The Greatness Of Mike Tyson

[boxing912]

mike tyson is not a great fighter , he is a great talent that was wasted. dont get me wrong he is highly entertaining but never rose to the occasion in big fights.if he was mentally strong he would have been possible the best heavyweight ever. he is not in my top 10 great heavyweight fighters. but i am a fan of his it is so sad that he could not use that talent throught his career instaed of the begining. if things were different he would have possibly been a big debate who was better ali or tyson

[Truth]

Tyson in his prime would have killed anyone, he was a beast, he would have beaten Vitali in a few rounds, I truly believe that. And I'm a fan of Vitali.

I agree with you...He had it all.

[-Jay-]

Thinking about, the reason why Tyson was so good in his prime was because he used to fight like he was fighting for his survival, like it was him or his opponent, and he made damn sure it wasn't him. Bit like a cornered grizzly bear.

[PBDS]

you are right. my mistake

....Your a mistake alright. One I bet your parents wish they could take back.

[fistlegend]

....Your a mistake alright. One I bet your parents wish they could take back.

mate, stick to the topic. hes said hes mistaken now alot of ppl wudnt say that but he had the courage to say that.

prime iron mike will flatten vitali

[THE REAL NINJA]

Seeing how ****ty Vitologys title
riegn was it makes you appreciate
the greatness of mike tyson. he ruled the
division for 4 years and crushed everybody.
Vitology only defended it 1 times then retired
out of fear. Tysons greatness is aprecciated.

i'm with you on this but tyson did it to himself he will never get the respect as a fighter he deserves . he was a great fighter hands down he would have beat 90% of the all time great champions. maybe not the very best of them ALI LOUIS but a prime tyson i would take any day over a klit, bowe, lewis, ruiz, byrd ,holmes, atleast he was fun to watch which is in fact what we enjoy about boxing it is fun to watch. he was interesting which made us tune in to see what he was going to do next. he made us buy fights for unheard of amounts that we knew would only last around or so.if he is not great then what makes a fighter great?great is not the same as the best just that you are among the best in which in the 80's he was .

[druth]

Ugh.

Foreman >
Ali >
Frazier >
Prime Holmes >
Lewis >
Louis >

I think you get my point.

[THE REAL NINJA]

i just didnt feel like naming them all .... ok 90% is high maybe more like 80%. i agree foreman would put up a good fight but some of the others... i would pick tyson not that he is going to blow them out mind you.. just that i think he would win like.... prime tyson vs prime. o what the hell ken norton is thought of as n all time great tyson would kill ken norton so how do you put norton down as a all time great and not tyson?

[Truth]

I think Tyson is an alltime great because he is the youngest heavyweight champion of all time and is a two time heavyweight champion. Not only that but over the last 20 years he has become a sports icon. For good or bad he has always been in the spotlight.

[THE REAL NINJA]

the first thing that always comes up. "well who did Tyson fight" ? only the best fighters of his time. there is no doubt many were past there prime but they were the best we had to offer.you can also say "well tyson lost all his big fights" . Mike Tyson only lost big fights to Lewis and Holyfield when past his own prime. If you look back the Tyson vs spinks,holmes,berbick,smith,thomas,tucker,ruddock fights were important.The ting is tyson destroied these men i the words of Roy jones jr "they were somebody before i fought them ".Yes tyson lost to Buster who is one if not the most underrated fighters ever to live . Most fighters have atleast one upset in there career so i forgive Tyson for Buster.the 1999 ring magazine boxing almanac has Tyson as the 14 greatest heavyweight of all time Holyfield 3rd Bowe 23rd i wonder if Tyson had beat Holyfield and Buster how high would he be .