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[El Kabong]

Please don't make this a Tyson v Klitschko thread.

not the conventional klit vs. tyson thread

i mean, come on ... tyson eating breakfast is more entertaining than a klit fight

Well I hate to disappoint you, but Tyson is finished and he's not coming back so you should probably stop watching boxing or quit whining like a little twat

[tysonesque]

Boxing didn't go into decline after Tyson was washed up, but the heavyweight division sure did. Even Tyson's detractors can't argue with that.

During his prime in the late 80s, Tyson put heavyweight boxing back on the map big time and became the first boxer since Ali to transcend the sport. Even after he began to fade and it all started going wrong with the loss to Douglas, he was still a huge draw and people were probably more intrigued by him than ever. Seeing how the seemingly invincible Tyson would respond and come back from that loss was fascinating, even though he was clearly in decline.

It will be a very long time before we see another heavyweight champion like Tyson. He was exciting and formidable in his prime and still fascinating even when he was a shadow of his former self, both inside and outside the ring. Even though Tyson was only a bit part player in the 90s because of his prison sentence and ban, the heavyweight division was still pretty tasty though.

The lower weight divisions have been great in recent years, but the heavyweight division stinks right now. It's dead and the worst I have ever seen it by quite some distance.