Mike Tyson very OVERATED!!

[K-DOGG]

Frank Bruno did very very well in the first round in there first fight...

Tyson had done gotten rid of Rooney by the time the Bruno fight came off and had no voice of authority in his corner. He didn't move his head as much and looked for one shot to finish things rather than deadly combos. In other words, he got away from what had made him successful.

I believe Tyson is overrated by several; but he is also vastly underated by others.

[cyberthugpatrol]

you are a joke

Frank Bruno did very very well in the first round in there first fight...

[joeytrimble]

he aint even a riddle man ...dont give that fool a moment further of your time

[Hydro]

this guy cannot be for real...

he starts a post ..."tyson very overrated!"

and his justification of this?

"bruno did very very well in the 1st round of there fight"

somebody get this guy a glass of water a podium and an award because i think we got ourselves the next howard cosells

i was expecting the 100000th argument i've heard about tyson being overrated. front-runner, weak era, short time on top, etc...

Instead we get "Bruno did well for one round"

HAHA....stop the presses now. Bruno stunned Tyson and did well for a round.

I think I'll start and "Ali ******' thread because Banks and Cooper dropped him and Mildenberger hurt him to the body.

[Mike Tyson77]

Tyson overrated…absolutely…his first 19 fights were against extremely subpar competition, but this was Cuz plan, create the invisibility aura of Tyson so by the time the fight came, the mental game was on and Cuz new how to exploited..I am not saying that Tyson was all hype and no essence, he had power and skills but not to the level we all tought when he won his first HW title…but it was a matter of time that someone big, fast and with heart would exploid Tyson deficiencies which were firdt exposed against Quick Tillis, a fight he should have won easily and IMO came ot a close judges decision, closer than what the cards shows…Tillis show that if you take Tyson to the deep rounds, he style and stamina would start to break his arms would drop and his leg work will became flat footed..this was the plan for Buster Douglass, which BTW, is a friend an I have talj to both him and Johnny Johnson, and they had the plan layout….and they carried to perfection!!

Tyson isnt overrated. Jack Johnson, Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis, George Foreman, Joe Fraizer, Muhammad Ali, Lennox Lewis, Evender Holyfield, Sonny Liston, Larry Holmes all had KNOCK OUT LOSSES on threir records. Just cause knocked them out one night doesent take away their greatness.


Tyson belongs up there with those guys for greatness to. He's a great fighter.

[K-DOGG]

Tyson isnt overrated. Jack Johnson, Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis, George Foreman, Joe Fraizer, Muhammad Ali, Lennox Lewis, Evender Holyfield, Sonny Liston, Larry Holmes all had KNOCK OUT LOSSES on threir records. Just cause knocked them out one night doesent take away their greatness.


Tyson belongs up there with those guys for greatness to. He's a great fighter.

Ali was NEVER knocked out; but you make a good point.

[Mike Tyson77]

Ali was NEVER knocked out; but you make a good point.

Sorry, I ment TKO'd by Holmes. Ali was a little too old for that one.


But ya, nearly all the greats have been sent to the canvas for the count.

[cyberthugpatrol]

Iron Mike Tyson is The Greatest heavyweight to get in the ring, of all time.

[K-DOGG]

Sorry, I ment TKO'd by Holmes. Ali was a little too old for that one.


But ya, nearly all the greats have been sent to the canvas for the count.

Joe Louis, I think, is probably the best example of a fighter coming back from a knock out to dominate and show his greatness. Schmeling owned him in '36; but Joe got right back on track like it didn't bother him and destroyed Max two years later under ungodly pressure.

That's the thing that always bothered me about Mike. I think he was on his way to coming back after the Douglas loss; but then that Indiana crap happened and he was never the same. He showed against Ruddock that he was still at the top of the game, even though he'd let his skills slip after he got rid of Rooney; but he still wanted it.

Damn shame really. If he doesn't go to prison and got to fight Holyfield in 1991 when he was supposed to, we'd knowo more about him. That was his chance at redemption and could have re-written the history books on himself with a win in that fight, to say nothing of the matches that would have followed against Bowe, Lewis, Mercer, Moorer, etc. Damn shame.

[K-DOGG]

Iron Mike Tyson is The Greatest heavyweight to get in the ring, of all time.

Uh, yeah...right.