What career are you the most sad about?

[KingDosia]

It was supposed to be 50-0, then retire...that's supposedly what Jimmy Jacobs and Bill Cayton had in mind...They thought Tyson could reach that point by 28 years old or so...plans don't always work out.


Atlas said on ESPN before that he was disappointed with Tyson because he was supposed to have an impact on society/youth, like the Ali of his day...No other fighter of Tyson's generation had the ability to have such an impact, Tyson had the World's attention, especially the troubled kids in the ******, but he couldn't live up to what "they" had in mind. I don't blame him though, D'amato and Jacobs died and Tyson wanted to call it a day...but even before that, I think Teddy was right, Tyson should of been disciplined more, but since D'amato was in his last days, Cus wanted to push as fast as he could...People say it doesn't mean that if Cus had stayed alive that Tyson would of been fine, but just look at the other example of Cus's students, Floyd Patterso, and Jose Torres...Patterson and Torres was the finished product of Cus...Cus once said something on the lines of, "I am a success only when I am able to create both a Chamion and a person who can stand on his own two feet, when the person doesn't need me anymore, I am a success"

I wondered if Cus saw the unbriddled terror in Tyson as being shortlived and wanted to push him, or if he knew that kid had to be pushed to succeed? I think that Cus understould Mike better than Teddy did. however Teddy had a good point about his disciplin. He did rush, two fights a month until he became champion was a killer pace. But I do often wonder how great he could have been. Say if you gave him Holyfields tenacity, and disciplin. Or the wits of Ali. Tyson's career is the one that sadenns me the most. Generations before me had a great HW to look up to Mine was Mike Tyson. You can say what you want to about him, but he had all the tools to be truly great. 90-0???
I don't know about that, but an undefeated record, maybe.
Hadlewis, Holyfield, Morrer, a coming back George Foreman or any of the current champs faced the Tyson who decimated the likes of Berbick and Spinks not to mention hall of famer Larry Holmes They would have looked just as bad against that hell fire.

[Welter_Skelter]

I dont know if its sad for me.. But for all of boxing in general.. Mike Tyson ... With the right people I am sure he would have been the Greatest of all time

[joeytrimble]

fernando vargas is a sad story

[Abe Attell]

I wondered if Cus saw the unbriddled terror in Tyson as being shortlived and wanted to push him, or if he knew that kid had to be pushed to succeed? I think that Cus understould Mike better than Teddy did. however Teddy had a good point about his disciplin. He did rush, two fights a month until he became champion was a killer pace. But I do often wonder how great he could have been. Say if you gave him Holyfields tenacity, and disciplin. Or the wits of Ali. Tyson's career is the one that sadenns me the most. Generations before me had a great HW to look up to Mine was Mike Tyson. You can say what you want to about him, but he had all the tools to be truly great. 90-0???
I don't know about that, but an undefeated record, maybe.
Hadlewis, Holyfield, Morrer, a coming back George Foreman or any of the current champs faced the Tyson who decimated the likes of Berbick and Spinks not to mention hall of famer Larry Holmes They would have looked just as bad against that hell fire.

Cus was old...every day could be your last...Cus was able to fix Floyd and Jose, I don't see any reason if Cus was alive until Mike was about 25, that Mike wouldn't have been able to be a "success", Cus D'amato's version of Success.

Every time somebody died on Mike, if it was his Mother, Cus, Jimmy, his Sister, etc. it must have hurt.

The boxing business is full of deception, that is to much to deal with when on your own without the help of people that you can trust protecting you.

[deuce_drop]

Gerald McClellan
Michael Watson
Ike Ibeabuchi
Riddock Bowe

All coulda been great except for Watson...Though he woulda been very good!!!

i agree......these are my picks too, very sad stuff with Watson and McClellan.

[flipside]

rolando navarete

[xcaret]

rolando navarete

your sad about a bum? hahahaha

[AP6]

Salvador Sanchez

[:Bobby:]

Who is rolando navarete? never heard of him, to be honest.