tyson

sweetswing

anyone catch tyson on oprah the other day?
man it was hard to watch, he was fighting back tears on more than one occasion ,he seemed so honest and vunerable.
I hope he stays on the straight and narrow from now on.
"Tyson is, was, and allways will be a hero of mine"

keane=cock

opera?

no missed that! not a regular viewer

aleybert

sweetswing wrote: »

anyone catch tyson on opera the other day?
man it was hard to watch, he was fighting back tears on more than one occasion ,he seemed so honest and vunerable.
I hope he stays on the straight and narrow from now on.
"Tyson is, was, and allways will be a hero of mine"

Just youtubed it. The man is a basketcase.
Never been a huge fan of his. Any decent boxer that he fought (holyfield, Lewis) beat him convincingly. He fought a LOT of muppets in his career whilst average fighters like Botha, Ruddock and of course Douglas made him look very very average.

mikom

sweetswing wrote: »

anyone catch tyson on opera the other day?

Didn't think his voice was up to it.

AARRRRGH

Nutcase.

kryogen

aleybert wrote: »

Just youtubed it. The man is a basketcase.
Never been a huge fan of his. Any decent boxer that he fought (holyfield, Lewis) beat him convincingly. He fought a LOT of muppets in his career whilst average fighters like Botha, Ruddock and of course Douglas made him look very very average.

couldnt disagree more really

colly10

aleybert wrote: »

Any decent boxer that he fought (holyfield, Lewis) beat him convincingly.

He fought both way past his prime

AARRRRGH

colly10 wrote: »

He fought both way past his prime

But he should not have been past his prime when he fought them. At that stage he was well capable of being in his prime. He was younger than both.

Tyson is a failed human. Wasted talent.

sweetswing

tyson was on the slide since 1988 when he sacked rooney.
a lot of bad choices led to a tragic waste of what is argueably the most physically gifted heavy weight of all time, can you imagine what he could have achievied without all the crap outside the ring.

colly10

AARRRRGH wrote: »

But he should not have been past his prime when he fought them. At that stage he was well capable of being in his prime. He was younger than both.

Should not have been past it but was, that doesn't take away from his greatness. In the same way that RJJ picking up losses in the last few years doesn't take away from what a great fighter he was. Some fighters have many years in there prime, others will only have a short number

magma69

My feelings are ambivalent about Tyson as a person. One part of me sees a rapist scum bag with little respect for anyone. The other part of me sees a very flawed person who is his own worst enemy. He grew up in the ghetto with nobody to steer him in the right direction after Cus died. It's hard not to feel sympathy for him. The Tyson documentary with just him narrating his life and what was going through his head at the time, whilst being a bit biased, was very moving. There will be a modern day Raging Bull made about Mike Tyson. So many parallels in the two stories.

keane=cock

any link?

candlegrease

aleybert wrote: »

Just youtubed it. The man is a basketcase.
Never been a huge fan of his. Any decent boxer that he fought (holyfield, Lewis) beat him convincingly. He fought a LOT of muppets in his career whilst average fighters like Botha, Ruddock and of course Douglas made him look very very average.

Yeah, but this doesn't take away from the fact that prime Ali is probably the only heavyweight in history that would have beaten '88 Tyson. I think that counts for something :rolleyes:.

The man was an animal.

aleybert

candlegrease wrote: »

Yeah, but this doesn't take away from the fact that prime Ali is probably the only heavyweight in history that would have beaten '88 Tyson. I think that counts for something :rolleyes:.

The man was an animal.

Frazier would've DESTROYED Tyson.

StevePH

Just caught the 'indepth' interview with Tyson on Setanta.

Was never was a big fan of the man (have a similar opinion to aleybert - am also a huge Frazier fan - a man with HEART) ...but as Tyson ages, its puttin his earlier years (as a boxer) in perspective.

Anybody see the show? Got any thoughts?

megadodge

aleybert wrote: »

Frazier would've DESTROYED Tyson.

Stylistic nightmare for Joe.
Tyson by early KO similar to what Foreman did.