What makes mike tyson a good boxer

After a long preamble, as the fighters were introduced in the ring, the TV channel decided to maximise its revenues by taking a commercial break. When we returned to the action, Savarese was taking a count. The TV channel promptly cut to a second break. By the time the ad was done, so was the match. I had to fill in the gaps years later through YouTube, and saw a Tyson completely out of control, hitting Savarese repeatedly after the referee had intervened to stop the fight.

Heavyweight boxing was a wasteland in the s, a far cry from the previous decade when Ali had battled great boxers like Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Ken Norton, and Earnie Shavers. Tyson beat one great light heavyweight, Michael Spinks, and one washed up heavyweight legend, Larry Holmes. Other than that, he mainly fought journeymen. Tyson fought the first two, and lost to both. Holyfield took him apart in a high-quality brawl in , withstanding his best punches and returning them with interest.

Like Dempsey, Tyson was an aggressive bobbing and weaving perpetual motion machine that rushed his opponents from the opening bell. Reeves had said to an old pug watching the fight, "A lot like Marciano huh? He fights more like Dempsey. Reeves noted, "Like Tyson, Dempsey fought out of a crouch, constantly moving in a bobbing and weaving fashion so taller men would be forced to punch down at a mobile target.

Both learned to pressure their way inside and unleash furious volleys of head and body punches. Both ended a lot of fights early with devastating power.

Against the other 3 great swarming heavyweights that include Dempsey, Rocky Marciano, and Joe Frazier, Tyson is tops in size, natural strength, defense, hand speed, and raw power.

It is difficult to imagine any man weighing less than or around pounds surviving long against a rampaging Tyson. Although lacking the toughness and durability of the other 3, Tyson was naturally bigger and stronger and had so much speed and power he might just walk right threw them. The one heavyweight of similar size that could match Tyson in hand speed, punching power and boxing skill was Joe Louis.

Louis would counter by setting up his perfect right hand. Louis counter-punching skill was superior to that of Evander Holyfield who defeated a comebacking Tyson and Louis definately had the power to discourage him. Louis also had greater mental toughness proving he could come from behind to win. It would be no easy fight and there is always a chance albeit slim that Tyson could end things early.

The pick though is Louis by mid-rounds knockout. The type of opponent who gives Tyson at his peak the most trouble are the bigger sized sluggers like Sonny Liston and George Foreman, or an exceptional quick handed out-boxer like Muhammad Ali. He saw the rage in the youngster and simply wanted to harness it. Tyson had turned pro about eight months before his mentor passed and rose through the ranks quickly, using his impressive combination of speed and power to destroy opponents. He knocked out Hector Mercedes , who was appearing in just his fourth fight and was , at of Round 1 and he was off from there.

The next month, he knocked out Trent Singleton in the first round. The month after that, he knocked out Don Halpin in the fourth. The month after that, he knocked out Ricardo Spain in the first. He cleaned out the division, including a knockout over Tyson.

Rocky Marciano is fourth on my list, because he's the only champion to never lose his title. You can question the level of talent during his run, but at the end of the day nobody could stop him in 49 career fights. Until Ali defeated him, George Foreman was considered to be unbeatable. I think he did enough in the first part of his career to make this list, but the second part of his career puts him in the top five.

Joe fought in a time when the heavyweight division was at its best. The third Ali fight is the most brutal display of boxing. I know some of you are thinking, "Mike Tyson beat Holmes," and that is true. However, he didn't beat him in his prime; he beat a two-year retired Larry Holmes. Not the Holmes that won 48 consecutive fights. Jack Dempsey is in at eight on the list, and in some he opinions should be higher.

One of the most dominant the sport has ever seen, he could box or slug it out toe-to-toe. Sonny Liston was thought to be as unbeatable as Marciano. Many boxing historians believe if Marciano had stayed around to fight him, that would have been his first loss of his career.

If Muhammad Ali hadn't beat Liston, nobody at the time was going to do it. Jack Johnson is regarded as one of the best ever, and on some other lists he's higher than he is on mine.

The reason that Johnson and Dempsey are lower on my list has everything to do with the era. They might have been higher if their time frame had been different. Like all other sports, boxers got better as time progressed.

The Career of Iron Mike Tyson. Tyson exploded onto the boxing scene. There wasn't a lot of film on Tyson because he made short work of his opponents. He would go on to be the youngest heavyweight champion in boxing history, passing the record held by another Cus D'Amato fighter. The foundation was set up for Tyson to become the greatest of all time. Even Muhammad Ali, who always proclaimed to be the greatest, believed Tyson would end up being better than anyone who ever put on boxing gloves.

Tyson was undefeated, and untested, as he only fought journeyman fighters. I'm not knocking Tyson for the lack of competition at this point; I'm merely pointing out the fact there was no recognizable fighter in his first 15 fights. He went on from this point without Cus D'Amato, who died Nov.

Tyson would fight two more journeyman in before facing his first known opponent at