Who else thinks Mike Tyson is a class act?
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I do! All of the things he has been trough in his life and all of the people taking advantage of him. He is doing the best that he can.
797993
Tyson is past. Get over it. He's retired.
609272
There are so many good fighters but only a few great fighters.My vote goes to "The Natural" Randy Couture...he's done and won it all...and win or lose he ALWAYS did it with class...a true model for other men to follow in the sport!!!
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I agree with you completely. Lennox Lewis is the greatest champion and the greatest boxer in the history of this sport. First he had an excellent amateur career that he crowned with an Olympic gold medal in 1988, and as a professional he was in my opinion the greatest heavyweight champion ever to step foot in a boxing ring. He defeated every opponent he ever faced in his career (McCall and Rahman by a way of rematch) and he had all the attributes that a perfect heavyweight boxer is supposed to have - starting from basic height, weight and strenght advantage in almost every match to perfect technique, awesome knockout power and most importantly unprecedented boxing talent that he has been showing throughout his career.\nAli, Fraiser, Liston, Foreman, Holyfield, Tyson, Klitschko brothers and so on are all great heavyweight boxing champions but none of them is a match for Lennox in my opinion.
570645
No. Tyson hasn't had the fire in a long time. Fame will do that to a man - being surrounded by corruption and becoming somewhat corrupted himself. Of course, age is taking its toll as well. Tyson no longer has the agility nor the quickness that he used to win so many matches in his prime.\n\nIt should also be noted that Tyson usually didn't do well against guys who were much taller than him, so the current top heavyweights could pose a real problem for him.\n\nI'm sorry, but we'll have to remember Tyson in his prime and stop thinking of him making another comeback.
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It's really hard to say I remember a fighter in the late 70's who was a light puncher yet he had a mishap outside the ring and broke a guys jaw, one of the Viuret brothers.  Then there is a guy who fought Emile Griffith and he said he hit him the hardest.  The same fighter who had a controversial fight with Joey Giardello.  Mike Tyson when he was hot could hit hard.  Roberto Duran in his prime, even years later, flooring Iran Barkley to win the middleweight title.  Thomas Hearns, Joe Louis, and even classy boxer punchers like Sugar Ray Robinson, Sugar Ray Leonard and Mohamed Ali.  I'm sorry i really have no favourites.  The rock doesn't take a backward step and George Foreman is up there.  There are so many great fighters its just very subjective and depends entirely on the individual and their opponents, and a personal preference.
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It's a tie...Rocky Marciano and Larry Holmes.  Anybody who would put Clay/Ali is uninformed and ridiculous.  Joe Frazier, Ken Norton, and Leon Spinks made Muhammad Ali in his prime look like the Muhammad Ali of today.  And Holmes basically pounded his ass unmercifully.  Just because you have a big mouth and tell people you're the greatest, it doesn't mean you are.  I even recall seeing Marciano outclass and beat Ali/Clay when I was a wee lad in some movie.  \nRocky NEVER lost to anyone. EVER!\nHoroable mention:  George Foreman.  When he KO'ed Moorer in his mid-40's he proved something nobody else believed he could do.
