NO OTHER FIGHTER divides fans and experts as much as ·Mike Tyson.
On one side are the BELIEVERS, who faithfully believe in Mike's miraculous KO powers.
"Tyson was a damn freak of nature when focused and prime. He was a physical phenom… Watch his 80's fights, it was like the opponents were in slow motion. He had faster hands than Roy Jones Jr and was a damn heavyweight bomber, UNREAL."
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On the other side there are the many doubters who claim that Mike Tyson is overrated:
"Tyson was the product of careful matchmaking and a great hype machine; a man who was too reliant on intimidation for his success… He never fought Riddick Bowe, Lennox Lewis, Evander Holyfield in his prime or even a comebacking George Foreman. That tells you something… Tyson was unproven in his prime."
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"Look at the cab drivers and crack wh*res Tyson was knocking out to get a title shot… I mean what big name did he beat? A 38 year old Larry Holmes!?? A small and rusty Michael Spinks?! If people are gonna say Rocky Marciano knocked out a past-it Joe Louis…take a long hard look at "devastating" Tyson's early opponents."
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"Tyson was a meteor that blazed through boxing, but his legend grows exponentially as the years go on. In a few years people will be talking about how Mike Tyson killed a bear with his bare hands."
(original quote)
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"People say he shouldn't be in the Hall of Fame because he never won a big super match with a big fighter of his era. The truth of the matter is there wasn't too much around in his era at the time when he was in his prime"
Emanuel Steward, Hall of Fame trainer
Thus if someone starts a topic on a boxing forum "Would Mike Tyson win against ((insert any opponent))?" then you immediately get these 2 types of responses:
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"Mike Tyson would go through ((opponent)) within 1 round"
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and "Mike Tyson is the most overrated boxer in history. Whom has he beaten?"
I could collect a nice sum of money would I get 1 dollar every time someone mentions the above to statements.
The Facts about Mike Tyson
There is no greater denial of a boxer's ACTUAL RECORD than by Mike Tyson fans (not all fans of course ) and by Muhammad Ali fans (but Ali's fans are a different story).
Sometimes you have the feeling one is not discussing "Iron Mike" but "Mythical Mike"
"Against Mike Tyson BOTH KLITS would be eating canvas"
"Wladimir Klitschko vs Mike Tyson in Tyson's prime, Klitschko would had fallen like the twin towers but worse"
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But, wait a sec, do these boxing fans actually know that Mike Tyson LOST sometimes?
That Tyson won by DECISION and not by KO sometimes?
Because if you are one of the guys who claims "Tyson would KO a Klitschko, no doubt about it" then I have to pop the bubble by refreshing your memories:
Prime Mike Tyson was KO'ed by featherfisty Buster Douglas
And although Tyson's KO'loss has been described as "one of the most shocking upsets in modern sports history" it was NOT a fluke: It was because Iron Mike Tyson was in reality Tiny Mike Tyson (5'10'') (sometimes even written "Mike Thaison")
Now, what he achieved career-wise DESPITE his size is remarkable. But to claim that he would beat every opponent within 1 round (including modern heavyweights like ·Wladimir Klitschko) is simply ignorance of his CAREER FACTS, because there is one major feature that unites Tyson's non-KO opponents: Continue Reading
