Iron Mike Tyson Never existed.

[Jim_Davis]

Holmes beat up an old Ali then Tyson whooped an old Holmes signalling the dawn of a new star.

AHhhhh

[Live Dog]

I'm a big Tyson fan. He is probably my favorite fighter ever and while I don't like to think of Mike this way, It's kind of true. He did lose to all of the great fighters he fought but I think it was a mental thing. As a fan, I know his strengths and weaknesses. Most people think he would have been a greater fighter if Cus hadn't died so early in his career and I agree.

Say what you will, It's pretty amazing that he became HW champion of the world at the young age of 20! A feat that will likely, never be accomplished again.

Good post. Yes, becoming HW champ at 20 is a great accomplishment regardless of who he beat to get there.

And yes, if Cus had lived longer things might have been different. But, I'm one who believes that Mike is such a head case that it would have been irrelevant.

[Live Dog]

Another young man discovering the Tyson hating trend. Why can't people like this think for themselves. You only listen to what others say, and basicely repeat everything that has been done to death since the last decade.

I'm probably older than you.

[Steel Town USA]

Not a chance. A prime Mike Tyson lost to BUSTER DOUGLAS!! Somebody who is not even close to being in the league of Lennox Lewis.

No way mike could beat him.

Yeah, I agree, because Lennox Lewis never lost to any lesser opponents...oh, wait....nevermind

Oliver McCall and Hasim Rahman, step on up!!

[Silencers]

I don't think he is great but he had great potential.

But he had a very good chin, it took a lot of shots to get him out of there. His heart was questionable but he did try to get up every time he got knocked down. His stamina wasn't great but it wasn't horrible.

What he lacked was mental toughness and focus.

[Tuggers1986]

Yeah, I agree, because Lennox Lewis never lost to any lesser opponents...oh, wait....nevermind

Oliver McCall and Hasim Rahman, step on up!!

Oh **** yeah! Those two fighters that Lennox came back and knocked out!!!

And just so you know I'm more of a Tyson fan than a Lewis fan. I Just believe Lewis was better.

[BKM-]

I'm probably older than you.

Most likely not. Either way, you're young to the sport.

[Live Dog]

Most likely not. Either way, you're young to the sport.

Not even close.

[Steel Town USA]

Oh **** yeah! Those two fighters that Lennox came back and knocked out!!!

And just so you know I'm more of a Tyson fan than a Lewis fan. I Just believe Lewis was better.

You don't think that if Mike Tyson came back and trained AT ALL for Buster Douglas, he wouldn't have knocked him out?

I'm not dis*****g that prime Lewis MIGHT have beaten prime Tyson, but to use the Buster Douglas argument, when a strung-out Iron Mike basically didn't train at all, is just dumb. It's the same thing as throwing out Rahman and McCall.

[rizkybizness]

I love the myth of Mike Tyson. The supposedly most feared fighter ever and one of the best HW's of all time. His resume is littered with a bunch of HW fighters who were average at best and will or already have been forgotten with time. People always talk about a "prime" Mike Tyson, well that Tyson got set on his ass by Buster Douglass of all people. That's right, BUSTER DOUGLASS. The only two elite fighters Mike ever fought KO'd him without really much effort at all.

Tyson had no chin, he had no heart, and he had no stamina. What he did have was the mental fortitude of a 3 yr old.

When he lost, he didn't just lose, he got straight up KO'd.

"Iron" Mike Tyson never existed. The man is a myth.

Very interesting.