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I don’t think there is any need to rush Itauma.
I don’t think they rushed Mike Tyson because, necessarily, they wanted him to be the youngest ever HW champion. They made Tyson fight twice a month because Cus D’Amato knew that if Tyson wasn’t training or fighting he was liable to get into situations. Like the one that lead to Naomi Campbell being rescued by one of the 20th century’s most admired philosophers. If you fight twice a month & win, in the 1990s, you are bound to enter contender stage very early because, truth be told, there isn’t a deep pool, compared to, say, the years 1920-1960 when most prospects fought twice a month. Having reached top contender status what was team Tyson gonna say? ‘No, you go first’?
I don’t think they rushed Mike Tyson because, necessarily, they wanted him to be the youngest ever HW champion. They made Tyson fight twice a month because Cus D’Amato knew that if Tyson wasn’t training or fighting he was liable to get into situations. Like the one that lead to Naomi Campbell being rescued by one of the 20th century’s most admired philosophers. If you fight twice a month & win, in the 1990s, you are bound to enter contender stage very early because, truth be told, there isn’t a deep pool, compared to, say, the years 1920-1960 when most prospects fought twice a month. Having reached top contender status what was team Tyson gonna say? ‘No, you go first’?
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