Quote Originally Posted by Lance Uppercut View Post
He is generally over rated by younger or new fans.

Although Tyson is tough to rate. He absolutely destroyed mediocre opposition.

There is sort of the same problem with Rocky Marciano- being dominant in a weak era.

The only difference between Rocky and Tyson are that Tyson kept fighting after his decline, where as Rocky quit before it.

Imagine if Tyson retired in 1989 at 37-0

Well said and though many will disagree with your comparison between him and Marciano it is a good one...

Both fought their primes in weak eras of great former champions on the decline and a mediocre division at best they were surrounded by....Hard to judge exactly what each man had because there was nothing to really test them to the fullest..

Though like you said Marciano retired before he was slipping Tyson stayed around hurting his legacy