was a prime mike tyson predictable

[Verstyle]

Yeah he was predictable with the bobbing and weaving. It's easy to try to counter his next move but you have to be at the right angles to tag him. This is with fast bombs at weird angles coming at you in burst. Then if you hit him with a timed punch, then what? More then likely he's still going to be coming at you so you have to do it again and again and again.

The only ones I've seen do this with a Tyson in form was Tillis and Douglas.

[Verstyle]

i agree with what you are saying, but Buster Douglas is vastly underestimated, if you watch Douglas vs Berbick, Douglas vs McCall, Douglas vs Page & Douglas vs Ferguson you will see that it is the same Douglas that fought Tyson.. Styles ,make fights and Tyson had the perfect Style for Douglas to show his skills... i dont think Tyson peaked in the late 80s IMO he was just not training correctly 89-90 so got beat, IMO Tyson vs Holyfield (1) was Mike Tyson at his very very best, it was one of the Top 5 greatest Heavyweight fights in History.. The beating Tyson took in that fight `finished him` as a top flight fighter.

I really didn't see Douglas tire vs. Tyson. Now for those fights to call him the same fighter?

[Clyde Barrow]

Maybe so but not a hell of a lot his opponents could do about it at the time. Mike was well rounded at his best, not just a slugger.

[bojangles1987]

Yes, but predicting what he would do and being able to nullify it were two different things.

Poet

Exactly. Just because you knew Ali was going to dance doesn't mean you could do anything about it. Just because you knew Frazier was going to bob and weave inside and throw a left hook didn't mean you could do anything about it.

Just because you knew what Tyson was doing didn't make it any easier to stop it.

[bolopunchez]

They knew he would come after them with an intention of knocking them out. Bobbing and weaving to avoid punches, while doing so. But there was not much most of his opponents could do about it. They feared him and that played a big part in how they would fight him.