What happened to Mike Tyson?
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Since when? After his loss to Buster Douglas and then being incarcerated, he was never quite the same boxer. People still had hopes for him, remembering how he fought in his youth--the fluid bobbing and weaving followed by vicious combinations to the head and body.\n\nHowever, when he came back he won the heavyweight title again but was not quite as dominant and after losing once to Evander Holyfield in 1996, was disqualified for biting him in their rematch the following year.\n\nHe got one last shot at the title in 2002 but was knocked out by Lennox Lewis in what looked to be afterwards a complete mismatch. \n\nAfter that fight, Tyson won just one more fight before losing to Danny Williams and then Kevin McBride in an attempted comeback. However, he retired in his corner in the McBride fight and promised that he was done with boxing for good.\n\nHe has been on a world tour lately, making public appearances to pay his bills.
952461
um that new guy that beat up sting that's tyson tomko he used to b on the wwe and christain "problem solver" i guess he came back to do the same thing..........sheesh!
308614
How can you even compare the two? It's like cofusing class with trash. Ali was a BOXER Tyson is an animal.  So I say obviously Ali\n\nThe Champ is here!!!!
797993
Tyson is past. Get over it. He's retired.
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Mister Michael Willard Tyson
448431
I really think u shouldn't be so hard on yourself,you win some and you lose some haven't you heard that saying!I'm pretty sure that tyson,ali and all of them have been down before,sometimes things like this are going to happen but it's what you do after the storm...do you keep fighting to become the best? Or do you back out and quit forever?so what if it was the begining of the first round!fight him again,and again or someone eles untill they get the goddam point!!I know it feels bad to lose but you shouldn't throw away something thats given you so many opportunites,don't be afraid to go back into that gym,even if you know the people there saw what happened "who cares"everyone goes through that sometimes,but like i said its what you do after the storm.good luck
578502
NOBODY. The heavyeight division has been dismal for years now. It does not look like its gonna get any better anytime soon. There are no prospects, no one that I can even think of that will have an impact in the heavyweight division. Its really sad. I mean look at the current champs of the division...give me a break. In his prime Holyfeild wouldve killed these guys, and let me not even start on what a young tyson wouldve done, heck Ill even take a riddick bowe at this point!!
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I agree with the idea that if you were going to do a period time piece in boxing you could not ignore the brief period in which tyson was the most feared man in boxing. He captivated the public eye for one reason or another for about a decade (which seems to rate fairly well all in all). Does his boxing career necesarily merit the hall of fame. Most likely not. Other than the brief footnote that he was the youngest heavyweight champion he was handled well in the days of cus dmatto. When looking at the level of competition is easy to see he did not fight in a very tough era. Now all though he cant control his competition, it certainly is worth considering. Even with a punch like tyson's he probably would not have been much more than a blip on the radar. Tyson himself probably realizes that he is certainly not an all time great, and realizes when fighting the other recognized heavyweights in his generation he was dominated. \n\nAll in all he will probably get in there for the fact he was a prominent figure in boxing for a significant portion of time. However he is not an all time great fighter and probably would not be in the hall of fame on boxing merit alone.
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Lennox Lewis ended his career several years ago already a little past his prime as a boxer.  Heavyweights usually reach their peak in their later twenties and Lennox was past that already and slowing down abit.  He came close to losing his last bout and made the right decision to leave the game before he lost or got hurt.
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Cookie, he was the best heavyweight I have seen in 35 years more skilful than Tyson, Holmes, Lewis, but there have been other fighters at other weights who were just as sensational, like Leonard, Duran, Hagler, Barrera, de la Hoya. Tough call, my friend
759387
I recently watched the ESPN Classic DVD of Mike Tyson's 19 highlight fights. Not including the last two fights, which was a foreshadowing of his 'fall from grace' outside the ring, this guy seemed like an invincible tank. Ali is one of the most graceful fighters, but I can't help but picture Tyson blocking most of Ali's jabs with his signature gloves-over-the-face defensive stance.. this combined with his swift outbursts of powerful punches would eventually connect and knock out Ali.
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Holy crap... never thought anyone would ever talk about Lennox Lewis... I, too am a fan of Lennox and think that in his prime, he would make the current crop of heavyweights look ridiculous (well, most of the heavyweights out there do a pretty good job of making themselves look ridiculous)... however, he was commentating a recent fight (Mayweather vs. Judah) and I thought age had caught up with him pretty quickly... I have no doubt he could win a belt or two, but I would rather he stay retired so I can remember him as the dominate champion of his time... as far as a rematch with Klitschko, that would mean he would have to give up his political dreams to come back to fight... although Lennox got as good as he gave during that fight, I was proud of him as most observers questioned his heart and chin during his career. He answered a lot of questions concerning both during that bout.
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I think that they were both 'overrated.' I think Lennox gets a raw deal because he wasn't a flashy heavyweight. He was a big guy with skills that never amounted to being one of the greatest in my opinion. Lennox never really lived up to the hype because Tyson was jailed during Lennoxs' prime. Now, if they fought during the prime of their careeers, different story. But instead we have a boring Lennox making Mcall cry, barely beating Klitscko, and getting bit by Tyson during a conference. Razor on the other hand,  how can you be overrated when you're not even a blip on the screen. I remember Razor as one of those cats who had a really dazed and confused look when he lost. And he lost often. 7 or 8? And he never eally beat anyone in their prime. So? two Canadians on the same boat, different circumstances.
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this just has to be the most question ever asked on this website.  in fact, i think it was the first question i asked when i first jumped on board.  i can't think of any other fight that would be bigger or more anticipated or higher grossing than this one, if it had ever happened...would've been the superfight of the millenium!  and, as much as i love tyson - those of you who know my history know about my tyson lovefest, ali would've smoked him, but good!  sorry mike, i think you would've smoked any other heavyweight in history, but ali would've just had too much skill, speed, underrated power, accuracy, acumen, angles, footwork, ring smarts/generalship, etc for you to handle!
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Tyson couldnt even spell Muhammad Ali.\nBut seriously....he was a devastating puncher and thats about it. If Cus D'amato lived he might very well have been. In Tyson's early fights you saw a boxer with devastating power. After Cus died he respected no one enough who would tell him to work off of a double jab to get inside because of his short stature. He became a head hunter who didnt throw combinations. he went for one big blow and most of the guys he fought were intimidated enough to bow down to his reputation. He won most of his fights in the prefight staredown. Once Buster Douglas took away the invincibility factor, it was just a matter of time before his career went in the toilet. He didnt have the good sense to go back to the basics. Once again Cus D'amato would have had his respect enough to tell him this and he would have listened. He became even worse after the Micheal Spinks fight because the only tie he had left to Cus was fired by Don King(Kevin Rooney). Tyson is not top 3. Tyson is not top 10. Tyson lies between 15-25 because He had 5 good years and then he became a laughing stock
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Man, that poor guy.  He's been wrestling for over 10 yrs!!!  He's going to have to give up sometime!!  I bet he just needs some time off and hopefully he'll be back!!  All that wrestling has to be taking a toll on his body!!
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Yeah that was kind of silly but there is probably one guy who spent a thousand dollars making the graphics for the background of the punch stat board that needed justification or something. Thats the third devastating body punch I saw end a big money fight in the last couple years. Hopkins/De Lay Hoya and Ghatti/Dorin. The latter actually put Dorin in retirement too