MEN Column - Time for Tyson To produce

[Joe G]

http://menmedia.co.uk/manchesterevening ... to_produce

[black panther]

Thanks for that Joe. Looking forward to this one and some fun times ahead for the British Heavyweight scene that's for sure! I'll be honest, in my humble opinion I think it's pretty far fetched to say he's got the potential to be world no.1 from what I have seen so far. But maybe you have seen things in the gym that he has yet to show in the ring. Best of luck to him I say and as mentioned he's still so young, just a baby in heavyweight terms.

[overhand_right]

Lol some pretty funny lines in that article. 'Tipped by some to be a future world champion'. Who are these 'some'? Tyson and his dad? The latter who also believes George Foreman and Michael Spinks 'couldn't have lived with him'. Obviously John McDermott can live with him, but not Foreman or Spinks...

'You can't deny he has natural talent' - he's got two left feet and has even punched himself in the face. Natural talent. Looks like a big lump.

Tyson's a bit of a joke in my opinion. A hungry future world champion shouldn't be constantly overweight with a soft body that jiggles everytime he throws a punch. World champ? He'll be lucky to win a British title.

[maninthemiddle]

Watched quite a few of Lennox Lewis' early fights, and he didn't look a future world champ either.......
And those of us who were there when Jim Twite stopped David Haye in the amateurs in the first round wouldn't have given him a chance of fighting for world titles.
My biggest concern isn't the talent, its the training. He seems to still be undecided about where he should base himself and he has often had training schedule interupted by injuries. I'm sure if he's trained right and at "peak" fitness he will certainly be in with a chance of beating all the current British heavies (Audley included) and then 10-15 fights down the line.........