The Myth everyone rated Tyson as an ATG HW after Spinks fight (Video evidence inside)

[BIG H]

I wasn't even born during that time, but the guy was rated P4P number 1 as BIG H said. And destroyed a great fighter Michael Spinks in just over 1 minute. The guy was wrecking threw every Heayweight in his path.

And you can count on one hand how many clean hard shots he took in his prime, i heard at one point he was the 3rd most talked about person only behind Elvis and god himself. So that just shows no one had seen anything like Mike Tyson in boxing.

OF COURSE people had seen things like him in boxing. He was just the latest and so a hot topic.

Which heavyweights?

Dempsey (bigger than babe Ruth while Ruth was in his heydey), Louis (bigger than everyone at 22 and remained there for a decade), Liston (so scary even Patterson brought a disguise), Foreman (people were literally fearing for Ali's life) and Ali for starters.

I would say with some confidence that in terms of excitement created due to their efforts in the ring none of those names come close (great as they may actually have been)