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    Quote Originally Posted by Fenster View Post
    Nice quote - Steward was talking about Lewis though not Wlad.

    "I'm one of Mike Tyson's biggest fans, he's given me so many thrills, he is the most exciting heavyweight in the last 50 years" - Emanuel Steward, Hall of Fame Trainer, 2002

    When Wach hit Wlad he almost did that thing he did against Peter - run around the ring looking for places to dive on the floor.
    He was talking about Mike Tyson actually.

    "But he also fought guys who were scared to death of him. When he faced a guy who wasn't afraid, he had problems like he did with Mitch Green, Tony Tucker, Bonecrusher Smith and Quick Tillis. Mike WAS in his prime when he fought them and they weren't legendary names either… they just weren't afraid of him."

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    Quote Originally Posted by THE PHILOSOPHER View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Fenster View Post
    Nice quote - Steward was talking about Lewis though not Wlad.

    "I'm one of Mike Tyson's biggest fans, he's given me so many thrills, he is the most exciting heavyweight in the last 50 years" - Emanuel Steward, Hall of Fame Trainer, 2002

    When Wach hit Wlad he almost did that thing he did against Peter - run around the ring looking for places to dive on the floor.
    He was talking about Mike Tyson actually.

    "But he also fought guys who were scared to death of him. When he faced a guy who wasn't afraid, he had problems like he did with Mitch Green, Tony Tucker, Bonecrusher Smith and Quick Tillis. Mike WAS in his prime when he fought them and they weren't legendary names either… they just weren't afraid of him."

    (Emmanuel Steward, HOF trainer)
    He was talking about Tyson in relation to Lewis. And the size advantage Tyson has suffered from, right?

    Steward makes a far more significant point in that 2nd quote - "guys that weren't afraid of Tyson" - it's hard to see Wlad, who was diving all over the shop to get away from Sam Plodder Peter, wouldn't have froze against Tyson's onslaught?
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    The world would be so excited and in particular the US.
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    Price would muller him. Price could Knock out Zeus.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fenster View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by THE PHILOSOPHER View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Fenster View Post
    Nice quote - Steward was talking about Lewis though not Wlad.

    "I'm one of Mike Tyson's biggest fans, he's given me so many thrills, he is the most exciting heavyweight in the last 50 years" - Emanuel Steward, Hall of Fame Trainer, 2002

    When Wach hit Wlad he almost did that thing he did against Peter - run around the ring looking for places to dive on the floor.
    He was talking about Mike Tyson actually.

    "But he also fought guys who were scared to death of him. When he faced a guy who wasn't afraid, he had problems like he did with Mitch Green, Tony Tucker, Bonecrusher Smith and Quick Tillis. Mike WAS in his prime when he fought them and they weren't legendary names either… they just weren't afraid of him."

    (Emmanuel Steward, HOF trainer)
    He was talking about Tyson in relation to Lewis. And the size advantage Tyson has suffered from, right?

    Steward makes a far more significant point in that 2nd quote - "guys that weren't afraid of Tyson" - it's hard to see Wlad, who was diving all over the shop to get away from Sam Plodder Peter, wouldn't have froze against Tyson's onslaught?
    Have you ever seen him afraid? Mind you I'm not saying he's not a cautious guy but have you ever seen Wlad afraid? Also if a boxer is hurt it is a damn good strategy to hold on to clear your head. I recall Ismayl Sillakh being far ahead on points last year on FNF just to get a TKO loss because the fool didn't clinch.

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    I'm not calling Wlad a coward or anything, but he does get flustered when he's put under pressure, there are numerous examples of this throughout his entire career, from his knockout losses, to jumping on the floor to stop Sam Peter getting close to him and even in his last fight against Wach.

    Wlad's composure and confidence has been knocked out of shape by far lesser violent explosive fighters than Tyson. That's all i'm saying.
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    I would say Wlad and Tyson might be a toss up for me now because they both have something in common, which is getting beat by people they should of crushed. I will say this though at least Wald made improvements and went on to win. Tyson just got his ass beat and went out sitting on the canvas not even wanting to get up. I still rate Tyson on the lower part of the top ten though behind people like Holyfeild and Lennox and of course the greatest. As for Wald i would not rank him till he is retired its always a better idea i think.

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    No ATG heavyweight in history is criticized as much as Mike

    Dominating a guy for the distance and winning a wide UD is considered a "subpar" performance by him ... completely ridiculous criteria ... I don't see anyone else being held to such standards besides Mike.

    Most people see Tyson getting decisions over guys like Green or Smith and they automatically assume that they gave him "trouble" ... yet Mike dominated all of these guys, with the exceptions of Tillis and maybe Tucker. Green and Smith just held on for dear life and only survived because they were able to frustrate Mike by tangling him up and not letting him get his shots off clean. This is not a boxing tactic or strategy, its simply survival mode.

    Why couldn't Waldo KO Haye when he had a weak chin He didn't even hold like Green or Smith. The reason is because he was looking to survive with Wlad ... he even took 2 or 3 rounds from him and made him look foolish at times by dodging 3 and 4 punch combos from that stiff robot.

    Tyson would've gotten that version of Haye out of there in a single round, brutally.

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    Hey Tyson bomb your reaching with the Wald Haye fight dude. As for Tyson being criticized he is also overrated by far more people. Saying that he was a great champ but he does not have a resume same as Wald. That's why i rated someone like Foreman or Holyfeild higher they have wins.

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    Default Re: Prime Mike Tyson in this era

    Quote Originally Posted by Mr140 View Post
    Hey Tyson bomb your reaching with the Wald Haye fight dude. As for Tyson being criticized he is also overrated by far more people. Saying that he was a great champ but he does not have a resume same as Wald. That's why i rated someone like Foreman or Holyfeild higher they have wins.

    Tyson doesn't KO Mitch Green so he "fails" even though he won the fight EASILY.

    Wlad didn't KO Haye but won via decision but is still a huge success and exposed Haye, despite failing to achieve his promised 50th KO.

    Nope no double standard at all.

    And Wlad's resume is GARBAGE. Tyson's amateur resume is better.

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