The Myth Of Mike Tyson

[The Iron Man]

TYSON WAS OVERRATED, that's not my opinion, that's a fact. He was hyped up as the greatest ever and as it turned out, that was far from the truth. You can claim any excuses you want for him, but you know what they say about excuses. I was talking about the records of Tyrone Brunson's opposition (one winning record,) but yes, Tyson came along when the division was pretty weak and for all of about 2 years he looked very good. 2 years does not a great make and as we all know he was exposed, his chin, his endurance and his heart. Worship him all you want, that won't make him any greater.

Oh his Chin was exposed! Didnt he have one of the best chins!, watch his fights mate listen to what people like Douglas, Lewis, Ruddock and Holyfield say!. He had a better chin than many of the boxers u would place on this list. As for endurance, he had 6 fights go the full distance and he actually won all of those. As for heart, its fair to say he didnt have the greatest heart of them all, but thats not to say it was non-existant.

[hemichromis]

Oh his Chin was exposed! Didnt he have one of the best chins!, watch his fights mate listen to what people like Douglas, Lewis, Ruddock and Holyfield say!. He had a better chin than many of the boxers u would place on this list. As for endurance, he had 6 fights go the full distance and he actually won all of those. As for heart, its fair to say he didnt have the greatest heart of them all, but thats not to say it was non-existant.

tyson had one of the best chins but he had little heart

[The Iron Man]

He had heart just not as mch as some of the other Greats for example marciano. But he did have heart, he kept fighting against Lewis even tho he was taking a beating, he fought the majortiy of the the fight against Williams with torn ligaments.

[ROSS CALIFORNIA]

Well, if thats the case then I'm sure the playing field was somewhat level since Buster had lost his mother recently.

Sorry to disagree but the death of his mother actually lifted Douglas more than anything else. Did you see his interview right after the fight in the ring? Douglas could burly talk at first because he was crying and saying he did it for his mother. It was that motivation that allowed him to perform better than he had ever performed before. That and the fact that Tyson just wasn't there (mentally) that night, made for the perfect circumstances of an upset. If the match up between Tyson and Douglas was even, then why was it described as the greatest upset in boxing history? None of the very best Boxing experts gave Douglas a chance. The odds were like 42 to 1, an unheard of number. There was clearly more going on in this fight than just a surprise. Tyson hadn't even been beaten on and already he was just standing around in the 3rd round. Sorry for the rant but I couldn't keep it short. LOL

[Hawkins]

Sorry to disagree but the death of his mother actually lifted Douglas more than anything else. Did you see his interview right after the fight in the ring? Douglas could burly talk at first because he was crying and saying he did it for his mother. It was that motivation that allowed him to perform better than he had ever performed before. That and the fact that Tyson just wasn't there (mentally) that night, made for the perfect circumstances of an upset. If the match up between Tyson and Douglas was even, then why was it described as the greatest upset in boxing history? None of the very best Boxing experts gave Douglas a chance. The odds were like 42 to 1, an unheard of number. There was clearly more going on in this fight than just a surprise. Tyson hadn't even been beaten on and already he was just standing around in the 3rd round. Sorry for the rant but I couldn't keep it short. LOL

Well I was referring to the aspect of going thru emotional things. Regardless of how he fought you know it effected Douglas on a very emotional level. Where as Douglas embraced his and used it for motivation and a reason to persevere Tyson wallowed in his and let it distance him from the job at hand.

The point being though, both fighters were dealing with very emotional and painful feelings.

[Mike Tyson77]

"Tyson will be exposed by Spinks, Im picking Spinks to win."

-Teddy Atlas


Tyson KO1 Spinks

[micky_knox]

myths dont become the undisputed h/w champ of the world...only extreme talent does that..

hate all you want but it wont change the fact that Tyson (if only for 3 years) was ****ing AWESOME

[marsman]

Man Tyson was Biblical, something classic. TYson was basically a lil boy who made legends and grown men **** their pants at the sight of his Power.Not only that the Training he recieved from Cus, Kevin Rooney, and Teddy Atlas was classic in itself. Don't try to downplay MIke Tyson, he waa great...witht hat being said his full potential would just be beating Holyfield and Lewis, either way the matches still happened and only Lewis Dominated him. Holyfield won a hard and great 1st fight.

[The Iron Man]

Well I was referring to the aspect of going thru emotional things. Regardless of how he fought you know it effected Douglas on a very emotional level. Where as Douglas embraced his and used it for motivation and a reason to persevere Tyson wallowed in his and let it distance him from the job at hand.

The point being though, both fighters were dealing with very emotional and painful feelings.

Just the same way that the death of cus affected tyson yet he still won all 3 belts aswell..also the death of Jimmy Jacobs. They both channeld it well into boxing.

[Mike Tyson77]

1 2 3 4 5 . That means 5, 5 title belts. "Iron" Mike was a GREAT champion, and Boxing is the greatest sport. "Iron" Mike showed that.



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