Was Mike Tyson overrated or was he an all-time great Heavyweight?

[Grimmer]

20 years old, heavyweight champion of the world. Knocking out full fledged seasoned heavyweights.

Anyone who thinks he was overrated really knows fúck all.


20 years old. That's amazing.

Undisputed heavyweight champion of the entire world at just 21 years old.

[Jim Jeffries]

You must of!

Pretty talented boxers and hyping fighters don't go hand in hand. Tucker and Smith were not bums by any means. They were 'Pretty talented' fighters.

I don't like to use the word bum when describing any boxer fighting at the world level, but there was nothing special at all about either of those two, at all.

20 years old, heavyweight champion of the world. Knocking out full fledged seasoned heavyweights.

Anyone who thinks he was overrated really knows fúck all.


20 years old. That's amazing.

Almost as amazing as being past prime at 23.

[Chunk..]

I don't like to use the word bum when describing any boxer fighting at the world level, but there was nothing special at all about either of those two, at all.

That's the beauty of 'opinions'! They're like arseholes, every **** has one!

[Jim Jeffries]

That's the beauty of 'opinions'! They're like arseholes, every **** has one!

Well thank you for resorting to insults, but the truth is, no one would know who the hell either of those two were if not for people trying to make more out of Tyson's resume than is really there.

[J.B.moneY.]

i think tyson is an all-time great just becasue he was the best entertainer that the heavyweight division ever had.....hes like an oscar de la hoya....cash cows for the sport...good for boxing

[deevel79]

More than half of the posters here became boxing fans because of Mike Tyson. He is as iconic to the sport as any other boxer in the history of boxing. It wasnt so much his resume and accomplishments that make him who he was. It was his style and ferociousness that awwed fans. Waiting for that opening bell to ring was like watching someone unleash a rabid pit bull. He had a killer instinct, and that's what fans wanted to see.

Over-rated? Maybe just a bit, but definitely an ATG.

[DarchinyFAN]

funny watching your sig, because I listen to music while I post here

[Abstraction]

IMO, Tyson was both over-rated and Under-rated.

IMO, Tyson is probably in the top 5 Best HW's. Prime v Prime

[Rich Loc]

Has any other boxer held all the major belts and ring title at HW?

[MANGLER]

When people talk about Tyson they always say prime Tyson, cuz that's what he's judged on. Overall, he fell way short of what he was supposed to be, but while he was prime he was the man. His 2 belts after jail add a lil bit to his legacy just cuz he can say he came back and won em, but not too much. In the top 10 of ATG HW's? I guess he could possibly be slot 9 or 10, but no higher than that.