Not sure if this Mike Tyson question has been aske befored:

[Mike_b]

When did Tyson fall off?

When he met buster Douglas?
When teddy left him?
When cus died?
when he married Robin Givens?
When he fired his trainer and manager?
When he met Don King?
Jail? Did he dwindle his best years of his prime?
Or fighting too many giants? LL, McBride, d Williams.
When he bit Evander?

It's time for historians to shed light on this topic.

[duranfanatic]

Mike was always going to fall because he was never all that good to begin with.

You weather his aggressive onslaught for the first five rounds and he is a very beatable fighter.

[Tatabanya]

The Don King / Robin Givens combination was too much for Tyson's chin.

[Earl-Hickey]

It's convenient that Mike's "fall off" coincided with him facing better opposition.

At the time of his loss to holyfield, evender was by far the best fighter he had faced.

Theres a million theories but fact is there were flaws and weaknesses in Mike's style that were always there, but it took elite fighters to exploit them.

[PRINCEKOOL]

For a fighter who fell off, Mike Tyson had good longevity. Right up until his very last fight, all his opponents were apprehensive of him.

He also if you analyse his career, never really had any really bad losses. In all of his loses he fought hard.

It took a 28 punch combination for Williams to knock him to the canvas, with a injured leg. Even still then he could of gotten up.

And against Mcbride? He did try everything, even rough house tactics.

This myth that he was he just folded after a few rounds, is make believe. Fairy-tales that people tell themselves for comfort.

Mike Tyson if he was in a fight, showed resistance until the end 'He never just disappeared'. And he was a fighter who could turn the fight, and end it at anytime.

There are very few heavyweights active today, with that type of attitude or ability. I would say Deontay Wilder has that attitude, it is a innate skill something that cannot really be worked upon inside a gym to great lengths.

Mike Tyson was a greater Champion than Tyson Fury. He is a two time heavyweight Champion, former Undisputed Heavyweight Champion. With 12 successful Championship fights, 11 Championship title defenses in total.

So before people get all smug, check the statistics and performances.

Tyson Fury has retired, he does not want it anymore. I don't really think there are any active heavyweights who can claim to be greater Champion than Mike Tyson currently.

Statistically there may become a point where somebody can, but ability wise? I don't see any fighter with greater ability.

I have never understood the culture of people trying to devalue Mike Tyson. I honestly think a certain type of individual participate in this behavior etc.

It is 2022 and people are now piping up. Carry on with your fairy tales people, and when I say that? I am not discrediting religion or anything spiritual. Certain people know what this is all about.

[tonysoprano]

After Spinks he was never the same. That ***** he married, Don King and he basically gave up training seriously.