Tyson Keeps His Composure in Interview

[Andre]

The most overrated fighter in history.

Yeah well that shows you how good the trainer was to be able to shape a man like him and take his weaknesses and turn them into strengths through a style and a persona.

It got the world involved in the sport again too.

[Gandalf]

I think Tyson in his prime was pure quality. He slipped with getting rid of Rooney and then the Douglas debacle. But he was still a monster prior to jail, being able to just 'nuke' it out with Ruddock rather than using the full range of skills he had previously.

The thing that ruined Tyson was 3 years plus behind bars. He wasn't quite the same and I don't think Holyfield (and definitely not Lewis) beat anything near a prime incarnation of Mike Tyson. Tyson stuck around as a carnival show attraction in his later years and the losses to Williams and McBride were were just end of the road blips. But for those few years, Tyson was everything you could want in a heavyweight fighter.

He's a fighter you can always go back to and watch again and again.

[Master]

The most overrated fighter in history.

Yeah well that shows you how good the trainer was to be able to shape a man like him and take his weaknesses and turn them into strengths through a style and a persona.

It got the world involved in the sport again too.

I loved to this over rated too. If he was around the Kilts would be dispatched easily and the rest would not last 7 rounds. The only thing that stopped him was himself. He is living the consequences of his mistakes.

[Andre]

The most overrated fighter in history.

Yeah well that shows you how good the trainer was to be able to shape a man like him and take his weaknesses and turn them into strengths through a style and a persona.

It got the world involved in the sport again too.

I loved to this over rated too. If he was around the Kilts would be dispatched easily and the rest would not last 7 rounds. The only thing that stopped him was himself. He is living the consequences of his mistakes.

True, makes their timing seem perfect too.

The heavies were ripe for the picking and they built the machine to do it.

Like you say the wheels would of fallen off the same machine allot faster in any other heavyweight period.

[MGG]

Good interview. Like him or not, he brought excitement to the boxing world when it was at an all time low. Still wish he fought Holyfield before being sent to prison.

[Andre]

Good interview. Like him or not, he brought excitement to the boxing world when it was at an all time low. Still wish he fought Holyfield before being sent to prison.

Yeah or Mike and Ike!

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