Get on youtube and watch the old footage, Mike was so fast that it looked like it was fast forward. He was fast and powerful (both hands) with great defense.
Also body punches and uppercuts that would kill or seriously hurt an average person. Combos that no heavyweight ever had, hook to body then uppercut.
Best ever talent wise, he had it all in the ring, people always said he didn't have heart or a chin, not true, his psychological issues were his downfall, but if he didn't have a rough life, he might have never been a fighter.
Guess this tells you how bad the heavyweight division is today, we all would love to have a young Tyson come along right now, it would bring back excitement to the heavys.
G-man was a beast, GGG would have his hands full.
Would have to lean G-man, GGG still has some stuff to prove.
He was out of Kronk, he sparred with Hearns.
Real boxing fans know he has ducked the best, he ducks them til they are washed up. There was definitely no reason to not have fought Cotto, Paul Williams or Margarito. Instead he took the easier route, he probably could have beat all of them, but they would have tested his chin and body. Ever since his gift decision over Jose Luis Castillo, he has been careful with his selection of opponents. Unless he fights some legit fights before retires, his legacy won't be the greatest (like he thinks he is, what a joke). Great fighters fight the best (Ali, Robinson, Leonard) even if they are expected to lose.
He better not fight Khan, Khan has some skills, but he is not a worthy opponent right now. He got KO'd by Prescott in the 1st round, he won't rematch him, despite Prescott saying Khan is scared of him. Not to mention the recent losses to Peterson and Garcia. How he didn't get stopped by Maidana was amazing with his chin.
Mayweather should watch all of the great fights planned this fall and fight the best available opponent regardless of promoter, that is the only way I'll watch his next fight, no need to watch if it Khan (because I know the result; KO or wide decision).
JMM/Bradley
Pacman/ Rios
Maidana/ Broner
If anyone of these fighters gets a great KO vs the other they would be more deserving than Khan, even Maidana despite losing to Khan (Maidana has never been stopped, more game as a fighter).
JMM by a mile, you forgot to mention Glen Johnson, he thought he won fights he didn't win a round, although he did get robbed a couple of times. James Toney always thought he won every time.
Manny took his losses pretty well, he got KO'd by JMM because he fought him, Bradley didn't fight Manny or JMM, but he fought Ruslan?
Safety first with the best, go to war with a club fighter, Bradley will never be an ATG.
Good fight for a couple of rounds, Rios is just too small to win, wouldn't be a good career move. I would rather see Bradley get the rematch, the first fight didn't have a satisfying ending.
Tyson vs Kevin McBride he quit on his stool
Klitschko vs Lewis bs there was no rematch
Didn't see it live but still have to name, Nigel Benn vs Gerald McClellan
the ref cost McClellan the fight, it should have been a 1st round KO.
I don't want to see it next, it's not the best fight available for Manny (except money). I would much rather see the JMM 5, make in Mexico just so JMM can say he got a fair shake. Then in the fall he can face the Bradley/Providnikov winner. All of those fights will be more fun to watch than the Mayweather fight. If Manny won those 2 then he could fight Floyd as his farewell fight and he could fight reckless and take chances he would have to if he had a chance to beat Floyd.
Foreman would have been champ til Tyson or Holyfield took the belt. He would have hurt Ali if they fought 78-80, destroyed Norton worse then Cooney did. Also he would have finished Cooney within a couple of rounds. Wonder if Joe Frazier would have had Marvin fight Foreman?
Foreman probably has 25-30 title defenses, Michael Spinks would have never been a champ if Foreman was champ.
Foreman vs Tyson would have been awesome at the end of the eighties.
Bernard is probably looking to cash out, Mayweather fights are boring enough already, I don't see a lot of action in this fight. Bhop don't want to fight Ward is cause Ward is in his prime, Mayweather is on his way out too, so why not. The undercard better be good or there is no way it sells on PPV.
Pavlik, Pascal, Dawson, Cloud were all tailor made for Hopkins
How was Dawson tailor made for BHop?
Dawson whooped his ass, Bhop faked an injury to get out of the first fight, plus he avoided Chad for years until he no longer could (he had a agreement to fight Chad before he was aloud to fight Pascal).
Dawson schools this version of Bhop every day of the week.
Zab has always lost the big fights, this should be no different. Zab hasn't been good for years. Easy Garcia victory as long as he isn't looking past Zab.
Maidana deserves the title shot more than Ortiz, Ortiz should take a softer fight anyways. Wouldn't be completely surprised if Paulie wins, if he can take this fight into the later rounds he has a chance to win. Ortiz has been beat up by many fighters now so there is film on how to beat him.
Cotto probably still wins, Tony didn't have his magic wraps, not to mention he has taken 2 a$$ kickings since the first fight. Cotto fought one of his best fights and trained well, no way he was losing to a cheater. Karma must suck for Tony, what should have been a great win (beating Cotto) one fight later exposed as a cheat, his whole career is now a joke.
Gamboa should win, depends on how the time off has been. Gamboa has still been working out and looked in top shape the other day. They should fight in a couple of years if they are both still undefeated, until then there are better match-ups for Broner at 135 and 140. Gamboa would need to move up in weight and test the water first. As long as they both fight good quality opponents, I would be happy.
No, he has done nothing since Castillo, what makes you think he will fight Sergio if he is scared of little Manny. He could have been the greatest, but he avoided Paul Williams, Margarito and Manny.
Could be a great fight, Gamboa has looked very impressive, although he has been dropped a couple of times, he always got back up. I think Gamboa would win, but would not be surprised if Broner wins.
Tyson had a great chin, his losses he ran out of gas and got hit with alot of clean shots. If Tyson had a glass jaw, he would have went down early in the Douglas, Holyfield or Lewis fights. If anything Tyson lacked heart, but not a chin (have you seen his 20 inch neck).
He's has nothing left to give, it must suck for former fighters to see a joke like Paulie with a belt, don't worry, he won't for too much longer.
He must not have seen Hatton's train wreck last week.
No way anyone would pay to see Mosley fight again, unless he does the Roy Jones thing and goes oversees, NO PPV.
Former fighters need to have retirement funds or something, no reason guys who make millions and sometimes hundreds of millions end up broke.
Baldomir was a joke. He beat Zab and washed up smaller Gatti big deal. It gave Floyd a big payday and allowed him to avoid Paul Williams and Margarito. Only time will tell if Garcia is the real deal or a flash in the pan. He should be able to defeat Zab, Zab has been washed-up for a while.
Could have been the greatest, but he never he a great career defining win (could be Don King's fault). The Mike Tyson all the way up to Spinks could have beat any heavyweight. After he fired his trainer and went to prison, he was never able to get back to his Catskill form.
Top 5 skill, chin and heart for sure, but once he lost his bob and weave defense and became a head hunter, instead of hurting opponents to the body to set up the KO, he relied on his power punches too much (he missed a lot because of not using his jab and bob and weave to set up the shots).
Ali
Holmes
Marciano
Louis
Foreman
Too many to name have better resume than Tyson, but Tyson (86-88) would have probably KO'd most champs prime for prime, too bad we'll never know.
He was the most exciting heavyweight in the last 30 years, maybe of all-time.