Better resume - Floyd Mayweather or Mike Tyson

[Rockybigblower]

It wouls seem the only difference is the eras they fought in....Tyson fought in an era where boxers fought champions wether they were aftraid or not....their avenue to greatness was through winning and unifying belts....not determined by who won the most money. Back then fights were essentially made or controlled by the sanctioning bodies not the promoters and tv networks. In todays era its easier to build a name resume based on the timeline with which you fight fighters. As people have stated before....could floyd have won all of his fights if he had taken them at different times? Danny Williams has Tyson on his resume....Joe Smith has b-hop....do those names make their resumes more impressive....unlikely in anything other than when they are reminiscing at their local bar for free drinks. ******ity to think lewis win over tyson was worth anything regardless of how great lewis actually was. The only serious blemish on Tysons record is the loss to Buster Douglas simply because he should have won. No doubt and no excuses. Everyone before that deserved their shot and got blitzed. Ultimately....regardless of their resumes...one of them revived..enhanced and brought excitement to boxing....the other gave us the disjointed diva ridden niche sport we have today. Give me Tyson over mayweather everyday.

[Elroy The Great]

Well with the exception of the Spinks fight, which should be included. Yup. He lost his biggest fights against certified HOFers.

spinks cashed out.

[Jedi Vader]

Floyd by far.

[lopetego]

News of a celebrity boxing match within the last few days have seemed to put Mike Tyson and Floyd Mayweather against each other.

Who do you think had a better resume?


Tyson Wins - Notable Wins
Tyrell Biggs
Larry Holmes
Michael Spinks
Trevor Berbick
Tony Tucker
Bonecrusher

Floyd Mayweather - Notable Wins
Oscar Delahoya - Shot and semi retired.
Canelo Alvarez - Weight drained. green at the elite level
Shane Mosley - washed up and old
Manny Pacquiao - See above. Plus injured. Plus Floyd was on PEDs
Miguel Cotto - past prime and ill prepared
Diego Corrales - ok, this is a good one

Mike Tyson's resume is better simply because he fought those opponents while they were in their primes (aside from Holmes) and without any unfair advantages and coward shenanigans and he won in spectacular fashion most of the time.

Floyd is a fraud who needs everything stacked in his favour and he still fights like a *****, and mostly fought tailor made no hopers, always protected by biased judges, bodyguard referees and a crooked USADA

[bojangles1987]

Mayweather and it's not even remotely close. Not even a little bit. You could take away Mayweather's top 5 wins and he'd still have the better resume by far.

[All in]

News of a celebrity boxing match within the last few days have seemed to put Mike Tyson and Floyd Mayweather against each other.

Who do you think had a better resume?


Tyson Wins - Notable Wins
Tyrell Biggs
Larry Holmes
Michael Spinks
Trevor Berbick
Tony Tucker
Bonecrusher

Floyd Mayweather - Notable Wins
Oscar Delahoya
Canelo Alvarez
Shane Mosley
Manny Pacquiao
Miguel Cotto
Diego Corrales

Mayweather by a landslide

[W1LL]

Mike Tyson isn't even a top 10 Heavyweight so it's not really a fair comparison.

[bojangles1987]

Tyson had to fight guys who were 15-20lbs heavier than he was throughout his whole career
Thats like Mayweather fighting SMWs when he was a WW

So its unfair to compare both fighters resumes, completely different dynamic when youre a heavyweight.

That's a terrible comparison completely missing weight percentages. Tyson fighting guys 15-20 pounds bigger is more like Mayweather fighting someone a division and a half bigger, or maybe even just a division. Which, oh wow, he did 5 ****ing times by moving up to higher divisions.

[bojangles1987]

Lets be honest Tyson's resume is garbage.

It really is. He's one of the most overrated fighters ever simply because of the hype around him.

[davef]

I wonder what iron mikes resume would have looked like if cus lived say 5 years longer and kept him on the straight and narrow

Guy was a wrecking machine when dedicated and disciplined