Quote Originally Posted by El Kabong View Post
Tyson never had many late stoppages and fighters eventually learn how to survive and once they learn that they'll try to win the late rounds, and once they do that, they'll try to win the early rounds and throw Mike completely off his game. Tyson's style couldn't adapt easily when guys started forcing him to work harder to get those punches in.
That's a lot easier said than done to survive Mike's punches and throw him off his game. And I think big heavyweight punchers in general don't have many late stoppages. Other than Moorer, it was rare to see a Foreman KO past the 5th round.

Guys survived the early Tyson rounds by being durable and going into a completely defensive shell, and thereby gave the rounds away and lost wide decisions.