IF Tyson Beats McBride -- Now What

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What if Mike Tyson knocks out Kevin McBride tonight in one or two rounds. Where does Tyson go and how should he follow up his first win in 28 months? We know what he can't do, wait another 11 months before fighting again. Tyson is now fighting to payoff his IRS debt first and to possibly challenge one more time for the title second. The window of opportunity for him to achieve both feats isn't shut completely, but hardly any air is capable of seeping through.

Tyson has fought less than five rounds since being stopped by Lennox Lewis in June of 2002. Obviously he knows that fighting once a year won't come close to getting it done. In his last fight this past July versus British heavyweight Danny Williams, he was stopped in the fourth round. By losing to Williams, Tyson set his timetable back a year further, a year he didn't have to squander.

Against Williams, Tyson looked pretty close to the Tyson of the late 1980s in the early going. Despite losing the fight, Tyson showed that he maintained his power and hand speed more than what could be expected from a part-time fighter. During the first two rounds he had Williams hurt and on the verge of going down and out. Somehow Williams fought with Holyfield courage against Tyson, something he never exhibited before in any previous fight. However, he was definitely helped by Tyson's inactivity and the fact that he tired by the minute after the second round. Tyson's lack of stamina opened the window for Williams to pounce on once Tyson began fighting just to survive. Ultimately, Williams overcame a spent Tyson who had no defense and couldn't defend himself as he started to resemble a sitting duck.
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Look at his fights the last ten years. Tyson has mysterious magical knockouts with Etienne and Bruce Sheldon. He fought no nammers like McNeely, Buster Mathis Jr., and the guy from Denmark called Neilson. Fights with competition he fouls like crazy. Holyfield, Botha, McBride. The other losses he quits. It's not inactivity it is the fact his been over the hill since 1990 and never went back to the level he was. Whatever Cus D'amato taught him was out the window by that point. Even against rud****, you could the boxing skills were on the downhill.

plus I think the drugs he takes like zoloft and antidepressants hurt his performance. He like a ***** cat at press conference sometimes. Then he's awild animal and we need a tamer. Too bad he can't get off them because I think the court of law makes him take them.