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Why Tyson Was The Greatest Fighter That Ever Lived

Posted: 12 Nov 2016, 17:24
by bnovelist
His loss to Douglas EVERYONE in our entire neighborhood was in blazing devastating shock of what just happened. Mike Tyson losing a fight was like

the greatest upset I've ever seen in all of sports. RJJ or Mayweather losing still wouldn't have stacked up against Mike Tyson losing.

Re: Why Tyson Was The Greatest Fighter That Ever Lived

Posted: 12 Nov 2016, 17:29
by Rexob
AGREED! Post of the year contender :TU:

Re: Why Tyson Was The Greatest Fighter That Ever Lived

Posted: 12 Nov 2016, 17:37
by littlepug
I was an aspiring 17 year old amateur boxer when Tyson got beat and can honestly say that I was absolutely stunned ! I didn't have sky so didn't see it live but the pictures in the papers were jaw dropping with Tyson on all fours, apart from the highlights on the news I had to wait for the fight to come out on video before I saw it !

Re: Why Tyson Was The Greatest Fighter That Ever Lived

Posted: 12 Nov 2016, 17:39
by Rexob
Same here I just didn't believe it when people told me absolutely stunned wasn't the word! to this day nothing has come close.

Re: Why Tyson Was The Greatest Fighter That Ever Lived

Posted: 12 Nov 2016, 19:18
by TheGman
I was gutted at the time as i was a massive tyson fan but as iv grown older i realised tyson was exciting and entertaining but who was out there when he was around pre jail? No one so for me he wasnt even top 20-30 greatest fighters that ever lived. Sorry but just my opinion ;-)

Re: Why Tyson Was The Greatest Fighter That Ever Lived

Posted: 12 Nov 2016, 19:20
by TheGman
And please dont ask who is above him cause anyone from 30's 40's 50's 60's even 70's thats had to fight to survive

Re: Why Tyson Was The Greatest Fighter That Ever Lived

Posted: 12 Nov 2016, 19:21
by thomasjkelley
Why bnovelist Was The Greatest Poster That Ever Posted To Boxrec

Re: Why Tyson Was The Greatest Fighter That Ever Lived

Posted: 12 Nov 2016, 19:33
by Tarkus
Only thing that proves is that he was the most hyped up fighter in the history.

Re: Why Tyson Was The Greatest Fighter That Ever Lived

Posted: 12 Nov 2016, 19:51
by Badhusker
Just me talking, but I wish all the mods would slap each other every time Bnovelist posts. Horrible, horrible trolling. Is your sense of humor more twisted than most? Do you think it draws fans to the site? Please.................I have seen many people banned for much, much, less. He/She is about as far out as most want this forum to be. Just saying...

Re: Why Tyson Was The Greatest Fighter That Ever Lived

Posted: 13 Nov 2016, 15:23
by In the know 85
If your splitting hairs.. Then that fight should never have been a loss, watch it back and look at the long count Douglas got away with, shocking for a fight of that magnitude!

Re: Why Tyson Was The Greatest Fighter That Ever Lived

Posted: 13 Nov 2016, 15:29
by Rexob
In the know 85 wrote:If your splitting hairs.. Then that fight should never have been a loss, watch it back and look at the long count Douglas got away with, shocking for a fight of that magnitude!

So did Tyson but he still didn't get up. :lol:

Re: Why Tyson Was The Greatest Fighter That Ever Lived

Posted: 13 Nov 2016, 15:33
by In the know 85
Rexob wrote:
In the know 85 wrote:If your splitting hairs.. Then that fight should never have been a loss, watch it back and look at the long count Douglas got away with, shocking for a fight of that magnitude!

So did Tyson but he still didn't get up. :lol:
Stick to your day job mate! Being a comedian isn't for you :doh:

Re: Why Tyson Was The Greatest Fighter That Ever Lived

Posted: 13 Nov 2016, 15:40
by Rexob
If you look again and time it Tyson had a long count as well, so before you give another answer, go check it out on youtube then come back and apologies :TU:

Re: Why Tyson Was The Greatest Fighter That Ever Lived

Posted: 13 Nov 2016, 18:28
by SenorPipino
Tyson has always claimed that he was screwing Japanese women left and right during training for that bout, and was infected with gonorrhea.

Supposedly this social disorder weakened him substantially to the point where he was just a shell of himself.

Remember, however, that in boxing, there's no excuse for not having an excuse.

