Was tysons handspeed overrated?.

[Thread Stealer]

No, it was underrated just like his foot speed.

Did you know he had the foot speed to be fleet footed and dance on his toes like Ali?

[BUSINESSMAN]

i heard tyson did the ali shuffle once and it got renamed the tyson shuffle. but noone had a camcorder.

[Da7thsign]

Handspeed was really good with accuracy and power in his prime. His one hit power though was alittle over rated. He was more of a combination power puncher.

[catskills23]

was tysons handspeed not as fast as it looked?.

[Liar]

The legend is back

[hookoutofhell]

Handspeed was really good with accuracy and power in his prime. His one hit power though was alittle over rated. He was more of a combination power puncher.

i agree with this, but there is a flipside to the argument and this was shown in the fight vs douglas. douglas was pummelling mike in the fight but tyson threw a hellacious right uppercut and had buster down for more than 10 seconds if i remember correctly.

tysons power came from his speed and velocity. he could KO a fighter with one punch but when he threw combinations he was lethal. he could put together punches very quickly and had good handspeed for a HW.

i think as he got older, he lost that zip in his punches, his training started to involve more weights and as his speed declined so did his power.

[dans]

Tyson's handspeed is about as good as it gets for HWs.

[T-97]

Catskills has returned.

New comers, bow in the presence of greatness.

[dans]

Catskills23 is like the Jason Alexander of Boxingscene. Everyone always remembers Alexander for his role as George Costanza on Seinfeld. Everyone always remembers Catskills for the "Fleet footed" thread. Both have been pigeon holed and have found it hard to get people to respect their other work.

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[T-97]

Catskills23 is like the Jason Alexander of Boxingscene. Everyone always remembers Alexander for his role as George Costanza on Seinfeld. Everyone always remembers Catskills for the "Fleet footed" thread. Both have been pigeon holed and have found it hard to get people to respect their other work.

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When you write a piece as powerful and subermerging as the Tyson fleetfooted thread, it's hard to remember much, let alone other writings. For a few months after that thread, my life was taken over, looking for tapes, or reports, anything to back up this work of art.

It was beautiful.