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For me, it was 'Iron' Mike Tyson.

I remember that the heavyweights were in the doldrums - Holmes was ageing, the rest were all Don King fatties. Then along comes this young kid who was trained by the legend that was Cus D'Amato. He had a style that was nothing like I'd ever seen before, absolute speed, power and precision, he was all muscle and menace and he was absolutely TERRIFYING ..... he's go after people like they said something bad about his mother.

I saw his 4th pro fight and immediately knew that this was a great great fighter just waiting to happen ..... he ended up dominating the heavyweight circuit for nearly 20 years.

Shit,how can I forget Tyson? When I first became a boxing fan( 3-4 years ago now),Tyson's career was one of the first I ordered! It was insane,when he ko'ed guys,I was cheering and jumping,but then you'd have to check the opponent was ok like the guy he dropped in corner,I thought he died or something. I don't think I've ever seen such an animal,I can honestly say Mike was one of the few fighters that came across as genuinely scary as in 1 hit and he could kill you/knock you unconscious scary. He was a little Hulk! I mean physically even,you look at him and thought WTF?! Has there been such a physical specimen in boxing?!


This is an awesome thread!!!!