Prime Tyson could have been the best ever??

[Poet682006]

Yeh im Not denying Holyfield Beat him..in almost every round. But its eveident (esecially if u have every fight) that his Skills Deminished after prison. Wen he first started pro boxing he had the Invinsability tag on him as did Foreman and Liston and of couse no1 can keep that up forever, especially seeing what happend in tysons life. Id like to ask you your Thoughts on what would happen if Tyson Fought Holyfield Pre Prison? and do u agree the tyson that fought holyfield was not as skilled as the one that fought before prison!?

Yes, I thought he wasn't as good after he got out of prison, BUT Holyfield wasn't as good either at the time the two fought: That cuts both ways. Pre-prison I thought at the time that Holyfield would beat him them then, but of course, that fight never happend. When they DID fight, ironically, I believed Tyson would win because I thought Holyfield was completely shot coming out of the third Bowe fight. As it turned out, Holyfield WAS past his prime but was NOT complely shot. He still had several good fights left in him. Tyson probably did too but he took to fighting only once a year when he wanted an infusion of cash. Mistake. We never got to see those good fights left to Tyson. In my opinion his best fights were the two Ruddock fights: They were competitive and entertaining. His best personal performance was, I believe, against Pinklon Thomas.

Poet

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I dont think anyone has all of Tyson's fights.

[Poet682006]

I dont think anyone has all of Tyson's fights.

I do. All proffesional ones anyway.

Poet

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I do. All proffesional ones anyway.

Poet

Larry Simms.

[Poet682006]

I dont think anyone has all of Tyson's fights.

Larry Simms.

Damn Versi, I just checked my list and I'm missing three. The Simms fight is one of them. I could have sworn I had them all.

Poet

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Damn Versi, I just checked my list and I'm missing three. The Simms fight is one of them. I could have sworn I had them all.

Poet

The Simms fight wasnt recorded ppl say.I have all of his fights besides that one. Most ppl dont have the Jose Ribalta fight,or Mitch Green.

[Poet682006]

The Simms fight wasnt recorded ppl say.I have all of his fights besides that one. Most ppl dont have the Jose Ribalta fight,or Mitch Green.

I have both the Green and Ribalta fights.

Poet

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I have both the Green and Ribalta fights.

Poet

oh yeah. I like watching the Ribalta fight.

[The Iron Man]

I have watched all the fights apart from Simms..ive also heard it wasnt recorded.

[Mike Tyson77]

I gotta say Tyson is #1 in my book. If it wasnt for him I wouldnt know Joe Louis,Jack Johnson,Carman Basillio, and way too many other great fighters that I like now. Tyson opened the door to the boxing world for me, I owe him for that.