Originally posted by parabellum: How'd you watch a 40 minute video in less than 15 minutes?
--------------------------------------------------------- I was a huge boxing fan. My greatest memories were me and Dad watching the fights. Tyson was at his prime. We both watched Tyson's first loss. So many things can be said about him that are NOT flattering. For me the most important thing was the amount time I spent enjoying the fights with Dad. Pickle Rick.
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I grew up with the Friday Night Fights. Remember Floyd Patterson, Sonny Liston. Heard Ali speak when he was touring College campuses. Amateur boxing was still politically correct when I was in college. Those were some of the best amateur bouts I have ever seen.
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He punched some of those poor fools clear across the ring! I've been a casual fan of boxing ever since I met Mohammed Ali and got his autograph when I was a kid in the 80's. Tyson's sheer power is so entertaining to watch. Thanks Para!
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That was fun to watch. I was always impressed by him. He was one crazy motherfucker but he was also a very skilled boxer. Hardest hitter I ever saw. Pound for pound the strongest man out there. He made it look easy. then he got a little crazy.
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I am more of golden age of boxing guy. I never liked him. He never had a real adversary that I know of. Maybe because there weren't any. Or maybe by the time he arrived boxing wasn't what it once one.
Maybe he was the best ever. I do not think so. But I am not really an expert of the subject.
That may be the video compilation I’ve seen before, some of those guys sure showed their fear of his powerful hits. I was in high school in the 80’s and I remember reading an interview with Tyson in a magazine. He had a Lamborghini LM002 with manual transmission and said he liked the sound of the gears grinding. He was a strange fellow but one heck of a boxer in his day.
I enjoyed that a lot. I just watched it with both of my teenage son's who only know Tyson by his not so great legacy. I remember when a Tyson fight was an event and to this day the only events I have payed for via Pay-per-view.
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I just watched the vid for the second time. There are a whole bunch of fighters that left the ring with less IQ that they entered with. What a freaking beast.
