Bo Jackson thought he could beat prime Mike Tyson

[CubanGuyNYC]

I think I saw tape of walker I think fighting a few complete bums .All that athletic skill vs tomato cans didn’t look to awesome.It all changes when you get hit in the mouth.Tyson takes them both out in same night.

I never saw Herschel fight; but I agree, athletic prowess doesn’t equal fighting ability. I’m not saying either he or Bo could beat Mike Tyson, not any more than I would say Tyson could compete with them on the football field. But as I said earlier, I do believe a guy like Bo Jackson might’ve been a world champion boxer if he chose that path from a early age.

[Chollo Vista]

I think I saw tape of walker I think fighting a few complete bums .All that athletic skill vs tomato cans didn’t look to awesome.It all changes when you get hit in the mouth.Tyson takes them both out in same night.

Walker was like 60 years old fighting a 20 something year old professional MMA fighter and dominated the kid

While I agree that it takes more than physical aesthetics to compete as a professional fighter, but many forget that that was what made Mike so special. The fact that he was a 16 year old kid, built like a grown ass man and had the athletic ability to do things no other human could do in that arena... These are things that couldn't be taught.. It's the x Factor.

Bo Jackson had that X Factor and under the right tutelage like a Cus D'mato could've easily been better than Mike

[Raf7_9]

I think Bo could have done it. If he could hit home runs and score touchdowns in the pros, then he surely had the physical skills to punch a guy in the head. One year of hardcore training and Bo would have been ready for the fight. Win? Who knows. But with Emanuel Steward and hard work and constant boxing training and good incremental sparring upgrading. I think Bo had a shot. I really do. Tyson could not hit a ball out of the infield and he couldn't gain five yards playing running back for the Giants.

I don't know why but I couldn't stop laughing at this. LMAO!

[Thunderstruck]

Walker was like 60 years old fighting a 20 something year old professional MMA fighter and dominated the kid

While I agree that it takes more than physical aesthetics to compete as a professional fighter, but many forget that that was what made Mike so special. The fact that he was a 16 year old kid, built like a grown ass man and had the athletic ability to do things no other human could do in that arena... These are things that couldn't be taught.. It's the x Factor.

Bo Jackson had that X Factor and under the right tutelage like a Cus D'mato could've easily been better than Mike

I didn’t know anything about him including age of walker when I saw those videos.Most of what I hear or see on this site I get my education by google and you tube.Tyson was done before I was watching boxing but I’ve watched all his fights and Ali Foreman Holyfield ect .Thank god for YouTube.

[PRINCEKOOL]

Walker was like 60 years old fighting a 20 something year old professional MMA fighter and dominated the kid

While I agree that it takes more than physical aesthetics to compete as a professional fighter, but many forget that that was what made Mike so special. The fact that he was a 16 year old kid, built like a grown ass man and had the athletic ability to do things no other human could do in that arena... These are things that couldn't be taught.. It's the x Factor.

Bo Jackson had that X Factor and under the right tutelage like a Cus D'mato could've easily been better than Mike

Bo Jackson was not a fighter, Tyson was a fighter even before boxing 'Herchel Walker had grown up doing martial arts, he did not just suddenly decide to do Mixed Martial Arts' I also think Herchel Walker was a better athlete than Bo Jackson etc

[Chollo Vista]

I didn’t know anything about him including age of walker when I saw those videos.Most of what I hear or see on this site I get my education by google and you tube.Tyson was done before I was watching boxing but I’ve watched all his fights and Ali Foreman Holyfield ect .Thank god for YouTube.

Glad to have you hear as a fan!

[Chollo Vista]

Bo Jackson was not a fighter, Tyson was a fighter even before boxing 'Herchel Walker had grown up doing martial arts, he did not just suddenly decide to do Mixed Martial Arts' I also think Herchel Walker was a better athlete than Bo Jackson etc

Mike Tyson use to get beat up and bullied as a 12 or 13 year old kid.. Why? Because he wasn't a fighter until he met Cus and began training.

