Nice Tyson tribute video.

Rocky Balboa · Post by **Rocky Balboa** » 03 Nov 2006, 12:30

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS4F18b8 ... ed&search=

A lot of you may have already seen this before, so apologies to those that have!

The video reinforces the fact that Mike Tyson was such a telented fighter at a very tender age. I remember years ago, back in his hey-day, Mike would often comment how he does not get a lot of credit for his defensive and boxing skills - just all for his power, & how people thought of him as just a slugger etc.

I noticed in the video clip how Tyson's hand-speed would just completely over-whelm and dominate fighters. It's not more evident than in the clip showing Tyson-Beerbick. Trevor had never been hit tht often by his previous opponents.

Seeing the video shows how eroded Mike's skills had become when he came out of jail. No one can be away from their job, profession, whatever it may be for such a long period of time & still be as good or effective etc.

One thing's for certain: Tyson was a bit special. Boy, how boxing could with a fighter like a young Tyson now, particularly the HW division!

Eric the Viking · Post by **Eric the Viking** » 03 Nov 2006, 13:11

Jesus frickin' Kerrist, could we please stop it with the frickin' Mike Tyson threads already?

Dentsun4228 · Post by **Dentsun4228** » 05 Nov 2006, 02:10

yeah. Let's forget the modern day greats and go back to talking about Jem Mace and Charley Burley and Battling Levinsky...fighters none of us have ever seen, never will and sure as hell know nothing about.

sockdolager · Post by **sockdolager** » 05 Nov 2006, 02:15

Dentsun4228 wrote:yeah. Let's forget the modern day greats and go back to talking about Jem Mace and Charley Burley and Battling Levinsky...fighters none of us have ever seen, never will and sure as hell know nothing about.

that is why you read those posts, to learn about those fighters. I love Tyson as much as the next nuthugger but there are FAR too many threads on him.

DoubleM · Post by **DoubleM** » 05 Nov 2006, 03:08

Eric the Viking wrote:Jesus frickin' Kerrist, could we please stop it with the frickin' Mike Tyson threads already?

Let's also stop frickin' sayin' frickin' and start typing our frickin' 'ings' properly, eh?

sockdolager · Post by **sockdolager** » 05 Nov 2006, 03:14

Decagon wrote:
Dentsun4228 wrote:yeah. Let's forget the modern day greats and go back to talking about Jem Mace and Charley Burley and Battling Levinsky...fighters none of us have ever seen, never will and sure as hell know nothing about.
Most of the people here have seen Charley Burley.

also, Ive got all of Jem Mace's fights on DVD.