If Eddie Futch trained Tyson.

[VG_Addict]

Yeah but again like I said, was Tyson willing to listen to Futch?

Bowe listened to Futch for awhile, and then Futch lost his handle on him.

I think Tyson was too wild at the time and wasn't going to benefit from Futch.

I think Futch would have said "Fuck this" and left.

TBH, Tyson was kind of a mess after Cus died. I mean mentally and emotionally.

[Master]

Cus and Tyson were meant to be and made a great team or would have if he lived to see him become champion. After prison, there was no one who could make Tyson back to his invincible self.

[Beanflicker]

Yes, it's so funny to watch Kevin Rooney fights and see him using the style. No punching power, no athleticism, Tyson really was meant for it!

[SlimTrae]

I think it would have been worse.

Tyson had a really great team. Not sure who came when and who left when- From Atlas, Rooney to Giachetti-I thought they all at some point played a great part in his life.


And if Futch had been around when Don King got rid of all those who reared Tyson. He would probably still be in a prison.

Futch IMO was better for a guy like a Frazier- someone who had some control over their life- and just needed honing of the skills. Not how to be a man.

[greynotsoold]

If Futch had trained Tyson, assuming Eddie would risk the potential aggravation, and that Mike would listen.....
There would have been no time wasted trying to find the " old" Tyson. Futch would have stopped him being so square up and got him more sideways, left shoulder out front. That puts his head six inches or more further away from an opponent's jab and that helps a town reflexes that aren't what they once were. The shoulder out front would make it easier to execute what has to be the Eddie Futch signature move; rolling inside a right hand a coming back with a right uppercut. Every Futch fighter but Frazier used that move.
He would have Tyson always shading to his own right- easier to slip in then weave out to the right, out of range. Plus, he would want those tall heavies turning over their lead foot, not moving behind it, like if Tyson were in front of them. He would be wanting those guys punching across themselves to give Mike a better shot to make a move and land something big.