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Batman253, I agree with you, he doesn't get the credit he deserves for being one of the best heavyweight champions of all times. Many people point to the "fact" that Lennox reigned during a crop of weaker heavyweights... yet at times, these same people claim some fighters are sooooo gooooood, they just make their opposition look bad, i.e. Roy Jones, therefore Lennox doesn't get a free pass for being a dominating force. Maybe the division wasn't filled with names such as Frazier, Ali, Norton, Foreman, Shavers, Patterson, etc. but to claim Lennox fought a bunch of nobodys during his career (James E.F claims "other than Holyfield... He dodged all the better than average heavyweights...") is absolutely absurd. Look at this list of fighters Lennox fought. If you say these guys were "less than average", you either don't know much about boxing, or you just do not want to give Lennox Lewis his due:\nV. Klitschko, Tyson, Rahman, Tua, Francois Botha, Michael Grant, Holyfield, Shannon Briggs, Golota, McCall, Ray Mercer, Frank Bruno, Tony Tucker, Razor Ruddock, Tyrell Biggs, Mike Weaver\nLennox and Tyson common opponents:\nFrancois Botha (who gave Mike all he could handle until he attempted to break Botha's arm), Holyfield, Golota, Bruno, Ruddock, Tyrell Biggs.\nUpon reading this list, please tell me who Lennox dodged. The obvious answer from the anti- Lennox establishment is Riddick Bowe. Check the facts people. Rather than fight Lennox, Bowe threw a belt away. So who remained for Lennox to duck?\nSo if people believe Lennox fought mediocre opposition, I guess it can be said so did Iron Mike. Also, those who claim Lennox was fighting these greats "after their primes" who is to say Lewis himself was not after his prime during these bouts?\nFinally, the big sticking point for the anti- Lennox establishment is his last fight against Vitali. Many people say he was losing, he looked terrible, blah-blah-blah... Vitali didn't look that great either. He was wobbled during the fight himself. The knock on Lewis was that he had a weak chin and didn't like to brawl. He brawled during this fight and took as well as he received, having many Vitali bombs landing squarely on his beard.\nLennox is an alltime great... deal with it people.
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My second job ever was at Sunglass Hut in Manhattan (NYC) right down the block from the Empire State Building... Just guess who walked in and bought a pair of glasses... MIKE TYSON!!!! The store was cleared for himself and then he only let the kids come in and say hello. The kids had a great time and I was just at awe..! I remember he came in with $500.00 cash in his left hand pointing at what he wanted and ended up buying $65.00 sunglasses made by Stussy. Other famous people walked in there but taking care of Tyson just gives you chills.
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I think Tyson blows Douglas out in 1 or 2 rounds. Buster got paid, got fat and blown out by Holyfield who couldn't punch like Tyson could. If Buster takes the rematch instead of the Holyfield fight, I think he comes in the same weight and in the same frame of mind. He had already pulled off the miracle, he was getting paid millions and he didn't care as much. Mike comes in pissed, focused and he knows he can blast Douglas out. That's the difference between this rematch and the Holyfield rematch. He knew in the Holyfield rematch that he couldn't KO Evander and that Holyfield would fight a controlled, disciplined fight and his overall skills would win so Mike got frustrated, scared and found an easy way without getting KO'd.\n\nHagler-Leonard.....I think the only way the rematch takes place is if Hagler gets his choice of glove size & ring size. I also think he would not spend the night chasing Ray around and definitely would not let him steal rounds in the last 20 seconds. I could almost see Hagler making the fight real boring and standing in the middle of the ring taunting Ray to come to him and fight. He knows Leonard couldn't hurt him and that chasing him around the ring wouldn't work. So stay in the middle of ring, taunt him to come fight and when he does Hagler's superior power starts to take over. I don't think Hagler can knock him out but I see him winning a close split decision because the judges would favor Ray as much as possible.\n\nBuchanan-Duran would have been interesting. I think Buchanan was taken a little by surprise. He figured he could do to Duran what he had done to Ismail Laguna, twice. He was even told by Laguna before the fight that he would beat Duran easily.  That being said, Duran was a great fighter and he just kept coming forward, and since Buchanan didn't have that one punch ko power he was going to have trouble keeping Duran off of him for 12 or 15 rounds. I think Buchanan would have been better prepared for Duran and maybe he takes on the Sugar Ray Leonard persona of the second Duran-Leonard fight and frustrates Duran into making mistakes and trying to knock him out of the ring. If he adopts that strategy or taunting & showboating maybe he wins in the same sort of fashion or earns a decision there is no way he KOs Duran, if he tries to get a KO I think Duran beats him again.
