Quote Originally Posted by ross View Post
Mike didnt have a tag team partner to take on the fighters he didnt fancy. Or to come and beat up the Corrie Sandersers

Mike put all the titles together and held on to them for the longest run of defences ever.

Wlad will never be regarded as THE best because of his brother and whos fault is that? His own. He could have taken that WBC belt from Peter but he didn't. He will now have to wait u ntil Vitali loses or quits to have a chance of being THE man.
#1. Did Mike Tyson ever avenge a defeat? Did Mike Tyson ever get off the canvas to win a match? As for "Tag Team partner", how about Don King? You DO know that the judges in the Douglas fight were going to allow Mike to keep the belts.....had he finished the fight right? Look at the scorecards, grade A DKP cronyism.

#2. Joe Louis, 25 in a row Tyson doesn't even come close to matching THAT kind of dominance. You can brag about the 3 belts Tyson had, but there are even more belts now, Wlad holds 4: IBF, IBO, WBO, WBA...and also The Ring title. So if 3 is "good" then how does 5 suit you? Wlad still has to make mandatory defenses of those titles, but he also does optional defenses too ergo his doubling+1 of Tyson's defenses of the IBF title.

#3. Wlad was champion while Vitali was retired. He has dominated his era FACT. There's nobody that Vitali fought in his comeback that Wlad couldn't beat.