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    Default Re: Yea another Tyson thread..

    Quote Originally Posted by Lyle View Post
    Mike Tyson is one of the guys who got me into boxing as well but I just hate when people overstate what he was. He was a champion and a good one, he wasn't the greatest he wasn't close to being the best, he's better than most but he had a short prime and after losing to Buster Douglas he never did anything I think was all that great or worth notice besides losing to Holyfield and Lewis and obviously fighters don't get credit for losing.

    I think had he fought some different fighters int he 1990's he wouldn't even have made it to Holyfield. Ray Mercer springs to mind as a guy who wasn't all that great who could have beaten Tyson up.

    There were a ton of fighters I would have loved to see him take on: Moorer, Morrison, Mercer, McCall, Bowe, Briggs, Rahman, Ruiz, Tua, and maybe even Wladimir and Vitali.
    I always wanted to see him fight Witherspoon!

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    Default Re: Yea another Tyson thread..

    Quote Originally Posted by rjj tszyu View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Lyle View Post
    Mike Tyson is one of the guys who got me into boxing as well but I just hate when people overstate what he was. He was a champion and a good one, he wasn't the greatest he wasn't close to being the best, he's better than most but he had a short prime and after losing to Buster Douglas he never did anything I think was all that great or worth notice besides losing to Holyfield and Lewis and obviously fighters don't get credit for losing.

    I think had he fought some different fighters int he 1990's he wouldn't even have made it to Holyfield. Ray Mercer springs to mind as a guy who wasn't all that great who could have beaten Tyson up.

    There were a ton of fighters I would have loved to see him take on: Moorer, Morrison, Mercer, McCall, Bowe, Briggs, Rahman, Ruiz, Tua, and maybe even Wladimir and Vitali.
    I always wanted to see him fight Witherspoon!
    He would have beat him too, if Witherspoon had beaten Bonecrusher.
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    Default Re: Yea another Tyson thread..

    Quote Originally Posted by Master View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by rjj tszyu View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Lyle View Post
    Mike Tyson is one of the guys who got me into boxing as well but I just hate when people overstate what he was. He was a champion and a good one, he wasn't the greatest he wasn't close to being the best, he's better than most but he had a short prime and after losing to Buster Douglas he never did anything I think was all that great or worth notice besides losing to Holyfield and Lewis and obviously fighters don't get credit for losing.

    I think had he fought some different fighters int he 1990's he wouldn't even have made it to Holyfield. Ray Mercer springs to mind as a guy who wasn't all that great who could have beaten Tyson up.

    There were a ton of fighters I would have loved to see him take on: Moorer, Morrison, Mercer, McCall, Bowe, Briggs, Rahman, Ruiz, Tua, and maybe even Wladimir and Vitali.
    I always wanted to see him fight Witherspoon!
    He would have beat him too, if Witherspoon had beaten Bonecrusher.
    I could just see Tysons double lefts creating carnage on Witherspoons often inconsistant body.He'd have to walk through some harsh right crosses but I think Tyson KO's Witherspoon.

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