Tyson sparring stories?.

[catskills23]

While with Rooney Mcall and Mike Williams would give Tyson trouble.
But you have to remember, when preparing for a fight, most sparring partners only have to do 3 rounds at a time while the main fighter has to put in a full 8 or even 12.
Rooney had Tyson spar 12 rounds, Monday-through-Friday for four weeks before a bout. That's why he was razor sharp by the time of the fight.

McCall loves to talk about how he roughed up Mike all the time in sparring. I don't doubt he gave Tyson some problems. But usually fighters put their toughest guys in for the last few rounds of sparring. So there's a chance McCall walked in fresh as a daisy after Mike had already put in 9 hard rounds.

Sugar Ray Leonard has talked about doing that same thing and pointed out that his sparring partners were having their way with him as he prepared for Haglar.

I think it says a lot that even today, people are fascinated to hear about Tyson losing rounds during sparring.
That speaks volumes as to how good he was while focused and properly trained.

how do you know mike williams and mccall gave tyson trouble?.

[catskills23]

While with Rooney Mcall and Mike Williams would give Tyson trouble.
But you have to remember, when preparing for a fight, most sparring partners only have to do 3 rounds at a time while the main fighter has to put in a full 8 or even 12.
Rooney had Tyson spar 12 rounds, Monday-through-Friday for four weeks before a bout. That's why he was razor sharp by the time of the fight.

McCall loves to talk about how he roughed up Mike all the time in sparring. I don't doubt he gave Tyson some problems. But usually fighters put their toughest guys in for the last few rounds of sparring. So there's a chance McCall walked in fresh as a daisy after Mike had already put in 9 hard rounds.

Sugar Ray Leonard has talked about doing that same thing and pointed out that his sparring partners were having their way with him as he prepared for Haglar.

I think it says a lot that even today, people are fascinated to hear about Tyson losing rounds during sparring.
That speaks volumes as to how good he was while focused and properly trained.

how do you know mccall and mike williams gave tyson trouble?.

[AddiX]

I'm from albany and one of Tyson's old sparring partners use to come into the gym. His management use to let Tyson beat the crap out of him.

He's basically in the same shape as Ali, it's really sad.

[catskills23]

I'm from albany and one of Tyson's old sparring partners use to come into the gym. His management use to let Tyson beat the crap out of him.

He's basically in the same shape as Ali, it's really sad.

when did tyson spar him? .did this guy hold back against tyson?.whats the name of this guy?.

[catskills23]

I'm from albany and one of Tyson's old sparring partners use to come into the gym. His management use to let Tyson beat the crap out of him.

He's basically in the same shape as Ali, it's really sad.

when did tyson spar him? .did this guy hold back against tyson?.whats the name of this guy?.

[AddiX]

when did tyson spar him? .did this guy hold back against tyson?.whats the name of this guy?.

I don't know his name, he use to come into the gym all the time and I asked the trainer what was wrong with him and he said he was good at one point but his management was completely reckless with him.

He can still walk kinda normal and he recognizes faces but you can't understand a word he says.

Said he was sparring Tyson on the normal. He's really short.

Rooney actually trained at my gym a few years ago as part of a rehab for his alcoholism.

[catskills23]

I'm from albany and one of Tyson's old sparring partners use to come into the gym. His management use to let Tyson beat the crap out of him.

He's basically in the same shape as Ali, it's really sad.

I don't know his name, he use to come into the gym all the time and I asked the trainer what was wrong with him and he said he was good at one point but his management was completely reckless with him.

He can still walk kinda normal and he recognizes faces but you can't understand a word he says.

Said he was sparring Tyson on the normal. He's really short.

Rooney actually trained at my gym a few years ago as part of a rehab for his alcoholism.

when you say his management were reckless with him what do you mean?.

[catskills23]

I don't know his name, he use to come into the gym all the time and I asked the trainer what was wrong with him and he said he was good at one point but his management was completely reckless with him.

He can still walk kinda normal and he recognizes faces but you can't understand a word he says.

Said he was sparring Tyson on the normal. He's really short.

Rooney actually trained at my gym a few years ago as part of a rehab for his alcoholism.

when you say his management was reckless what do you mean?.

[catskills23]

I don't know his name, he use to come into the gym all the time and I asked the trainer what was wrong with him and he said he was good at one point but his management was completely reckless with him.

He can still walk kinda normal and he recognizes faces but you can't understand a word he says.

Said he was sparring Tyson on the normal. He's really short.

Rooney actually trained at my gym a few years ago as part of a rehab for his alcoholism.

when you say his management were reckless with him what do you mean?.

[TheRealTruth321]

when you say his management were reckless with him what do you mean?.

Cor give it a rest mate!!!