How come so many people refuse to give Mike Tyson massive credit for his win over Michael Spinks?

[_Rexy_]

One of the greatest LHW champions of all time, moved up, beat the lineal HW champ (twice) and KO'd a 6'6 255lb fighter next. Personally I think it's a damn fine win, just one that newer fans love to go back and revise as some garbage cherry pick

[LeOoze]

Holmes was done, Spinks was a LH and was scared to death of Tyson, go through history and see how many tried the HW division and how many were stopped, Holyfield is about the only one to really pull it off.

Holmes was done but would later give a prime undefeated Mercer his first L and gave Holyfield hell. Lol.

[MONGOOSE66]

Well in Spinks time their wasn’t a lot of truly GREAT heavyweights running around. I think that’s why.