Quote Originally Posted by Lyle
...enough with all the warm fuzzy memories of "Prime Tyson" yeah he hit hard, yeah he was the youngest champ ever but Michael Spinks was a light heavyweight, that win did not (in my opinion) solidify him as the best heavyweight at the time....the win over Berbick did.

Tyson still had his flaws even waaaaay back in his prime years.


Any heavyweight...ok

George Foreman that beat Frazier

The Frazier that beat Ali

The Riddick Bowe who whipped Holyfield

The Holyfield who beat Bowe

The Lennox Lewis who thrashed Rahman

The Joe Louis who beat Max Baer

The Jack Dempsey who beat Jess Willard

There are a number of guys who would have beat Mike, bigger or smaller, it doesn't matter...there are only a HANDFUL of great Mike could contend with....don't call me a hater, Mike was fun to watch but it's the truth, people are so enamered by the KO's the forget to look at the actual style and skill...which yes he had great skill in his style but his style was EXTREMELY flawed as was he emotionally and mentally
I could give you most of those, and im not calling you a hater. But Dempsey PLEASE... Tyson came around 70 years later... and your saying Tyson was extremely flawed... Have you ever seen footage of Dempsey?? It would be ridiculous to see the beating he would get by almost anyone else you put on that list... Lewis, Foreman, BOwe, Tyson, Ali, would all absolutely butcher Jack Dempsey or Joe Louis. I know they are the great American heroes or whatever, but seriously they wouldn't have a chance in hell, fighters of their time just weren't comparable. I would bet you most of the fighters Tyson beat could have whipped Dempsey. Louis was much better and would be tougher for the modern greats to beat, but he still would be beaten.