Yea another Tyson thread..

[brucelee]

I miss the excitement Tyson brought to the Heavyweight division.


Whew! I'm still watching some of his fights even up to now.

[Andre]

Amazing how someone who had a thing slipping mentally within , still had some fighters beaten (mentally themselves) before they even got in the ring.

Tyson played every thug/evil monster card he had to great success, then belived it himself. Strange cause there was a little kid searching for love he never had behind the driving seat the whole time.

The fighters who fought well against him had some real gumption and skill.
Douglas had belife and faith on top.

Personally I would have died in the corner on my seat when he came out snarling at me when he was in his prime.That was the main weapon and the main attraction. Fear.

[CGM]

Amazing how someone who had a thing slipping mentally within , still had some fighters beaten (mentally themselves) before they even got in the ring.

Tyson played every thug/evil monster card he had to great success, then belived it himself. Strange cause there was a little kid searching for love he never had behind the driving seat the whole time.

The fighters who fought well against him had some real gumption and skill.
Douglas had belife and faith on top.

Personally I would have died in the corner on my seat when he came out snarling at me when he was in his prime.That was the main weapon and the main attraction. Fear.

Yeah mon. Probably it would have been better for his opponents if they didn't watch the videos beforehand. I'll always remember a quote from Michael Spinks after their fight. "I was never all that crazy about fighting the guy" or something very much like that.

[Trainer Monkey]

Dont get me wrong,Tyson was great,but he was great for his era. The the serious super heavyweights came along,and he got exposed quickly. And even thats not really faulting him,Joe Louis would at best size wise be a cruiserweight in this era because of his size and natural build.

[ross]

This is all bullshit, Mikes prime may not have have been long, he fucked it himself by not giving a shit.

he did have an impressive reign though, he had 4 years of dominance, more than Holyfield, more than Leiws, in that Lewis longer reign came after a KO defeat, Mike was seen as invincible and ive read but not seen myself that writers were saying Ali could be knocked off the top spot.

When Mike was doing what he was told he was a very dangerous man to face, even Holmes said Mike was very difficult to land on and quicker than he expected.

No other heavy fighter had all Mikes gifts, those combinations with the speed and power, he was amazing to watch, he could avoid shots, he had shit hot reflexes.

Mike on form could have beaten any other fighter, any fighter.

[Creasy]

Personally I would have died in the corner on my seat when he came out snarling at me when he was in his prime.That was the main weapon and the main attraction. Fear.

My wife and I saw him at a convenience store in Hawaii years ago. He was walking around with a dazed look on his face and a towel hanging out of his mouth. I was afraid of him snapping so we just left and didn't even look his way. Fear!