Quote Originally Posted by NVSemin View Post
Recently rewatched Tyson vs Thomas fight

Tyson was not doing very well from round 2 to 6. Rooney was yelling at him some garbage "you gotta throw punches with bad intentions", his behavior in the corner reminded me of Teddy Atlas in Moorers fights. Mike won the fight because the did not throw any uppercut till the right moment in the round 6.

After this fight and previous with Bonecrasher Smith, I started to realise that Rooney was overrated. He was definitely better than Atlas and many others in the gym, mittwork and general stuff, but not in boxing strategy. What Mike should have done is to hire Angelo Dundee.
Agree completely. Rooney was familiarity. Look at the old codger

The seventy year old that knocks you out when you get lippy. D'amato's use of his number system was tailor made for that style of fighting. Tysons mastery of the code was jaw dropping

He was simply not the same fighter after Cus passed. Thomas actually laid the blueprint on how to fight Tyson with or without Cus but not having Cus in the corner for the first he found himself in trouble must have been tough.