Where did this myth come from that Mike Tyson folded whenever someone wasn't afraid?

[HitmanTommy]

Berbick certainly wasn't afraid. He threw everything but the kitchen sink at him and even stuck his nose up at him after the bell rang.

Peter Mcneely also threw everything but the kitchen sink at him. He wasn't afraid

Bruno was another one who wasn't afraid. He buckled Tyson's legs in the very first round of their first fight.

Razor Ruddock wasn't afraid in either bouts.

Holmes wasn't afraid.

[Commie]

Tyson would break Wilders ribcage

[Monzon99]

That jealous nimrod Teddy Atlas started this fake myth. And the fake news media ran with it.

[Monzon99]

Tyson would break Wilders ribcage

No. Haymon would never ever dare make this brutal mismatch which would leave the big alabama fraud in a coma.

Haymon and Wilder would duck Tyson forever and ever. Because Mike would ko the glass jawed fraud in 30 seconds.

[Robbie Barrett]

Berbick certainly wasn't afraid. He threw everything but the kitchen sink at him and even stuck his nose up at him after the bell rang.

Peter Mcneely also threw everything but the kitchen sink at him. He wasn't afraid

Bruno was another one who wasn't afraid. He buckled Tyson's legs in the very first round of their first fight.

Razor Ruddock wasn't afraid in either bouts.

Holmes wasn't afraid.

Bruno was laying logs on the way to the ring in both fights, he was shit scared.

[soul_survivor]

Berbick certainly wasn't afraid. He threw everything but the kitchen sink at him and even stuck his nose up at him after the bell rang.

Peter Mcneely also threw everything but the kitchen sink at him. He wasn't afraid

Bruno was another one who wasn't afraid. He buckled Tyson's legs in the very first round of their first fight.

Razor Ruddock wasn't afraid in either bouts.

Holmes wasn't afraid.

I think the point was that when he faced the very best, he crumbled more often than not.

Out of the people you listed, only Ruddock was a prime world class opponent and Tyson came through it, but he repeatedly failed on the big stage against Holyfield, Lewis and of course Douglas.

It was the psychological effect of being a bully, when he couldn't get them out of there, he had little else to reply on because he didn't have that confidence, that sheer bloody mindedness that the likes of Ali, Foreman, Frazier, Holyfield et al had.

[apollocreed]

He didn’t fold, but if his opponent wasn’t intimidated, and I mean genuinely not intimidated (like Holyfield or Douglas) then whole aura diminished. He was a bully, there’s no denying it.
I’ve read both his books - he says in both that D’Amato drilled into him the importance of intimidation from the age of 15.
Berbick was clearly intimidated btw, he was terrified before the bell went. He was like McNeely, fighting aggressively but wildly out of fear.

[Cobra Curry]

I think the point was that when he faced the very best, he crumbled more often than not.

Out of the people you listed, only Ruddock was a prime world class opponent and Tyson came through it, but he repeatedly failed on the big stage against Holyfield, Lewis and of course Douglas.

It was the psychological effect of being a bully, when he couldn't get them out of there, he had little else to reply on because he didn't have that confidence, that sheer bloody mindedness that the likes of Ali, Foreman, Frazier, Holyfield et al had.

I agree with you to a point, but I thought he showed that bloody mindedness in the Douglas fight, almost pulling off the KO.

I'd class Tony Tucker as a prime world class opponent who came to win and while he failed against Holyfield and Lewis I think it's fair to say he wasn't quite the same fighter by then.

[PRINCEKOOL]

The myth exists and was created to make certain people feel better about themselves, or sleep better at night.

Mike Tyson in all of his fights 'When he was met with resistance always fought back furiously'. And that statement is fact for every single version of Mike Tyson, whether that was late 80's, early 90's and even post prison Mike Tyson etc

All boxers in some ways are all bullish to a certain extent, the very nature of sport requires you to be this way. Razor Ruddock was not overly intimidated by Mike Tyson 'Did Mike Tyson disappear? NO, he proceeded to break his Jaw, Ribs, and smash his orbital bone'.

Even in all of Mike Tyson's loses, he displayed that his innate instincts as a fighter/man where to always fight back furiously 'I don't even think boxing taught him this, because it was who he was inside'. NOW I will point out that Tyson did become frustrated inside of the ring, but he sure as anything did not fold.

The scenes of Mike Tyson on the canvas feeling around for his gum shield then putting it back in against Buster Douglas, to then rise to his feet 'Those are not the behaviors of a man who just disappears when met with resistance'.

When Danny Williams detonated a 20+ punch combination upon a injured Mike Tyson, at the end of the exchange? Mike Tyson loaded up one more right hand, before being hammered to the canvas ''Those are not the behaviors of a man who just disappears when met with resistance'.

Not at any point in his fight against Lennox Lewis did I see Mike Tyson, visibly give up 'In a fight he must of known he was in deep waters' Courage has been described as 'Discovering that you may not win, BUT still trying when you know you can lose' Mike Tyson early on in that fight knew that maybe he could not win, even still he did not disappear at the first signs of resistance 'Because that was not who he was as a fighter'

The Notion that Mike Tyson just folded or disappeared when met with resistance WAS and IS a fairy-tale 'It is science fiction, It is not real'.

[therealpugilist]

casuail fans and emo so called fans that dont really look at the athletes as athletes and just that


watch this fight and tell me Tyson was a front runner

most folks dont know **** about boxing


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many men would have folded from those shots they traded


these 2 fights neither fighters punch resistance was the same