Iron Mike Tyson Bad Man or Bad Boxer??

[TEXSTRO]

Don King and jail? Mike was a bum even way back in the day when Cus had watch over him. He has nobody to blame but himself.

I dont think he was bum back then. I feel like Cus was looking after him and was trying to steer him in the right direction. But your right he has nobody to blame but himself..Either way I wouldnt fight him on the street......

[Live Dog]

I dont think he was bum back then. I feel like Cus was looking after him and was trying to steer him in the right direction. But your right he has nobody to blame but himself..Either way I wouldnt fight him on the street......

Cus was looking after him, but that doesn't mean that Mike was behaving.

[MindBat]

It's time to rebuild Mike better than he was.

Better...

Stronger...

Faster...










Who am I kidding?

[Grand Champ]

Ok fellas this is my first post on the forum and I had to take it to the extreme. I know there are alot of boxing fans out there that even though Iron mike had been convicted of **** and bit Evander Holyfields ear off all his foul tatics in th ering stand by him and will pay $49.95 right now to see him have a sparring match with his own shadow. I for one are one of those people. I thought at the time when he reigned supreme through out the boxing world that no one was was more exciting to watch then he. They claimed he was the baddest man on the planet. The Dynamite Kid, Iron Mike the Knock Out king. When I used to watch thtis man fights it wasn't a matter of if Mike would knock his oppenent out it was how quickly and don't blink or go to the fridge for a refreshment cause by the time you got back it would be over.

Over the years and after he came out of prision he got away from his boxing skills and forgot about using his jab moving his head and hitting the body. He forgot everyone and everything it took to get him where he was and became a 1 punch knockout artist. if it wasn't over in the first 4 rounds Tyson would fade and be out boxed by lesser opponents. He was always just looking for the one punch and that was it. The old Tyson that used to throw the kab hook to the body and then follow with the uppercut through the gloves was gone. No doubling up on his hooks no more hooking off his jab. No head movment after the first 3 rounds. I mean Lennox figured him out pretty fast in their meeting. He would stick the jab out Tyson leaned to his left boom uppercut. Well my question is bad man or bad boxer. I thought he was a bad man who became an awful boxer. I also thought the heavy weight division went to the super duper heavy weight division on him over night. he went to prision came home and the guys just got bigger and heavier. Imagine him 5' 11 218 in his prime going up against Vlad 6' 6 250. Just don't jive. I think they need to bring back a weight limit on heavy weights.

Tyson was neither a bad man or a bad boxer, he just let his temper get the better of him once he lost the only fatherfigure ind his life ''Cuz d'amato'' Tyson in his prime was an absolute beast with very good ring-smarts which nobody really gives him much credit for..! Tyson was a criminal and a bad man way before he went to prison. He just had D'amato to guide him in the right direction..! Once he lost him, it was nothing but people trying to exploite him, which also in a hughe way tributes to why he does't feel like he can trust nobody to this day. All that put together does something to a fighter in the ring, it ****s up his mind and his focus..! Tyson could have been much more, but I don't think that makes him a bad fighter or a bad man

[LEFTYGUNZZ]

That is true.

He was given a second chance, albeit a very strict and disciplined one, but with major benefits, and managed to throw it All away.

It is now that he's feeling the repercussions of his wrong doings.

It's too sad thinking about the "what ifs" of his career.

He left a void that's still waiting to be filled by another spectacular heavy weight boxer of his likeness.

I agree even though Lennox was a good Champ he wasn't very exciting to watch. he was more of a technical boxer. Even after he had his one real challange in my opinon with Vitali he opted to retire rather then having a lucrative rematch . he did beat every man he was ever in the ring with and he is still the Undusputed heavy Weight Champ but he didn't WOW us like Tyson did. All that being said Mike has no one to blame but him self but being an uneducated man coming from the gutter and not having any sense of direction doesn't help/ Cus at least gave him some sense of a father figure and direction. Once Cus died and Don stepped in and got him crawls in he never let go. He just squeezed and squeezed until tyson had nothing left to give and exploded. More like self destructed. he in a way was pushing everyone away from him because he couldm't deal with the pressures and the torment of being who he was.

[Flawless.]

Don King and jail? Mike was a bum even way back in the day when Cus had watch over him. He has nobody to blame but himself.

Did Live Dog just call Tyson a bum