McGirt: Tyson training hard!

[SalvaDominicano]

...I got a little carried away on the Tyson thing but the bad Karma was for your "little *****" comment. I think you had it coming. I see you returned the favor by giving me bad back. Oh you really got me there too.

haha yea.. it had to be done.

[chingon28]

cant wait too see if mik really comes back!!

[M26]

Mike Tyson is finished as a contender. End of story. He still have power to his punches and pose a threat for the first round or so, but after that he is all finished. He will never become champ again. I love Tyson as a fighter (even though he is overrated and gloryfied), but he should hang em up before he hurts himself bad.

[DR. FREECLOUD]

is it really exciting news that he is trying to make some money to get out of debt? mike has never been himself as a boxer since cus died and he got ktfo by douglas. i truely can't believe they actually let him back in the ring after biting the real deals ears. animals like that are put to sleep or kept in a cage, which mike has already experienced the cage. the only thing that actually makes me feel more comfortable about what the artical said was that mike has no entourage. i think that he definately had the wronge people around him. cus would have never stood for it. as a few have posted before, mike has hte potential physically but mentally is where he is lacking. my personal take on it is that he is done. the heavies of today would demolish iron mike.

[mijoung]

I'm having a hard time believing any Tyson news. One week he's retireing, the next Duran is his trainer, and the next yet another trainer. I'll believe some of theis stuff when/if hes standing in the ring next time.

[Floydmayweather]

His trainer is buddy now period. I too think Tyson is well of from his prime (by about 10 years) but he still is the best 3 round fighter in the world. If he could learn to slow down and wait pick his punches, jab, use a head faint, etc he would be very difficult to beat especially in today hw divsion. I think Tyson also had the ability to reinvent himself just not the mental attitude. If he is really having fun now and motivated to fight he could do it. I wouldnt count on it but its possible.

[dodge]

His trainer is buddy now period. I too think Tyson is well of from his prime (by about 10 years) but he still is the best 3 round fighter in the world. If he could learn to slow down and wait pick his punches, jab, use a head faint, etc he would be very difficult to beat especially in today hw divsion. I think Tyson also had the ability to reinvent himself just not the mental attitude. If he is really having fun now and motivated to fight he could do it. I wouldnt count on it but its possible.

Cus molded him into a 3 round fighter. Can't teach an old dog new tricks.

I heard he wants to fight again in March.

[psychopath]

Foreman Did It, Tyson Can Too
by Stephen G. Terzian
01/15/05 - There is no reason why Mike Tyson cannot modify his style and really make it work well. Tyson has an excellent jab, but doesn't know it. He gets great extension on it for a short man with a short reach, and has been known to double and even triple jab with great effectiveness. When Mike jabs his way in his body is at a perfect angle vis a vis his opponent so that Tyson has the option of either ripping a left hook or left uppercut underneath, or throwing the straight right. He is also in a very good defensive position when jabbing.




George Foreman blew away his opponents with wrecking ball shots, and to tell you the truth I never saw him throw a jab from 1970 until 1974, when he threw a few pawing jabs at Ali's rope-a-dope nonsense. I then saw Foreman begin to use the jab more, with excellent effect, especially against Ron Lyle, and in the rematch with Joe Frazier. But it wasn't until 1986 that Foreman re-engineered himself from a sheer power punching monster to a boxer/puncher. And we all know what great success he had with this new style from 1987 and beyond: he practically knocked people out with that jab!

Mike Tyson--much slower now, much less head movement now, and certainly not needing to take too many more punches to the head, especially after the Holyfield and Lewis fights--needs to re-invent himself a bit. Don't tell me what an old dog can or cannot do: George Foreman had an even more successful career going from a pure slugger to a boxer/puncher, by learning to pace himself, by really developing a damaging jab, and by fighting smarter. Mike Tyson is the same age as Foreman was more or less when he began his second career in '86. He is also not 400+ pounds as Foreman weighed when he started training again.

Tyson's knockout power will always be there, and ultimately win the fight for him, but he just needs to learn to set those power shots up more wisely now, since he is past the point now of using his sheer youthful speed to dart inside and unleash them like he used to. Some trainer (or maybe I'll write to Tyson myself!) has to do a George Foreman-styled re-engineering number on Mike Tyson, and I believe he will be successful for a few more years to come, even winning a title along the way.

Email Stephen with any comments at haiassa@yahoo.com

-rabbitpunchboxing.com

I do believe that it's going to be hard for Tyson to change his style now. First he is past his prime, secondly we cannot compare Tyson To Big George because height and size wise Tyson is relatively small. George can afford to use his jab, box and wait for the right moment to unleash his bombs while getting and collecting points by winning rounds, I just don't see Tyson doing that.

[drh]

I heard from a boxing website editor that this story is false?

Wait and see if there's anymore press coverage?

[adeelr]

tyson buddy dont comeback you will get hurt...He wont be able to make a comeback even if Cusdamato was alive and training him...he is done, buddy mcgirt should know that. i think Mcgirt just wants to make some money off the poor fella...