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When I say early, I mean before Tyson made it big and got his shot against Trevor Berbick. Now, people always say that all his opponents from that time were nobody's, but of all them, which do you think is the best fighter. IMO, Jesse Furguson is the best. I believe he lasted the longest against of all those opponents, but I don't remember. Anyway, Furguson was a good fighter, he had a good jab, and decent power. He lasted until the 6th when he was DQed for execessive holding of Tyson's arms, however, the fight is listed as a 6th round TKO win for Tyson, but nontheless, he's still the best of all them, IMO.
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He beat guys like marvis frazier,james tillis, alfonso ratliff and ferguson. I say that is good enough to get a shot at an abc title holder. -
vs. tillis. some ppl had him bearly winning that fight,and so did I. official scores were. 6-4,6-4,8-2. the ribalta fight was also a great fight cause ribalta came to fight and did that and had tyson confused for awhileComment
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pinklon thomas
(only seen brief highlights of his fights but anyone with a name like pinklon must be tough)Last edited by me2007; 02-28-2007, 08:55 AM.Comment
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Tyson referred to Tillis before as his toughest opponent.Comment
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Hmm...there's little to choose from between each of them, but I'd probably rank Tyson's five "best" pre-Berbick opponents something like this;
1. Jose Ribalta
2. Marvis Frazier
3. Mitch Green
4. James Tillis
5. Jesse FergusonComment
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tillis was a spoiler thats why tyson didn't like him. i remeber tyson commentatin g at the bruno/tillis fight where bruno destroyed his face!Originally posted by Emon723 View PostComment
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Id say Frazier or Ribalta, Mike were the best but hardest for TYSON was Tillis, slippery ****er but bare in mind this was a VERY young fighter in Tyson on the way up with much to learn, this fight did him the world of good!Comment
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Id also say Tillis.
I dont know much about him, but i believe he was a experienced veteran who gave Tyson his 1st or 2nd fight to the distance.Comment
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