I don't know if Bo was a fighter or not. But I know that man had the physical ability to be whatever professional athlete he felt like being... Whether it was boxing, soccer, basketball, cricket... It didn't matter

And Walker was a professional football player. If he took karate on the side, ok... Point is is when he competed in MMA he was an old man and still kicking ass

[PRINCEKOOL]

Mike Tyson use to get beat up and bullied... Why? Because he wasn't a fighter until he met Cus and began training.

I don't know if Bo was a fighter or not. But I know that man had the physical ability to be whatever professional athlete he felt like being... Whether it was boxing, soccer, basketball, cricket... It didn't matter

Tyson was fighting older kids on the streets, YES he was picked on but? There was a point when he fought back, when his pigeon was killed by a bully etc

Mike Tyson was a fighter long before he got into boxing, Bo Jackson was not a fighter 'If he was this so called fighter? There was nothing stopping him from perusing boxing after he left American football'.

There was nothing stopping Bo Jackson in the 90's from perusing boxing 'He did not peruse it because he was not a fighter'.

Herchel Walker was a better athlete than Bo Jackson 'Bo Jackson was a good all around athlete, but really? Carl Lewis would of beaten him, Mike Tyson would of beaten him so people need to relax.

Herchel Walker in my opinion was the better all round athlete.

[Chollo Vista]

Tyson was fighting older kids on the streets, YES he was picked on but? There was a point when he fought back, when his pigeon was killed by a bully etc

Mike Tyson was a fighter long before he got into boxing, Bo Jackson was not a fighter 'If he was this so called fighter? There was nothing stopping him from perusing boxing after he left American football'.

There was nothing stopping Bo Jackson in the 90's from perusing boxing 'He did not peruse it because he was not a fighter'.

Herchel Walker was a better athlete than Bo Jackson 'Bo Jackson was a good all around athlete, but really? Carl Lewis would of beaten him, Mike Tyson would of beaten him so people need to relax.

Herchel Walker in my opinion was the better all round athlete.

Tyson wasn't just beat up by older kids. He was beat up by kids his age as well... Secondly, I use to beat up kids older than me as a child? That has nothing to do with rationalizing why the kid lost a fight. He lost because he couldn't fight at the time.

Lastly, you're having a hard time processing the fact that Bo Jackson deciding to play football and Baseball didnt mean that he couldn't fight or box if he wanted too.

Bo Jackson went to college. Was boxing paying for full rides to college? Hell no. Many boxers fight out of necessity to improve their living conditions because many don't have a choice.

If LeBron James "had" to fight, I'm sure he'd be a damn good one. Look at how James moves compared to Fury.

Have you seen Tyson dance or play basketball? He was one of the most clumsy uncoordinated people you will see. What I'm saying is Jackson was a more athletic version of Tyson and could be a professional at whatever he felt like being a professional at.

Then you try and give Walkers MMA success to the fact that he took karate on the side. Well, if I take boxing on the side, does that mean I'll be able to beat at 20 something year old professional fighter when I'm 60? Hell no

[Chollo Vista]

Tyson was fighting older kids on the streets, YES he was picked on but? There was a point when he fought back, when his pigeon was killed by a bully etc

Mike Tyson was a fighter long before he got into boxing, Bo Jackson was not a fighter 'If he was this so called fighter? There was nothing stopping him from perusing boxing after he left American football'.

There was nothing stopping Bo Jackson in the 90's from perusing boxing 'He did not peruse it because he was not a fighter'.

Herchel Walker was a better athlete than Bo Jackson 'Bo Jackson was a good all around athlete, but really? Carl Lewis would of beaten him, Mike Tyson would of beaten him so people need to relax.

Herchel Walker in my opinion was the better all round athlete.

Guy's like Peter McNeely can go 36-1 as a boxer, but Bo "greatest athlete in the last 100 years" Jackson couldn't?