Why do people think tysons power was overrated?.

[catskills23]

I mean he used to knock all his sparring partners and send them to intensive care . There was one time where all his sparring partners sent in medical certs and tyson had nobody to spar with.

[SpeedKillz]

for the same reason people hate on mayweather. they got nothin better to do.

tyson had tremendous punching power and was a great fighter

[Inquisitor]

I mean he used to knock all his sparring partners and send them to intensive care . There was one time where all his sparring partners sent in medical certs and tyson had nobody to spar with.

because he never koed a great. even rahman, bowe and mccall managed it.

[BKM-]

Never ko'd a great? How about Larry Holmes who was a great, and NEVER got ko'd in his life, even after Tyson. How about Michael Spinks who was a great one way or another. Never ko'd either untill Tyson. Countless other opponents who were never ko'd before Tyson got to them. Tyson is one of the hardest punchers ever period. None of that ''It was speed and accuracy'' bull. There have been skilled punchers like Tyson who couldn't ko them like he could.

[Welter_Skelter]

It's not his Power that is overtated.. It's everything else... Power is the ONE thing he has in spades..

[me2007]

for the same reason people hate on mayweather. they got nothin better to do.

tyson had tremendous punching power and was a great fighter

People hate Mayweather because he talks **** then doesn`t back it up. He just does laps of the ring while people fall asleep and only wake up to BOO him out of the arena

tyson at least was exciting to watch.

[SpeedKillz]

People hate Mayweather because he talks **** then doesn`t back it up. He just does laps of the ring while people fall asleep and only wake up to BOO him out of the arena

tyson at least was exciting to watch.

i dont boo him, and i am wide awake when he fights, and think his fights are awesome to watch.
but hey, thanks for the input....

[Chipper]

Don't listen to Catskills he's just a spammer!!!

[Inquisitor]

Never ko'd a great? How about Larry Holmes who was a great, and NEVER got ko'd in his life, even after Tyson. How about Michael Spinks who was a great one way or another. Never ko'd either untill Tyson. Countless other opponents who were never ko'd before Tyson got to them. Tyson is one of the hardest punchers ever period. None of that ''It was speed and accuracy'' bull. There have been skilled punchers like Tyson who couldn't ko them like he could.

First off, i answered the question "Why do people think tysons power was
overrated?.". and used a few examples, yes tyson has more power than
those fighters i used in the example but based on results you can see why
tysons power is not as respected as maybe it should be.

Larry Holmes was a shadow of the fighter he once was.
im gobsmacked you used spinks as a case, he was waiting to be koed.

personally i think tyson does have crazy power and it was the lack of
a complete boxing package that let him down against the best fighters.

[aljon]

People hate Mayweather because he talks **** then doesn`t back it up. He just does laps of the ring while people fall asleep and only wake up to BOO him out of the arena

tyson at least was exciting to watch.

How the **** does he not back it up? Every fight he says he's going to win and he does, he's undefeated... He might be boring but damn give the man his due he's #1...