Comments Thread For: Mike Tyson on Mind Games, Breaking an Opponent's Spirit

[elfag]

You know how many times I read mike tyson was a bully and would fall to anyone able to stand up to him on youtube comments.

I guess clearing out the 80s heavyweight division and knocking out titlist and challengers makes you a bully. They act like he was fighting jr high students or some chit. Theyre unaware that lewis was going for a second olympics and still amateur in 1988 and holyfield was a cruiserweight.

Tyson was intimidating but that really undersells the toughness of heavyweight contenders.

[HORUS!!!]

Opinion!

Saying Mike Tyson could have beat anyone when he was in his prime is "ludicrous". That opinion comes from an affinity to Mike. I love Mike Tyson as well but I doubt he could have beaten Ali. We will never know however, as Mike fought in an era where the heavyweights weren't that great, I believe Mike would have been better back in the golden age of heavyweights because his competition would have been better. Then again... Maybe not. Maybe he would have taken more losses or had less knock outs. Fighters wouldn't have feared and folded so easily to him. Maybe his era was perfect for him because of those reasons however, there's is no taking away from his greatness. 50-6-2 with 44 knockouts is astounding no matter what era he fought in. He was a prodigy and we, as well as the sport of boxing, should be grateful to have experienced the time of IRON MIKE!

[julianjaz]

Oh come on you know Tyson was a basket case by the time he fought Holyfield . Tyson of 86 to 89 beats any Heavyweight in history. Oh and don't forget Holyfield was a steroid cheat take his steroids away and even a wash up Tyson beats him. You seen what Toney did to Holyfield when Holyfield wasn't juicing

EXCUSES EXCUSES EXCUSES...
HOLYFIELD WOULD HAVE WHUPPED TYSON BACK IN 1990 WHEN THEY WERE 1ST SUPPOSED TO FIGHT!
That's why they made Holyfield wait as the #1 HW contender for 18 months!!!
And your sorry azz example of the Toney fight was when Holyfield was already waaaaay past prime... waaay after the Tyson fight. Nice try, you lose... yours opinion has been set... CHECKMATE!

[julianjaz]

Oh come on you know Tyson was a basket case by the time he fought Holyfield . Tyson of 86 to 89 beats any Heavyweight in history. Oh and don't forget Holyfield was a steroid cheat take his steroids away and even a wash up Tyson beats him. You seen what Toney did to Holyfield when Holyfield wasn't juicing

EXCUSES EXCUSES EXCUSES...
HOLYFIELD WOULD HAVE WHUPPED TYSON BACK IN 1990 WHEN THEY WERE 1ST SUPPOSED TO FIGHT!
HOLYFIELD ALWAYS HAD MENTAL EDGE ON TYSON, WAY BACK TO THE BILLIARDS GAME AT OLYMPIC TRAINING PREP.
That's why they made Holyfield wait as the #1 HW contender for 18 months!!!
And your sorry azz example of the Toney fight was when Holyfield was already waaaaay past prime... waaay after the Tyson fight. Nice try, you lose... yours opinion has been set... CHECKMATE!

[Reloaded]

One thing I always found fascinating about Tyson's mental approach, that a lot of people miss, is that it's mental fierceness to cover fear and fragility. He was not a supremely confident monster. He had vulnerabilities. Cus taught him to combat that, hence this wealth of great Tyson quotes we have.

That was while he was destroying everyone, after Douglas nobody feared him and his boxing looked average.

[LoadedWraps]

One thing I always found fascinating about Tyson's mental approach, that a lot of people miss, is that it's mental fierceness to cover fear and fragility. He was not a supremely confident monster. He had vulnerabilities. Cus taught him to combat that, hence this wealth of great Tyson quotes we have.

Well said.

Oh come on you know Tyson was a basket case by the time he fought Holyfield . Tyson of 86 to 89 beats any Heavyweight in history. Oh and don't forget Holyfield was a steroid cheat take his steroids away and even a wash up Tyson beats him. You seen what Toney did to Holyfield when Holyfield wasn't juicing

Mike Tyson vs Tyson Fury is a tossup if Mike doesn't get him out of there in 2.

[Luilun]

EXCUSES EXCUSES EXCUSES...
HOLYFIELD WOULD HAVE WHUPPED TYSON BACK IN 1990 WHEN THEY WERE 1ST SUPPOSED TO FIGHT!
HOLYFIELD ALWAYS HAD MENTAL EDGE ON TYSON, WAY BACK TO THE BILLIARDS GAME AT OLYMPIC TRAINING PREP.
That's why they made Holyfield wait as the #1 HW contender for 18 months!!!
And your sorry azz example of the Toney fight was when Holyfield was already waaaaay past prime... waaay after the Tyson fight. Nice try, you lose... yours opinion has been set... CHECKMATE!

You know nothing of Chess so Tyson was in his prime ? Yea right but you make excuses for Holyfield losing to a fat blown up middleweight