Has anyone noticed?

[superheavyrhun]

The answer to this is pretty obvious.

It takes about 30 fights for a fighter to establish himself as world class, at which point he starts taking on a higher level of opponent.

but some of those losses arent reall loses arent always to high comeptition like douglas tyson got to cokcy and got his a** whipped but good point never thought of that it explains some of em

Tyson didnt get to cocky.. He was undertrained and underprepared..
I suppose it could be thought as cocky to have underestimated douglas.. But it wasnt really cocky towards douglas as that was just how his career was going at the time..

Much as it pains me to say it, you're right on the button. It wasn't just cockiness on Tyson's part, he was really starting to get into the financial rewards of being a top boxer outside the sport, and enjoying the trappings of celebrity. He's out having expensive meals instead of focussing on the boxing and eating right, and it all detracts from the performance. It was less being cocky and more just not having his head fully in the game.