Was a prime Mike Tyson the greatest heavyweight of all time?

I agree with you ironside, Comparing him to the greatest fighters of all time in the heavyweight division is not a comparison. He was an ok fighter but not great.

he was not the goat, but had he not been a mental midget he may have been!

It could be argued, but in his prime he didn't fight enough great fighters to be compared to the likes of Ali, Louis, Lewis, Forman and so on.

He had the tools to be the greatest, but he wasnt. His archievements are not good enough to be considered as the best heavyweight ever. But hes my all time favourite fighter and if he really desides to fight Holyfield again, im gonna support him. Exactly. That's what I'm saying, that in his prime and for a very short period he was the greatest, but over his whole career he wasn't.

I was digging through some old boxing videos the other day, and I have to say that in his short lived prime, Mike Tyson was, in my opinion, the greatest heavyweight to ever grace the squared circle. People think of him, for obvious reasons, as little more than an awesome banger, but he had so much more in his arsenal. His defence was fantastic, mainly through his reflexes and head movement. His footwork was great, his handspeed awesome. I honestly believe that, prime for prime, he would have KO'd Ali, Lewis, Louis, Marciano, Dempsey, the lot. Unfortunately for Mike, a boxer's greatness is assessed over his whole career and not just over his prime. For these reasons, I think he must be rated behind a number of heavyweights who achieved more over the course of their careers. But if he could have kept his head straight - and have stayed out of prison - I think Tyson could have dominated for years. The guy was awesome. http://i.a.cnn.net/si/multimedia/photo_gallery/2006/01/03/gallery.tattoos/tyson.jpg He had the tools to be the greatest, but he wasnt. His archievements are not good enough to be considered as the best heavyweight ever. But hes my all time favourite fighter and if he really desides to fight Holyfield again, im gonna support him.

Huh? I've never made a single thread about Tyson. Check it. You should double check it. You have two threads asking the same question with the exact same starting post.

Oh shit it got loaded twice, sorry everyone. First time I tried it it went to 'this page cannot be displayed' so I wrote it again thinking it didn't get uploaded. Apologies.

How many threads are you going to make asking this question?:confused: Huh? I've never made a single thread about Tyson. Check it.

How many threads are you going to make asking this question?:confused: