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Wot wud of happened if Tyson didnt go 2 jail & stayed with Rooney in 88? | BoxingScene Community

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Wot wud of happened if Tyson didnt go 2 jail & stayed with Rooney in 88?

IronMike198418y ago

What would have happened if Tyson stayed with trainer Kevin Rooney and manager bill cayton in 1988 and didnt go to jail in 92? After the Spinks fight in which was Tysons greatest performance Tyson would have went on to do the following in my opinion:- tyson ko win bruno round 3 1989 tyson ko win douglas round 1 1990 tyson ud win holyfield 1991 tyson tko win foreman round 4 1991 tyson ud win bowe 1992 tyson ko win ruddock round 6 1992 tyson ko win moorer round 1 1993 tyson tko win tommy morrison round 4 1993 tyson ko win mercer round 5 1994 tyson ko win Lewis round 5 1994 tyson ud win mccall 1995 tyson tko win holyfield round 8 1995 tyson ko win golota round 1 1996 tyson ud win bowe 1996 tyson ud win lewis 1997 tyson ko win botha round 2 1997 tyson ko win briggs round 3 1998 tyson ud win tua 1998 tyson ko win rahman 1999 tyson tko win vitali klitschko 2000 (Tyson would retire in 2000 with his undefeated record and the undisputed champion!)

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Prison just multiplied the time at which his leg speed deteriorated. that was the do or die for tyson because of his other physical deficiencies...he needed to keep that at the insane levels he started with. Tyson needed that speed to get to the inside. We saw a decline(granted he didnt train for the fight) in his first loss, and it snowballed from there, so Tyson probably would have physically been the bum he retired as by about 1998 I'd say. Not as bad, of course, but not dominant vs the top guys. Prime tyson beats anyone at any time ever, imo.

18y ago

His career would have been better but I doubt he would have retired undefeated.

18y ago

Tyson when he was at his best in the 80's was a really amazing fighter to watch. I agree if he stayed with his team that made him he prob wouldnt have been beaten. They fights you put up would of made some great viewing i believe he could of beat all of those guys!

18y ago