If Mike didn't go to jail in 1992 what changes in his career?

[markusmod]

absolutely shoulder........Roy Jones was robbed and deprived of a medal he worked his whole amateur career to achieve .....so pep saying he deserved to be robbed is totally out of order.
Thats not a world I want to live in when revenge is geared towards an individual who had no part in what happened before.

Why didn't he get it after the judge admit he was on the take years later... or did he?

[BKM-]

Tyson’s loss to Douglas was more mental than physical. He chose to turn pro early because he could make huge sums of money, which he did. In his career he earned about $700M.

I like how much this has grown. It used to be that he made 250 million in his whole career. Then it was 300 for a while. Then 500, and I see we're now at 700M.

in about 10 years Tyson will be named first ever billionaire boxer just by having his networth grow through myth and legends.

[Willie Pep 229]

I like how much this has grown. It used to be that he made 250 million in his whole career. Then it was 300 for a while. Then 500, and I see we're now at 700M.

in about 10 years Tyson will be named first ever billionaire boxer just by having his networth grow through myth and legends.

So goes history - it wasn't 103 degrees in Havana in 1915 either but it might as well been because everyone says it was.

I guess it is legit to say Dempsey was the first millionaire fighter and that Tunney was the first fighter to earn (almost) one million for a single night's work.

That in a generation Tyson is remembered as the first billionaire fighter is not unlikely especially if the economy recesses downward as it did in the 1930s making Dempsey and Tunney extra special all the way up to 1971 (Ali-Frazier I) when fighters finally once again make over a million for one night's work.

It should be possible to get close to knowing how much Tyson actually made - you can blow off his early fights as insignificant and after that his purses were probably public knowledge.

Of course he probably only personally got 50% of that figure (before taxes). I wonder how many percentage takers were bitng into his purses? Don King was there and I don't think the other people were nice guys either.

But Americans do like the hyperbole of large round numbers.

I grew up in a generation where we dreamed of becoming millionaires, that was the dream target figure - now you better retire with a total asset (home/pension/savings) of close to one million or you're not middle class. Now everyone dreams of being a billionaire. It will probably become the new metaphor for being rich.

I assume 'Money' probably came pretty close.

[GhostofDempsey]

I like how much this has grown. It used to be that he made 250 million in his whole career. Then it was 300 for a while. Then 500, and I see we're now at 700M.

in about 10 years Tyson will be named first ever billionaire boxer just by having his networth grow through myth and legends.

I always thought it was $400 million until I read Forbes estimated his career earnings at $685M, this is just prior to the Tyson/Jones match.

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/boxi...z1qpb6cuj8505t

[Willie Pep 229]

See? It will be a billion before it's done. LOL

Forbes probably included endorsements.

[JAB5239]

See? It will be a billion before it's done. LOL

Forbes probably included endorsements.

That's what I'm thinking, plus his marijuana business.

[SweetPbfAli]

Tyson would never have beaten Lewis period.....Tyson failed to make the olympics and was only pushed into pro heavies because he never made the qualifiers in the USA ...secondly it was the timekeepers fault on the long count not Douglas and if you actually watch the knockdown Douglas was ready to rise at any time and was watching the refs count and rose accordingly ......Douglas battered Tyson from post to post and was thoroughly vanquished in that fight even with that knockdown and even when he rose he took command once again.
all great champions have an amateur pedigree and the greatest in history want to win an Olympic title so your argument falls flat right there...Tyson was ok knocking cans over but as soon as he stepped up the quality he started to struggle ......tucker , ruddock , bonecrusher , fighters that were physically imposing and could tie him up....he became predictable , limited and unable to adapt.
douglas showed just how to beat Tyson and the bottom line is as soon as Tyson boxed an A+ fighter he lost and that’s a fact and Lewis resume pisses all over tysons and that’s another fact.

Only thing I'll say is that the Ruddock that Lewis fought was not the same as the one Tyson fought. Floyd Patterson took the lead and had Ruddock fighting in a style that was not best for him. That ****** and slow jab to the body that ultimately got him KO'd was insanely bad and he threw it numerous times before Lewis countered it.

[The plunger man]

Only thing I'll say is that the Ruddock that Lewis fought was not the same as the one Tyson fought. Floyd Patterson took the lead and had Ruddock fighting in a style that was not best for him. That ****** and slow jab to the body that ultimately got him KO'd was insanely bad and he threw it numerous times before Lewis countered it.

well we don’t know.....Lewis dismantled him without even ruddock getting in to the fight....yeah he did throw some left jabs half hearted to the body but we are not talking about welterweights here we are talking about 235lb men and rarely do you see a fighter of that size adjusting that quickly to end a fight..... Lewis delivered that over hand right instinctively and with cat like quickness.....I don’t think anybody beats Lewis on this night and the night he destroyed golota.....Tyson had never been in the ring with a fighter like Lewis before.....intelligent , good technical boxer , power puncher , size and reach and nasty when necessary.....of there 6 common opponents 5 of them Lewis dealt with them more easy so that in my opinion tells you which fighter was actually the all round better fighter.
I like Tyson I just don’t think he beats Lewis no matter when they fought

[SweetPbfAli]

well we don’t know.....Lewis dismantled him without even ruddock getting in to the fight....yeah he did throw some left jabs half hearted to the body but we are not talking about welterweights here we are talking about 235lb men and rarely do you see a fighter of that size adjusting that quickly to end a fight..... Lewis delivered that over hand right instinctively and with cat like quickness.....I don’t think anybody beats Lewis on this night and the night he destroyed golota.....Tyson had never been in the ring with a fighter like Lewis before.....intelligent , good technical boxer , power puncher , size and reach and nasty when necessary.....of there 6 common opponents 5 of them Lewis dealt with them more easy so that in my opinion tells you which fighter was actually the all round better fighter.
I like Tyson I just don’t think he beats Lewis no matter when they fought

Oh, I agree with you. I do think a Tyson vs Lewis fight is touch and go early on if it happens in the early 90s. Tyson peaked incredibly early versus his peers so I would always like his chances had those fights happened earlier than later. Also, fighters with Tyson's style don't tend to last long so regardless if the loss to buster, we probably weren't going to get much more out of him before Holy of Lennox clips him.

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If Mike didn't go to jail in 1992 what changes in his career?

As a boxer, or as a rapist?