Mike Tyson: "Pacquiao Over Mayweather or “You Know Nothing About Boxing”

[Hulk]

............When co-host, Wiley, interjected and mentioned the name of Floyd Mayweather, things took a surprisingly serious tone.

"That shows you are a neophyte in boxing, you know nothing about boxing," Tyson told Wiley. ..."there's nobody in boxing that looks sensational the way Pacquiao looked against Rios...it was masterful, the side movements, Rios couldn't get a punch off…masterful boxing, like Willie Pep, it was brilliant."

.........So, regardless of what Mike Tyson has to say, the debate will keep raging on. Battles of personal preference tend to never be resolved.

It will be resolved if they fight each other.

Tyson has always liked to play contrary mary to interviewers as he gets a kick out of trying to verbally bully people.

So I take his reflection on Pacquaio with a grain of salt.

[Max Power]

Tyson knows boxing well enough not to BET against Mayweather though LOL.

I wanted Canelo to win too but I had a pretty good idea it would not be. Anyone can talk a fighter up but it doesn't help them win.

[Master]

It is one thing doing it against Rios and another against Floyd. Rios was made to order for Manny after back to back defeats. Floyd will fight just like JMM and provide problem for Pac Man that he will not be able to solve.

[jehoshaphat]

Tyson never "picked" Pacquiao over Mayweather in a fight. He simply said that the way Pacquiao fights is more sensational than Mayweather. Tyson even made it clear that he wasn't saying who is better but who is more sensational to watch. You should post the link instead of picking out lines from the interview and portraying it as something it wasn't.

[FinitoElDinamita]

Tyson isnt too fond of floyd.. years ago floyd would give money to tyson whenever he was in town.. basically getting punked for cash

[Beanflicker]

Tyson is a great historian of boxing, but people tend to put too much stock into the predictions of those involved in the business.

For instance, I remember a HBO broadcast where the great Manny Stewart predicted that Sharmba Mitchell would be too much for Floyd Mayweather.

I didn't see where Tyson picked Pac, I just see that Tyson thinks Pac is more exciting to watch, which I think almost everyone would agree to.

Also like mentioned above, it's one thing to look fast against someone as slow of hand, foot and mind as Rios. Floyd is in a different league.

[THE THIRD MAN]

"it was masterful, the side movements, Rios couldn't get a punch off…masterful boxing, like Willie Pep, it was brilliant."

Where was this Pacquiao side movement, ringmanship and unorthodox approach against Bradley? I still hear people bleat about the decision, but in reality the Manny Pacquiao that fought Bradley was vastly different to the one who fought Rios. Pacquiao was lackluster bordering on lethargic in that fight and nothing improved in Marquez 4 either. Perhaps that KO loss has woken him from his daydream? Rios is not in his class. I'd still like to see him fight PBF, however Manny had a great chance against Floyd in 2009/10...not now.

[brocktonblockbust]

Tyson never "picked" Pacquiao over Mayweather in a fight. He simply said that the way Pacquiao fights is more sensational than Mayweather. Tyson even made it clear that he wasn't saying who is better but who is more sensational to watch. You should post the link instead of picking out lines from the interview and portraying it as something it wasn't.

Yeah but then this thread would never have got so many hits and replies.