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Originally posted by butterfly1964 View Postexactly lightheavyweight. that doesn't mean that you should tangle with any big, strong heavyweight like tyson. spinks didn't have a chance and the public should have known it. that fight wasn't a true testament of tyson's "greatness", because all he did was beat up on a light hw.
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Originally posted by Yogi View PostSome of those who don't give two ****s about those stupid alphabet titles would argue against what you would call "that fact".
When Tyson defeated Michael Spinks for the true and linear claim to the heavyweight championship, he was about a month older than was Floyd Patterson when he first won the heavyweight championship.
Floyd Patterson - (born Jan 4th, 1935 and won the linear championship on Nov 30th, 1956...a month and a few days short of his 22nd birthday)
Mike Tyson - (born Jun 30th, 1966 and won the linear championship on Jun 27th, 1988...a few days short of his 22nd birthday).
That temporarily KOed DKing from the division as he cleaned out the stink from the Lar era a far cry from beating an ancient Archie for Floyd's title.
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Originally posted by QueensburyRules View Post- -As much as we loved Yogi in the day, he's obviously long gone, but had I been around, I'd point out that Mike had to consolidate 4 belt to get to that point, something never needed much less attempted then.
That temporarily KOed DKing from the division as he cleaned out the stink from the Lar era a far cry from beating an ancient Archie for Floyd's title.
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Originally posted by QueensburyRules View Post- -U can't count that high.
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Originally posted by JAB5239 View PostI respectfully asked a question. The least you can do is answer it. What 4 belts did Tyson have to consolidate before fighting Spinks? And why did he have to consolidate them? Was there some sort of stipulation that said he wouldn't be allowed to fight Spinks before garnering those (4) , was it four belts?
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Originally posted by JAB5239 View PostI respectfully asked a question. The least you can do is answer it. What 4 belts did Tyson have to consolidate before fighting Spinks? And why did he have to consolidate them? Was there some sort of stipulation that said he wouldn't be allowed to fight Spinks before garnering those (4) , was it four belts?
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Originally posted by QueensburyRules View Post- -Sorry to hear about U illiteracy.
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