How Different Would it Be if Tyson would Have Beaten Danny Williams?

[ottoevans]

Do you guys think Boxing wouldnt be in a so called "low Point" if Mike Tyson would have beaten Danny Williams? let me explain.

Tyson came back from the Lennox fight by knocking out Clifford Etienne in 49 seconds right. A lot of casual fans even some hard core fans beleived this meant Tyson was back, even though he was beaten badly by Lennox. But 49 second KO and face tattoo increased his legend.

Tyson then fights his second comeback fight against Danny Williams. After winning the first few round Tyson tears his ACL in his knee and quits.

Tyson was planned on fighting Vitali Klitschko after Danny Williams for the WBC championship belt (the belt held by the retires Lennox Lewis).

So saying Tyson had beaten Danny Williams it would have been a big PPV event and lots of buzz for the upcoming fight against Vitali who had two straight KO and a close fight against Lennox.

And Knowing that Tyson was just a shell of himself he would probably had been KOed by Vitali. Making Vitali the undisputed Heavyweight Champ (by casual fans) just for the fact of beating the Great Mike Tyson.

Do you think people would still be saying boxing is dying? because the reason people say that is due to the heavyweight division, cause the rest of the divisons are great right now.

[NakiFan]

I'll tell you one thing, Williams saved Heavyweight boxing because had he lost, Vitali or Wlad would now have a win over Tyson on thier resumes and that would be a sad day indeed.

[ottoevans]

haha well Kevin Mcbride has a win over Tyson, so what does that tell u lol

[ottoevans]

Lennox lewis bored the **** out of the casual fans up until he beat Tyson. I think both K-Brothers are more "exciting" than Lennox was. But beating Tyson obviously made him a "legend" among the casual fan who thinks boxing is dying.

[NakiFan]

Lennox was more boring than the klits?

Lennox Vs Rahman 2 Vs Wlad Vs 40 year old rahman

no comparrison fool!

[J.B.moneY.]

It may have been a money maker for boxing to have vitali ko a past his prime tyson....but i dont think it changes the outcome of what the division has become today...you imagine what the klit nuthuggers would say if vitali had a win over tyson on his resume....it would be horrendous in the forums.

[Jim Jeffries]

Lennox gets 'more exciting' and 'older when he fought Vitali' every year.

I have him in my top 5 ATG HW list, but exciting he wasn't.

[ottoevans]

Lennox was more boring than the klits?

Lennox Vs Rahman 2 Vs Wlad Vs 40 year old rahman

no comparrison fool!

Well not to me, but casual fans werent talking about Lennox till he beat Tyson.

[ButlerBoxing]

hmm give the casuals some credit i think even they would off realised tyson was a little shot by then, very few bar the morons would have seen him as the lineal after lewis destroyed him.

[Benny Leonard]

I hear what you are saying: Champions of the past always had a washed-up or past prime legend or a once lineal recognized Champion to defeat to get the public's attention.

Reason why Lewis fought Tyson as well as Holyfield; reason why Holyfield fought Foreman and Tyson (although Holy was supposed to be past it as well); Tyson fought Holmes; Holmes fought Ali; Ali fought...Liston although not a shot fighter but some would say past his best and Ali had no choice given Liston was Champ; Marciano fought Louis; Louis fought Baer; Willard fought Johnson (who was Champ but past it).

Vitali had his chance against Lewis but lost. It would have been big had he won the fight even though Lewis was past his prime.