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did Trevor Birbeck take a dive against Mike Tyson?
Posted: 28 Aug 2014, 16:09
by palooka
I'm not sure?
Discuss...
Re: did Trevor Birbeck take a dive against Mike Tyson?
Posted: 28 Aug 2014, 16:24
by Broomhall
palooka wrote:I'm not sure?
Discuss...
You are bored and should be in bed instead of trying to raise such mischief
Re: did Trevor Birbeck take a dive against Mike Tyson?
Posted: 28 Aug 2014, 16:53
by tiny_acres
If that was a dive.Berbick deserves an academy award and a star on the walk of fame.
Re: did Trevor Birbeck take a dive against Mike Tyson?
Posted: 28 Aug 2014, 16:55
by Bodyshot3
You are bored and should be in bed instead of trying to raise such mischief
...indeed, Mr P is in an impish mood tonight!
Re: did Trevor Birbeck take a dive against Mike Tyson?
Posted: 28 Aug 2014, 18:11
by misterpunch
yes he did - about 3 times
Re: did Trevor Birbeck take a dive against Mike Tyson?
Posted: 03 Sep 2014, 06:39
by RazorKO
You might as well just say Herol Graham took a dive against Julian Jackson.
Re: did Trevor Birbeck take a dive against Mike Tyson?
Posted: 03 Sep 2014, 07:49
by SaadOffTheDeck
Re: did Trevor Birbeck take a dive against Mike Tyson?
Posted: 03 Sep 2014, 07:54
by Ezzard
Poisonous gas was pumped into his hotel room the night before the fight. This is accepted knowledge.
Re: did Trevor Birbeck take a dive against Mike Tyson?
Posted: 03 Sep 2014, 11:14
by SaadOffTheDeck
He learned the art from Cuevas against Tommy. Here is another one. Did Michael Dokes take a dive against Razor Ruddock? Inquiring minds must know.
Re: did Trevor Birbeck take a dive against Mike Tyson?
Posted: 03 Sep 2014, 13:17
by palooka
Bodyshot3 wrote:You are bored and should be in bed instead of trying to raise such mischief
...indeed, Mr P is in an impish mood tonight!

I'm sorry, I saw the Marvin Hagler dive thread and needed to join in the madness.
Re: did Trevor Birbeck take a dive against Mike Tyson?
Posted: 03 Sep 2014, 16:16
by SenorPipino
It's possible.
I've always contended that Mike Quarry took a dive against Bob Foster.
Seeing is believing.
Re: did Trevor Birbeck take a dive against Mike Tyson?
Posted: 04 Sep 2014, 04:41
by hhaehre
SaadOffTheDeck wrote:He learned the art from Cuevas against Tommy. Here is another one. Did Michael Dokes take a dive against Razor Ruddock? Inquiring minds must know.
No, but it's common knowledge that the light punching Ruddock had loaded gloves (plaster of paris)
Re: did Trevor Birbeck take a dive against Mike Tyson?
Posted: 04 Sep 2014, 14:38
by klompton
Its always been suspect to me because its similar to the obvious dive Dick Tiger took against Bob Foster in that both guys were left drooling on the canvas.
Re: did Trevor Birbeck take a dive against Mike Tyson?
Posted: 07 Sep 2014, 12:26
by IRLangmaid25
Absolutely not. Trevor Berbick got beheaded by a hungry young fighter in the shape of Michael Gerald Tyson who was out to making history to become the youngest boxer to clinch part of the World Heavyweight title and that is what happened.
Re: did Trevor Birbeck take a dive against Mike Tyson?
Posted: 07 Sep 2014, 12:42
by palooka
IRLangmaid25 wrote:Absolutely not. Trevor Berbick got beheaded by a hungry young fighter in the shape of Michael Gerald Tyson who was out to making history to become the youngest boxer to clinch part of the World Heavyweight title and that is what happened.
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wake up Ian
Re: did Trevor Birbeck take a dive against Mike Tyson?
Posted: 07 Sep 2014, 17:16
by SenorPipino
klompton wrote:Its always been suspect to me because its similar to the obvious dive Dick Tiger took against Bob Foster in that both guys were left drooling on the canvas.
So both Quarry AND Tiger took dives against Foster??
Maybe it's time we reevaluated Foster's standing as an ATG.
Rondon didn't look like he had any intention of doing business either.
Re: did Trevor Birbeck take a dive against Mike Tyson?
Posted: 08 Sep 2014, 05:59
by hhaehre
SenorPipino wrote:klompton wrote:Its always been suspect to me because its similar to the obvious dive Dick Tiger took against Bob Foster in that both guys were left drooling on the canvas.
So both Quarry AND Tiger took dives against Foster??
Maybe it's time we reevaluated Foster's standing as an ATG.
Rondon didn't look like he had any intention of doing business either.
Bob himself clearly took a dive against Frazier.
Re: did Trevor Birbeck take a dive against Mike Tyson?
Posted: 08 Sep 2014, 09:38
by Othro
So let's say this guy wasn't trolling and this was a serious question.
Re: did Trevor Birbeck take a dive against Mike Tyson?
Posted: 08 Sep 2014, 17:30
by misterpunch
berbick taking a dive in the Tyson fight is simply a little joke
Re: did Trevor Birbeck take a dive against Mike Tyson?
Posted: 12 Sep 2014, 14:43
by Duch
Berbick must have been a fuckin' dolphin
Re: did Trevor Birbeck take a dive against Mike Tyson?
Posted: 12 Sep 2014, 16:56
by Cap
There was some talk that Berbick was using since about the time of his non-fight with ST Gordon. He looked distracted in a few of his fights. Tyson was a good puncher but the guys he hit didn't always go Boom! Berbick did look peculiar. Like something just disconnected all of a sudden....
Re: did Trevor Birbeck take a dive against Mike Tyson?
Posted: 21 Sep 2014, 11:11
by Jan
this is the very last fight in history where i have a speculation that it was a dive. tyson said before ( or after?) the fight that he wants/wanted to bust berbicks eardrum. tyson hit berbick on the ear with the left hook. the ear is connected to the sense of balance.
Re: did Trevor Birbeck take a dive against Mike Tyson?
Posted: 24 Sep 2014, 19:08
by magwitch
IRLangmaid25 wrote:Absolutely not. Trevor Berbick got beheaded by a hungry young fighter in the shape of Michael Gerald Tyson who was out to making history to become the youngest boxer to clinch part of the World Heavyweight title and that is what happened.
*Gerard
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Re: did Trevor Birbeck take a dive against Mike Tyson?
Posted: 24 Sep 2014, 20:19
by Cutman Scabbers
What would have been the motivation?
Re: did Trevor Birbeck take a dive against Mike Tyson?
Posted: 27 Sep 2014, 14:23
by BoxBuzz
Hmm Was it a dive Trevor took? Or a dump?