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May 02, 2020, 10:06 PM
tatortodd
Mike Tyson's Bum-of-the-Week Insomnia Mitigation Program
I enjoyed that! Thanks for posting.

It brought back a lot of memories. I was in junior high and high school during his prime. He gets a lot of credit for his uppercut (rightfully so), but his body blows and counter punches tended to be what set-up the massive uppercut.

It was a lot of years before I enjoyed watching boxing and that was Roy Jones Jr. Several more years before I enjoyed boxing again and it was Manny Pacquiao.

MMA never interested me, and I haven't seen a boxing match since I left Alaska in '14.


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May 02, 2020, 10:08 PM
RAMIUS
quote:
Originally posted by bubbatime:
Only 13 advertisement breaks??? WIsh he could fit more in.


Funny, I didn’t see any.
May 02, 2020, 11:13 PM
old rugged cross
What I remember about real boxing was in the late sixties through the seventies. The Saturday wide world of sports boxing matches on ABC where something to behold. There was never anything later that compared other than some of the Olympics for a few years later to me.

Many here are too young to remember any of that.



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May 02, 2020, 11:21 PM
DanH
quote:
Originally posted by darthfuster:
The only fighter he couldn't master was Mike Tyson.


And Evander Holyfield...
May 02, 2020, 11:44 PM
skeptic
Built the way he was, and 190 lbs at 12 years old!!!
May 02, 2020, 11:48 PM
skeptic
quote:
The only fighter he couldn't master was Mike Tyson.


And Evander Holyfield...

quote:
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No, that was Mike as well.
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May 03, 2020, 12:41 AM
46and2
That was great. Many I hadn't seen.

Dude was so powerful.... that back and those arms, shiiit, like a human-with dual jackhammers on a swivel, poor Franz walked right into it. Smile

Also, he's (as the video reminded us many times) definitely not from Brooklyn, but about 2hrs north in Catskill, upsate NY.
May 03, 2020, 12:44 AM
Appliance Brad
A customer of mine has the Ferrari Testarossa that once belonged to Tyson. He bought it at auction after Iron Mike went bankrupt. I've gotten to sit in it but never been for a ride. The guy lives 2 miles off of the pavement on a dead end dirt road and has to trailer it out to take a spin.


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May 03, 2020, 08:17 AM
ZSMICHAEL
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Also, he's (as the video reminded us many times) definitely not from Brooklyn, but about 2hrs north in Catskill, upsate NY

^^^^^^^^
That is incorrect. He liked to advertise he was from Catskill.
Michael Gerard Tyson was born in Brooklyn, New York, on June 30, 1966, to Lorna Tyson and Jimmy Kirkpatrick. His father ran off before he was two years old, and Mike grew up with all the temptations of ghetto life.
May 03, 2020, 08:40 AM
Kraquin
quote:
Originally posted by RAMIUS:
No one like him!! Beast.


Towards the end it was beauty that killed the beast.
May 03, 2020, 08:43 AM
Balzé Halzé
quote:
Originally posted by BamaJeepster:
Definitely the hardest puncher I ever saw.

He's 53 now...Anyone want to take him on??



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May 03, 2020, 08:59 AM
mrw
That skinny white dude had either really big balls or lost a hell of a bet, or both!


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May 03, 2020, 09:09 AM
old rugged cross
bankrupt Eek

Thanks Don K. Frown



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May 03, 2020, 09:38 AM
gearhounds
When Tyson punches he puts his entire upper body into it. He throws vary few "arm" punches, except maybe to set other fighters up for the power punches.

It's the same for baton strikes- you can generate a lot more force pivoting from the hip and getting your back muscles into it that your arms ever can.



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May 03, 2020, 10:03 AM
JohnCourage
quote:
Originally posted by bubbatime:
Only 13 advertisement breaks??? WIsh he could fit more in.


Not a single advertisement for me.

Even when they cover up Tyson hits that body to drop the hands and boom, uppercut.

I remember multiple times going to a party where someone had the pay per view. Everyone would sit down, the fight would start and it was over.


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May 03, 2020, 10:15 AM
Graniteguy
He fought professionally 14 times in 1985.

That's an entire career for many of today's prima-donna's.

I miss the boxing culture of 70's and 80's.
May 03, 2020, 10:50 AM
tatortodd
^^ THIS ^^

The current heavyweight champ, Anthony Joshua, only had 8 pro fights before getting a title shot (became "champ" in 9th pro fight). His first 2 titles were vacant (i.e. there was no champion to defeat). His 3rd belt is the first he won from someone and it was a decision after 12 rounds. He only fought 2x per year the past 3 years. The other thing, he has been dodging the man, Tyson Fury, who holds the other belt and they're both UK citizens.

Quite a contrast to Tyson who:
  • didn't get a tile shot until he was 27-0
  • had 4 KOs/TKOs in the 6 times he won a title
  • the other 2 title wins were unanimous decisions over the man who held the title (i.e. no vacant title fights against a chump).


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    May 03, 2020, 11:01 AM
    pwelch001
    I remember watching him blow through the ranks, pay per view, the one against Buster Douglas is the one I remember the most. I taped it, it was on HBO, my neighbor in our dorm was having a party, I couldn’t believe it, I brought the tape to the party and nobody could believe it either. Still, to this day, I think he was the best fighter when in his prime ever. Thanks Para, that was a sweet 40 minutes!
    May 04, 2020, 07:02 PM
    Pickle Rick
    The Beast in BEAST MODE.


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    May 04, 2020, 07:11 PM
    VBVAGUY
    With all due respect I beg to differ. His fights with Donovan Razor Ruddock showed that Mike Tyson can take hard hits from a major heavyweight that would knock out many past and present heavyweight fighters. Yet Mike was able to take it and dish it back. If I remember correctly in their last fight Mike Tyson hit Ruddock so hard that Ruddock had to be hospitalized after the fight with broken ribs and orbital sockets. God Bless Smile



    quote:
    Originally posted by old rugged cross:
    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.



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