and as posted this morning. he is the BEST INTERVIEW
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I guess the best fighter he beat would be Michael Spinks, who was the lightweight champion, but obviously out of his league. I'll never forget the look on Spinks' face right before that bout. He wanted no part, and I was actually surprised he didn't shit his pants.
Overrated? Maybe. But, he was dominate for a period of time. Not his fault that the heavyweight division had no one to challenge him, and force him to improve and hone his skills. No Frazier, Foreman, Norton or Shavers to force him to improve as a boxer. Never realized the "sweet science". He relied solely on intimidation and power. He took it for granted, and didn't think he needed anyone. I think if he would have stayed with Atlas, his career, and subsequently, his life may have taken a different turn. Although not an afficianado, I enjoy boxing. I wonder what could have been with him.
He was great until the fixes stopped. Buster Douglas was supposed to get paid off and take a dive until his mother died and he then changed his mind and told Don King he was going to beat the sh*t out of Tyson. Don King then had to pay off the judges who all had Tyson winning the Match when it was stopped. No one in the world except paid off judges would tell you they had Tyson ahead in the fight when it was stopped.
He was pampered and any fight that might be trouble was taken care of behind closed doors. Tyson was a joke and benifited from the slezzy promoters who make and break fighters on their ability to draw crowds. Tyson with his unreal power (dives from other boxers) looked like a killer.
And don't anybody tell me this didn't and doesn't happen in Boxing. It is the most crooked of all the sports, by a mile.
Remember Michael (2nd to) Nunn? Arums Tyson. Remember when Arum told him enough dancing and start clubbing people. Well Nunn told him he was the money maker and not to tell him how to fight. Well Arum told the 30 something and 0 fighter to get lost and he lost his next 2 fights really bad. And he was not heard from again.
But Boxing is on the up and up just like mosts sports run by people who only care about how much money the next super star will make them. If it's not much they won't be a super star for long. We have seen that before many, many times.
He was pampered and any fight that might be trouble was taken care of behind closed doors. Tyson was a joke and benifited from the slezzy promoters who make and break fighters on their ability to draw crowds. Tyson with his unreal power (dives from other boxers) looked like a killer.
And don't anybody tell me this didn't and doesn't happen in Boxing. It is the most crooked of all the sports, by a mile.
Remember Michael (2nd to) Nunn? Arums Tyson. Remember when Arum told him enough dancing and start clubbing people. Well Nunn told him he was the money maker and not to tell him how to fight. Well Arum told the 30 something and 0 fighter to get lost and he lost his next 2 fights really bad. And he was not heard from again.
But Boxing is on the up and up just like mosts sports run by people who only care about how much money the next super star will make them. If it's not much they won't be a super star for long. We have seen that before many, many times.
Sorry Viking but to each his own .... Watching a coward bite someone's ear off is not what I call a great exciting boxer ! I call that person a coward and He is and always was. If Joe Lewis, Ali, Holly or I could name about 50 or so other boxers met him in their prime and his prime.... Tyson would be looking up ! He's a fraud and a freek ! End of story ! Note ... I have never seen Tyson knock out a boxer... Perhaps you are correct... He did knock out a few people !
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turn it on mute.
