How far could Tyson have gone if he had not fired Rooney?

[The Viper]

He isn’t getting past Holyfield in 1990. FACT

rooney took him as far as he could go. competition caught up with mike.

Please whatever!

[The Viper]

A disciplined Tyson would not have gone gung-ho looking for an early knockout as he did in the second part of his career. He would have boxed, too, as he did with Tony Tucker.

That way, wins against Holyfield, Bowe and Lewis would definitely have been a possibility.

The post-prison Tyson was just a shell of his early version.

This.........

[Elroy The Great]

Please whatever!

fans want to make excuses for why their guy loses.

do what you must

[FinitoxDinamita]

Probably would have avoided jail and knock out Douglas. He probably would have cleaned out the division of Bowe and Lewis just my 2 cents. Iron Mike was focus like a last beam under Rooney once he went to King his skills diminished

Beating Bowe and Lewis? Lmfao .. since when did Rooney become this saviour?
Rooney was just a small piece..

Cus being alive might have made a difference though.

[The Viper]

fans want to make excuses for why their guy loses.

do what you must

Hey it's pretty clear mike was not in his prime or any where near it, when he fought lewis or even earlier holyfield.....so cut the crap man.....as past prime any heavy weight is not gonna beat lewis or holyfield

[Elroy The Great]

Hey it's pretty clear mike was not in his prime or any where near it, when he fought lewis or even earlier holyfield.....so cut the crap man.....as past prime any heavy weight is not gonna beat lewis or holyfield

and yet, after those loses, he was once again killing people (BUMS).

[RussB23]

If tyson stayed focused and didnt waste his career partying he could have been a GOAT HW contender. He would have been dominant.

He had a really short prime because he ****ed his own career up.

[juggernaut666]

He would have defeated everyone ,we would have even got the Foreman fight , no Buster loss and Holyfield and Bowe thrown in . He would have fought Lewis in 1995 and retired .

He may have come back to challenge the Klitchkos for one fight ? An that would have been his biggest risk.

His legacy would have been a total 360 and he goes down as the greatest HW champion of all time .

[Sugar Adam Ali]

Please whatever!

This.........

Rooney can train the mental weakness that was mike..



Holyfield would have gotten dropped and beaten up in the first 3 rounds, would have gotten up, dusted himself off and fivcked mike up the rest of the way. And when mike realized he was in a legit war, he would fold.

You can train or coach up heart and will to win...

Holyfield had it, mike didn’t

[Sun_Tzu]

I remember the first time I saw Holyfield at HW. It might have been against Dokes, my first thought was this mfer will beat the fuck out of Mike. I give Tyson in prime shape and on his game a legit shot against the focused Bowe we saw a few fights prior to and winning the championship but I still think Bowe is the favorite.Prime Mike more than likely crushes Lewis before Manny turned him into what most folks remember but he gets done after Manny but he dont ever beat Holyfield. Its almost like Holyfield was built in a lab to be Tysons kryptonite. I won so much money on both of those fights and I never bet on fights.