Agreed....and the overall context of the fight is very interesting as well.Tyson v Berbick
Quite impressive in hindsight. I'm pretty sure that I wouldn't be expecting Tyson to blow Berbick away quite so effortlessly.
It's interesting to think how much of Mikes reputation in the 80's came off of that one win. It immediately erased any doubts that might have lingered from less than invincible showings against Tillis and Green.
Tyson - in some quarters - was still considered too young for this challenge and whilst Berbick was (rightly) not considered a great champion or a monumental step up in class; Mike's youth was viewed as a dangerous/unpredictable factor.
Had he been too pushed too far, too soon in a division where most fighters did not do their best work far later than folk in the lower weight classes?
The way Mike wrecked Berbick sent shockwaves through the division and the wider sporting world. Even now; it is still a hell of a take-down.
As Frank Bruno is struggling again I'd also make mention of the way he totally blitzed Coetzee - a bit sentimental I know - but leaving Gerrie prone like that (literally half out of the ring) was a heck of an achievement and it was a stunning example of Bruno's massive power.