Re: Why Tyson Was The Greatest Fighter That Ever Lived

Posted: 13 Nov 2016, 18:35
by ClivePatrickLyons
In the know 85 wrote:If your splitting hairs.. Then that fight should never have been a loss, watch it back and look at the long count Douglas got away with, shocking for a fight of that magnitude!

Buster was awake and well aware what was going on the moment he hit the canvas he would have beat the count anyway he hit the canvas with his glove because he was mad at himself for getting caught with the same punch Tyson tried to land a few time's during the fight.

Re: Why Tyson Was The Greatest Fighter That Ever Lived

Posted: 14 Nov 2016, 12:17
by SaadOffTheDeck
He was about to get destroyed by holyfield anyway.

Re: Why Tyson Was The Greatest Fighter That Ever Lived

Posted: 14 Nov 2016, 15:30
by JohnL
Answer: No.

Re: Why Tyson Was The Greatest Fighter That Ever Lived

Posted: 14 Nov 2016, 15:32
by gilgamesh
In the know 85 wrote:If your splitting hairs.. Then that fight should never have been a loss, watch it back and look at the long count Douglas got away with, shocking for a fight of that magnitude!
Tyson fans will cling to this BS forever I guess. Buster followed the referee's count and got up at 9. He clearly had his sh*t together and could've stood up at 4 if need be.

Re: Why Tyson Was The Greatest Fighter That Ever Lived

Posted: 14 Nov 2016, 15:38
by Brute
SenorPipino wrote:Tyson has always claimed that he was screwing Japanese women left and right during training for that bout, and was infected with gonorrhea.

Supposedly this social disorder weakened him substantially to the point where he was just a shell of himself.

Remember, however, that in boxing, there's no excuse for not having an excuse.
Louis always took a group of women to his training camp. Did not hurt him.

Re: Why Tyson Was The Greatest Fighter That Ever Lived

Posted: 14 Nov 2016, 15:39
by gilgamesh
Brute wrote:
SenorPipino wrote:Tyson has always claimed that he was screwing Japanese women left and right during training for that bout, and was infected with gonorrhea.

Supposedly this social disorder weakened him substantially to the point where he was just a shell of himself.

Remember, however, that in boxing, there's no excuse for not having an excuse.
Louis always took a group of women to his training camp. Did not hurt him.
Probably because he actually bothered to train while he was at it.

Re: Why Tyson Was The Greatest Fighter That Ever Lived

Posted: 14 Nov 2016, 15:41
by SaadOffTheDeck
That's a myth anyway. Old time trainers started it to keep their fighters angry.

Re: Why Tyson Was The Greatest Fighter That Ever Lived

Posted: 14 Nov 2016, 15:52
by Brute
Probably upset because the pugs were getting more nooky than the trainers,

Re: Why Tyson Was The Greatest Fighter That Ever Lived

Posted: 15 Nov 2016, 01:29
by p4p1
The count of 10. The rules say the count of 10. 10 seconds is never mentioned. The count for both fighters was consistent.

Re: Why Tyson Was The Greatest Fighter That Ever Lived

Posted: 15 Nov 2016, 02:15
by littlepug
p4p1 wrote:The count of 10. The rules say the count of 10. 10 seconds is never mentioned. The count for both fighters was consistent.
:TU:

Re: Why Tyson Was The Greatest Fighter That Ever Lived

Posted: 15 Nov 2016, 02:49
by Kalan
Brute wrote:
SenorPipino wrote:Tyson has always claimed that he was screwing Japanese women left and right during training for that bout, and was infected with gonorrhea.

Supposedly this social disorder weakened him substantially to the point where he was just a shell of himself.

Remember, however, that in boxing, there's no excuse for not having an excuse.
Louis always took a group of women to his training camp. Did not hurt him.
Louis didn't have any competition close to Buster Douglas's ability... Louis was fighting the Tony Galento's.. Red Burman's.. and Jack Roper's of the world.. His deplorable "Bums of the Month" wouldn't have gotten within 10,000 miles of a World Title Shot at any time since 1990.. Except for the 2 challengers Tommy Morrison fought.. They were outrageously bad and one of them knocked Morrison out.

I wasn't surprised that Douglas won... He was bigger, taller, faster, stronger, smarter, more skilled, but usually a lot lazier than Mike.. But for that camp Buster shook off the laziness.. What angered me was not seeing that upset coming from 10,000 miles away.. It's one of those forehead slappers.