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Do you think the amount of quick finishes Tyson had in his early career didn't actually do him any favours in building up his experiance levels?

Just think, Tysons first 16 fights lasted 42 minutes 41 seconds, roughly 2 minutes 30 seconds a fight. Can anyone learn that much from fights ending this quick?

In his next 11 fights he only fought 51 rounds (6 of these ended in 3 rounds or less) and then he fought Berbick for the title.

Not a great deal of experiance and maybe meant he was lacking in ring knowledge when he actually won the title.

Coupled with the fact that his opponents were sh*t scarred of him and fought on the back foot or on the defensive also means Tyson was not only lacking experiance but wasn't getting great rounds under his belt.

Any thoughts?

No doubt Mike was well trained by Cus D'Amato and Kevin Rooney and I do think part of his career going down the crapper was Cus dying and Mike dumping Kevin. My own opinion is that Mike was a very programmed fighter as an amateur and young pro so when he was own he couldn't think on his own during fights or even training. So his lack of experience probably did cost him because he didn't have his own experience to fall back on when the going got rough without Cus or Kevin.

Yes he often times relied to much on his power.I feel it was most obvious when he would stop moving his head after he punched ,didnt use his jab to set up his combinations and loaded up to much on his shots.This did seem to happen more post Rooney. ON a similar note,the guys in his corner during the Douglas fight had absolutely no idea what they were doing.