Who was Tyson's best early opponent?

[hemichromis]

bruno hurt tyson a couple of times if only he had a better chin! :sigh:

[Brassangel]

Bruno was after Mike became champ and stopped being the perpetual buzzsaw we grew to enjoy.

I think Yogi's list is just about perfect. Tillis was a good fight for a young Tyson who had a lot to learn about ring and time management.

[The Noose]

bruno hurt tyson a couple of times if only he had a better chin! :sigh:

Bruno needed more than a great chin to beat Tyson.
In their second fight he needed a nappy and a white flag.

[Ted The Bull]

Tillis.....................

[Ted The Bull]

Thanks for the Hagler clip.Great music!

[Dynamite76]

James Tillis was because he established the blueprint used to beat him four years later. And if James was the Tillis of '81 or '82, Tyson would've lost.

[QueensburyRules]

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!

- -Tillis was the first guy he couldn't just steamroll, so having to work and think his way thru 12 rds was priceless.

[_Rexy_]

Quick Tillis and Pinklon Thomas

[Willie Pep 229]

It should have been Bone Crusher Smith, but he forgot to show up. -- What about Tony Tucker? Before he falls apart in '95 all he has is a UD lost to Tyson and Lewis.

[BKM-]

Jerrycurl Tucker