How was Holyfield able to take Tysons punches the entire fight?

[W1Y1E]

Holyfield was a beast...nuff said!


Nah,if you watch his fights,the man was unreal,literally out on his feet,idk,a dozen times,at least,and came back like the wrath of God.

[IMDAZED]

Holyfield had a great chin, a solid defense and a sharp boxing brain. You couldn't one-punch KO him. Tyson never landed enough successive shots to put him away. If he had worked the body more, like he did in the fifth round, he might've had a chance. But instead it was Holyfield who wore him down, taking the steam and will from Tyson round by round. There was a moment in the 10th I believe when Tyson landed a monster right and I was impressed by how Evander remained upright. Soon after, the fight was over.

[yngwie]

Holyfield mind preparation in his prime is out of this world too.

[betmen]

evander was mike's daddy

[Godsfly]

very true. both holyfield and tyson along with roy jones are thought to have used roids back in the day

tyson didn't use them......but holyfield and roy did. roy used them as he was tired old and refused to believe he had aged. holyfield used them going up to heavyweight.

tyson is the only 1 out of the bunch to have not used roids. done a ton of coke but no roids. hollyfield was roided to the gills in that tyson fight. also mike did hurt him people. he caught him with a uppercut that badly wobbled and shook evander to the boots.

[DinoCop]

His size or roids.

[TBear]

Several factors involved. First Holyfield had a real good chin, a ton of heart and great recuperative powers. Additionally Holyfield was able to stay in the inside smothering many of Tyson's punches. Holyfield spent hours sparring with David Tua to prepare for the fight.

[Weltschmerz]

Another thing is Holyfield wasn't intimidated by Tyson. Tyson relied a lot on intimidation factor with opponents, but when faced with elite opposition not afraid of his power and explosiveness, Tyson became the smaller man, literally and figuratively speaking.

As Don Turner told Holyfield during the first fight: 'You're the bully in here. He ain't the bully'.

[Godsfly]

tyson landed a body shot to the lower part of his stomach took the wind right out of evander followed with a uppercut combination that wobbled him backwards. evander had to hold on afterwards. skip to 1t6:35 legit hurt......END/THREAD

evander just had a big heart........& roids. sorry but it's the truth. the guy was bloated with that crap in his system

[KLockard23]

How the hell can roids make you tougher lol? Dumb.