The World Boxing Council (Mauricio Sulaiman, Victor Silva, Xochitl Lagarda and Jill Diamond) closed the week by having an epic conversation with Mike Tyson. It was a fascinating, wide-ranging chat, full of anecdotes, humor and wisdom, discussing Cus D Amato, Muhammad Ali, pigeons, tattoos, hope, dreams, family and a treasure trove wealth of knowledge straight from the heart from one of the greatest and most spectacular heavyweights that boxing has produced.
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Tyson was the youngest heavyweight to win a title at the age of 20. Good grief, when I was 20 years old, I was still a kid learning the ropes navigating my way thru life in college. I could not imagine being a heavyweight champ at age 20. Tyson had exceptional power as a heavyweight and make no mistake about it, his KO power was consistent, not once in a while like other fighters we watch today. Tyson added a nice touch to boxing entertainment during the 1980’s. Many opponents would simply hug and hold Tyson just to evade his short burst of powerful punches. We all know that boring cop-out tactic some fighters do to get thru a fight. Either way you slice it, hate or love him, Tyson was a piece of controversy.
To me Tyson in his prime was the most devastating powerful KO boxer in heavyweight history no doubt about that!
I just want to say that the critcs got it all wrong .Kevin McBride did not knock out Mike tyson. Mike quit.this should be corrected
He’s the most overrated heavyweight champ in boxing history. In his prime, he was very good. But his prime didn’t last very long. And I’d take Liston, Ali, Frazier, Foreman and Holmes in their primes every day of the week against Tyson.
Tyson’s prime may not have lasted long, but that time frame was intense!
Holmes lol
Mike was an intimidating walking persona. He was the full package..speed, power, solid chin, come forward type of fighter. Training for him must of been difficult due to he fought the whole three minutes in which he had solid stamina when he was well managed. Tyson’s fall was his management. In the 80’s no one wanted to fight him. In the 90’s everyone lined up to fight him. His three year stint hurt him in which he was nvr the same fighter, the speed was gone..the aggressive come forward was gone in which allowed his opponents to implement their tactics of jab and move to the much slower Tyson of the 90’s. His power and good chin held him in the 90’s to still compete at a high level…his stamina and speed were gone. Most important his desire was gone too…in his early days it was abt being the Best and in the 90’s it was abt cashing out on his name. The Tyson of Berbick and Spinks would destroy any fighter in any era.
The prison stint took a lot out of him but so did Buster Douglas, it would’ve been nice to see Tyson|Holyfield before he went to prison but Holyfield was no joke back in 90/91