Which fighters have had too many chances to succeed?

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Mike Tyson is a future hall of famer. He's already succeeded so he has no place in this thread. Clear?

Suceeded when?

By becoming the youngest heavyweight champion?

Thats it. That's all she wrote.

He failed in the biggest fights of his career. Lewis and Holyfield. He got his ass handed to him, and that's that.

He has the most PPV fights of any fighter in the history of the division....and most of them were against complete bums.

Everyone said he was going to take over the division. Excuses, Excuses. He was given every chance to succeed and failed.

If you think boxing boils down to a popularity contest, more power to you.

Unlike you, people who know boxing......know that Tyson was a fan favorite because of his demeanor.

Not because he was an outstanding heavyweight.

His biggest wins of his career came over a washed up Holmes and blown up Spinks

Thats it. Hate to break it to you.



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Lol. Your posts are funny. JUST FUNNY.

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Lol. Your posts are funny. JUST FUNNY.

Your inability to defend yourself with a keyboard is even more funny. Sometimes my fingers hurt from making you my *****.



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Does Roy Jones not fit into this thread quite nicely?

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Bump.

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Your inability to defend yourself with a keyboard is even more funny. Sometimes my fingers hurt from making you my *****.

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andrew golota hands down...he beats nobody...yets keep getting chances to fight for the title

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And look, it's Junior, showcasing his grade ten spelling level and lashing out at me because I constnatly point out how immature and ignorant he is.

ahh the classic

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ImSoFlyyy I don't want to break out my Tyson rants, but if youre going to act like a **** then I think I'm going to have to. I think most of the 18+ knowledgable posters on board here would agree with me.


Tyson's career-defining moment (a positive one) was knocking out a light-heavweight. Without anyone else to measure him aganist, I don't think it's fair to put him in the same league with someone like an ali, frazier, marciano, or louis, as they showed aganist elite competition that they were great. Tyson may have been, but I believe that the man who folded aganist holyfield was the same man who fought spinks, except spinks never tested him.

AND..

Like it or not, a fighter is inevitably measured by the level of competition he faced, and how he fared aganist his elite foes. Lewis isnt fair, but Holyfield dominating him certainly is. I also don't really buy the sob-story stuff either. Plenty of fighters have the rags-to-riches story, antonio tarver being a present day example. The point is, a fighter's true character is shown (or exposed, in this case), when he faces adversity in the ring. When has tyson ever showed the "heart of a champion"?

Tyson's personal problems may have cause him to be exposed aganist Douglas, but it certainly would have happened down the line, like in the first holyfield fight. He had the greatest physical tools ever there's no denying that but given his intagibles (or lack thereof), how could you say that he would defeat any of the all-time greats, when he didn't?

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andrew golota hands down...he beats nobody...yets keep getting chances to fight for the title

dont completely agree with you, he did beat many but he still fought many good fights.

he was leading on grant when he quit.

he was leading on bowe bothe times just to ge dqed

he beat ruiz but was badly robbed and he fought a good draw with byrd.

he is problem is his mentality and ******ity not his boxing skills

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andrew golota. it seems like everytime he steps into the ring its for a title and he pretty much blows them all. thats why i nominate him as don kings main *****.