Tyson Documentary

[jamiebhoy]

often wonder what would have happened to Tyson if Cus had been younger and lasted another 10 years. Seems to be the only person Tyson ever truly listened to. Self destruction is pretty much inbulit in most people who come apart though, still.....

Tried to avoid this as most of these things turn out to be a rehash of old stuff, but I will give it a watch now based on what's being said.

Tyson could've been arguably the greatest heavyweight ever had Cus never passed so early in his career. He was the only person who could "control" Mike. That's what I think at least.

I would like to think that may have been the case, ironically the people pulling the strings after Cus died tried to put their own people in place and that was part of his undoing. With Rooney there he had someone who could call out the combination numbers they used to work on and switch things around, he seemed to follow instructions automatically that way.
Afterwards he just didn't have the same movement, but we'll never really know.

[KananKrus]

I find myself appreciating "Tyson" the recent docu-video release on the life of former heavweight champ Mike Tyson. Actually, I like it a lot!

...on reflection, for a guy to have earned 300-400 million dollars in his lifetime and considering that at present, "Iron Mike" Tyson, still is only 43 years young, it is quite remarkable, IMHO, that he never really reached his maximum potential!

He was a pure warrior at the very highest form, with the purposeful physical tools to inflict a complete annihilation for the opposition, which up at present time, unequalled. There simply was, or is no man gifted with these set of skills, that can eclipse nor match the force in boxing that was Mike Tyson.

Power of a heavyweight, speed of a lighhtweight, with the iron chin! Deadly clockwork combinations skillwise, that deems deathly to the other poor soul across the ring!

Given orders to perform... he will, at a maximum destructive best towards an unwitting opponent. However, leave him untended, and without instructions, as will so evidently leave him on his own, Mike Tyson, will at a maximum destructive best, do upon himself harm one way or another, on or off the sport of boxing!

The untimely death of Cus d' Amato, Mike's father figure in his early life, signified the point at which he was forced to thread the dangerous waters of his life, rudderless. This is his stumbling block, and ever since, to describe his life as a roller coaster ride, is being gracious! Hellacious is more apt, or a life of one wreck after another if you will.

So after this episode, Tyson became a very rich and famous, but however, a rudderless young man, no longer in ownership of a blueprint for his place in history.

Mike never quite reached what he and Cus initially set out to do for his place in history, which is to be the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time!

...for a time there though, one cannot but be sold on the idea that Mike Tyson's ability for achieving it all was so easily, and seemingly, just a matter of time!

And sadly, we will never know.