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One clean shot from Bob Sapp would probably put _anybody_ down for good.  The problem Sapp has is that he doesn't always get clean shots.  He's so big that you can see his shoulder and hip move a half minute before his sledgehammer fist comes around.  Most of his wins that I've seen have come from him barely lasting long enough to catch a guy that's a little too tired or wobbly to see the big slow punch coming at his head.\n\nSo, I don't think Sapp had a chance of landing anything on Tyson.  Tyson's definitely past his prime, but he's still small and fast.  Sapp would have to catch Tyson sleeping to land a punch on him.\n\nWith that being said, would Tyson be able to knock Sapp out?  In his prime I would say, absolutely.  I've TiVo'ed some of his classic fights and greatest knockouts.  The slow motion feature is awesome to use to see how Tyson could get his entire frame behind a punch.  He didn't punch with his arms or shoulders, or even from his hips like the really big punchers do. He punched from his FEET.  And he was FAST.  I don't think _anyone_ could withstand a solid punch from Tyson.  And what made him great in his day was that he was able to land those punches at will.\n\nCould he have landed one on Sapp?  Probably.  Would it have enough steam to put Sapp down?  I just don't know.  His skills have diminished over the years, so it's hard to say.\n\nBut I sure would have liked to seen him try!
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lol I agree with the first 2 answers... but he kinda looks like guy I know... at least in that pic. there are better photos of nick tho. thats like the worst possible one.\n\n\n\nand is it just me, or is tyson's hair ALWAYS greasy looking?
1125994
I have a P4P favorite in each weight class.  But I have to go with my boy; Miguel Cotto!  Winky Wright is also a strong candidate.  And no doubt in my mind that Bernard 'The Executioner' Hopkins is on top of the boxing world right now.  Floyd?  He gotta beat Oscar De La Hoya if he wants to be recognized as one of the top P4P at least in my mind.
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I TOTALLY DISAGREE WITH YOU, ALI WAS NOTHING BUT AN HBO PREMIER STAR, THATS IT, I THINK EVEN TYSON GAVE AS MUCH BETTER FIGHTS THAN ALI,WITHOUT A  DOUBT!
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REEDITED REVIEW!!!!\n\nWell first i agree whit the first answerer " no he is an idiot " .\n\nBut why will wouldn't he not do it? \nWell let me star by saying that Don King is all about marketing . So having said that i  have to say that selling the fights which some many people had ask him to sell on DVDs would not be such a good deal for him . Why? well first boxing is not like wrestling and other sports ,  boxers are idols but none of them are as idolized like for example hulk hogan and many others . they do not fight every week and they do not fill huge places every week .  but of course they are still very popular but their sports do not let them fight as often as other sports allow the ones who practice them . \n\nSo going back to the marketing which Don king uses .well boxing has someting which most sports do not have , most boxers usualy fight limited times in one year making people who manages them thinking on taking advatage of every oportunity as if it was the last time . Don king is an expert on this and he makes sure to get as much as he can whit out letting anyone else taking over the market he think is his and he made .\nhow does he do it ? \n1. by making sure to built up  a huge rivalry between his fighters all this whit all kind of low tactics and whit a lot of promoting making sure he has a good guy and a really bad one all the time (im talking about a guy Whit bad attitude ).\n2. by getting huge contracts whit HBO to only transmit ONE single time on PAY PER VIEW and when doing this making sure that everyone knows this is a ONE TIME OPPORTUNITY and that there will not be other one .\n3. by not letting others take advatage or to make themselves important by making money out of boxing like he does \n4. if he started to sell dvds he would have to give part of this money to the boxers which he probably thinks would star to manage themselves as soon as they have the money to do so .\n\nso at the end is all about marketing and his HUGE EGO.\n\ni have to add that even when this may not happen now it may happen in the future so lets just hope for that . im sure that if many people let Don King know what they want he may do it one day .
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jane as the others have said,he had a very good offence,i believe he was in a time of style change with boxing and at the time not many other boxers new what to do with his style.and he had a hard hit with both hands,and always moving forward,even if you are falling.after Marcianos style came Joe Louis and Ali i belive.These boxing videos are still available at THE BIG FIGHTS.INC courtesy of BILL CLAYTON he was one of Tysons managers.
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Pacquiao really prove his worth as a boxing idol. He's well prepared since his fight for Larios...then another preparation for his fight with Morales...then having a humble but brilliant coach like Roach...what else can we say ...with strong faith in God coupled with his fervent determination to win...huge SUCCESS!