champion? Brewster even said that Waldo didn't look for a rematch those two years

Yes that's exactly right Brewster still had his hospital gown on for the fight correct? I mean Lamon signed to fight Wladimir what the fuck do you want from the guy? Wlad won a title after he lost to Brewster, Brewster had his mandatories & Wlad had his....it's not Wlad's fault Brewster lost to Liakhovich.

[TysonBomb]

Wlad fought a man who was practically blind in one eye and in the hospital for 9 months and inactive for 15 months in total. And he was coming off a loss.

How was one eyed Brewster who was coming straight from his hospital bed to the ring supposed to beat him again? Where was Wlady the two years that he was champion? Brewster even said that Waldo didn't look for a rematch those two years

Yes that's exactly right Brewster still had his hospital gown on for the fight correct? I mean Lamon signed to fight Wladimir what the fuck do you want from the guy? Wlad won a title after he lost to Brewster, Brewster had his mandatories & Wlad had his....it's not Wlad's fault Brewster lost to Liakhovich.

We all know a rematch could've been made within those 2 years

And yeah Tyson fought bums. EVERYONE fights bums. But even Wlad's elite level competition are bums ... look at this year alone ... two 40 year olds and a punching bag? One being a shot cruiser and another a 40 year old whom he already defeated?

Wlad's last high level opponent was Ruslan Chagaev ... who he fought 3 years ago.

I don't think you can say that Wlad's best wins are better than Mike's.

[El Kabong]

Oh of course "we all know".....why didn't I think to say that. I mean everyone knows every single detail of why which fights happened and which didn't and for what reasons....how silly of me.

When you have titles you have mandatories and even without mandatories Wlad has had to wait for his challengers to "get ready" like no other champion before him. David Haye & Alexander Povetkin drug their feet and hell Povetkin is STILL dragging his feet about a fight vs Wlad. Who is there for him to fight that is ready & willing? Certainly a Tyson fan can remember when Iron Mike had similar issues?

Who's trying to one up who? People looked at the topic and right off the bat "Pffft, Wlad wouldn't stand a chance"...what the fuck does Wlad have to do with the Tyson that fought Michael Spinks? I didn't bring it up, I just defended one of my favorite fighters. Why are people so eager to compare & contrast the two? Can you not just appreciate a fighter for what they did in their era? Mike Tyson isn't coming back, his time is over. I respect what Tyson did but he wasn't invincible, he wasn't unbeatable, he was a great fighter but let's not make him something he's not....it tarnishes what the man actually achieved in the ring.

[Master]

I remember this fight and I am sure it was on the weekend but it is listed on a Monday how is that possible?

Spinks did an awesome job on destroying Cooney and he gave Holmes trouble but he shit his pants against Tyson.

[TysonBomb]

Wladimir gets his big brother to beat up his opponents and fight his battles

"I'm going to get my big brother to beat you up!!" lol

Mike's resume was much better than Wlady's ... Wlady fought two 40 year old pension collectors this year and the human punching bag

Imagine if Tyson fought two 40 year olds in a row and a human punching bag ... Ironically it would be Klitschko fans to jump on him and criticize him before any others ...

But I can't really blame him ... this era is just that bad ... sadly this isn't true for Klitschko fans who will actually blame people for the era they fight in, such as Iron Mike who supposedly fought in a "weak era"

[El Kabong]

So Tyson fought 0 bums then?