They overall in ring package of Tyson is definitely underrated when he is spoke about today but during his reign he was greatly over rated mainly due to the fact he had such weak competition during his prime era of the mid to late 1980's.

As a fighter though Mike really had it all, a good chin, great speed and punching technique, defense and heart. When put into a package Mike was a phenom....

I think so much fear was put into his opp back then because no one had actually seen a fighter like him.

Sadly enough in his later years the personal decline and the fact he really lost interest in the sport and boxed more so for money and fact he knew nothing else to do causing shoddy performances and losses to men that in his prime he would have eaten alive inside of 6 rounds to be generous....

If he could have stayed on track a few years longer and out of prison we would have witnessed the true Tyson and what he was really made of because he could have taken part in fights with Bowe and Holyfield when he was at his best..

We would have been able to gage his true over all status more accurately