Mike Tyson v Sonny Liston

[Zilla]

Mike Tyson was a fighter you could put in with anyone confident of him winning, Hamed wasnt, you always had suspicions that a decent boxer would take him, Jose Badillo isnt really a yard stick of greatness either.

Hamed beat some good fighter but it always looked as though Barrera and Morales could take him.

Mike nearly ran out of viable opponents, Rooney said if he hadnt left they were going to pull Mike out for a few years and let some other fighters establish themseves as a base for opponents.

Well he'd have run into Evander whether he stayed with Rooney or not and the result would have been the same. Demolition of Tyson. Evander and Lewis are the only true world class guys he fought who were genuine HW's and he was destroyed by both.

Let's be honest here. Mike way underestimated Holyfield (his own fault) because everyone thought Holyfield was washed up, including Evander. He didn't train and thought he could clear Holy out with one punch. And in the rematch Evander was using his head until Mike did the unspeakable. Had they fought pre-prison Mike wouldn't have thought of him as washed up and it would have been a completely different story, even if he did wind up losing still. And if a faded Tyson could win a round against Lewis, he could win several more in his prime if not take the fight. Tyson in his prime kills Lewis in that time, but that's simply because he'd been a pro longer.

[El Kabong]

I see this as a very close fight because #1 Liston demolished Floyd Patterson who had the very same style as Tyson albeit he was smaller and maybe had quicker but less powerful hands #2 Tyson worked over guys like Bruno and Bonecrusher Smith both of whom were lackluster versions of Liston BUT Tyson also got hurt in both those fights.

On one hand I see Liston smacking the crap out of Tyson like he did vs Patterson and on the other hand I see Tyson (having a far better chin than Floyd) getting rocked but coming back to stop Liston after Sonny had tired maybe round 5-7.

Both were big punchers, I highly doubt it would go the distance

[ross]

Stop bringing up the same tired old shiit about Mike being a bully and when Leiws and Holyfield stood up to him he crumbled, oh and Douglas.

The version of Tyson they fought had a bunch of cleless waankers training him, he wasnt sparring or running or doing anything that made him great.

To judge Mike on what happened after he came out of prison is like judging Ali on what happened in the last few years of his career, it was a totally different Ali.

Ill judge Mike on the best version, on the best versions capabilities.

The washed up untrained version wan a round against Lewis and ate all his big punches till he tired and Lewis pushed him down, only his chin got him that far, against Holyfield pretty much the same.

I did like the aggressive spurt just before he bit Holyfield, he threw a few combinations and was landing well and Holyfieldstood back and looked bemused, as if to say "fuck me, I havent experienced nothin like this before" that and the Golota fight are the only times I remember seeing tyson putting some care and agression in his work, like he wanted just hurt them.

At Mikes best he can beat anyone.

[El Kabong]

...so you're choosing to focus on the MYTH of Tyson rather than the reality of the fighter?

[joe smith]

Son and his whole era looks very basic and flawed as the video shows, which clearly guys never have seen other era's in full apparently, or don't compare as I have here, what was the basis for ever picking Son when he never even fought guys as advanced as the even the no names who were way more advanced in the 80s? see how it doesn't make any sense picking him people online aren't very sane ,

I just never have understood picking obviously very outdated people as if the people they fought were as advanced when they clearly weren't, as if video doesn't exist showing they weren't as advanced,very odd

It's fact liston best win was a lhw floyd, I could've put a video of basically a lhw mercer faced who was way more advanced than Floyd was and how Mercer destroyed him way easier than Liston did Floyd, see how this doesn't make any sense as I said at all, people clearly pick son from legend status alone, he never fought guys as advanced as even the average guy in 80s-90s, let alone mid carders

[Master]

Is English your first language?

Why are you digging up these old threads?

It is Sonny not Son.

Are you sane?

[joe smith]

Is English your first language?

Why are you digging up these old threads?

It is Sonny not Son.

Are you sane?

Is English your first language?You don't correct me on anything, son, like I said.and I'm exposing the truth. Don't ask me any more odd questions when you can't even see good and aren't sane.

[TIC]

people clearly pick son from legend status alone

you are making an assumption here on how people approach their mythical matchups

[TIC]

people clearly pick son from legend status alone

you are making an assumption here on how people approach their mythical matchups

people clearly pick son from legend status alone

you are making an assumption here on how people approach their mythical matchups