How will Mike Tyson be remembered?
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I think it will be one of those multi-layered answers.\n\nSpectacular start\nEarly domination\nYoungest heavyweight title holder\nTremendous skills, speed, power\n\nAbuse by managers and promoters\nEarly fame and the excesses that come with it\nA staggering downfall\nUnexplainable and inexcusable behavior\n\nIt's a shame really.  His classic fights, which I can catch every once in awhile, are just something to behold.  His power was amazing.\n\nHopefully, in time, he'll be recognized for his early talents and it won't be overshadowed by his actions later in his career, even when they have to be mentioned.
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Brad you are beginning to suffer from boxing dementia. The same thing is going to happen to Holyfield if he doesn't retire. In sports, age is the great equalizer.\n\nBrent - Ali did give Norton a title shot in 1976. I hope you were kidding when you said Holyfield could be ranked behind Ali at #2. If not, you are suffering from to many blows to the head or feedback from asking about the same "Dream Bouts"\n\nTo both of you - How many of these fighters could Holyfield beat from the following list: Louis, Rocco, Johnson, Holmes, Dempsey, Foreman, Liston and Frazier in their primes.\n\nHolyfield could never be equal to Ali. He couldn't carry Ali's shoes or trunks.\n\nP.S. Holyfield says that he won't retire until God tells him to.\nLet tell you a story - There once was a man that was drowning in a flood. He refused help because he said that God would help him. He drowned and in heaven he asked God why he didn't help him. St. Peter told him that all those boats that he had refused. had come from God.
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Awhile back I read an article by Reg Gutteridge; he writes about Mike Tyson taking an educational assessment examination for a week when he first went to prison, and the "embarrassing results showed that he (Tyson) had the reading level of an 11-year-old".\n\nTyson's emotional state is so unpredictable that it leads to public outbursts one minute and an image of a guy who is peaceful the next. Its this skewed state that directly affects his intelligence as it is perceived by the masses. I've seen interviews where Mike quotes Ernest Hemingway, then change the channel and Mike is threatening to "eat someones kids". \n\nSo, like the majority of answers in YA the end result is based on opinion.
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Mike Tyson did not plan to fight in the PRIDE FC which is Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) meaning it includes groundfighting, submission techniques etc. \n\nHowever he was bragging about 2 years ago to sign for a series of matches in Japanese fighting organisation K-1 which by that time was stand-up styles only. His opponent back then would have been NFL player turned brawler Bob Sapp. Tyson was in attendance of Sapp's matches but never fought. Contractual as well as medical reasons kept that fight from taking place.\n\nI hope I could help you..
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In short Yes, according to Wikipedia (a reliable online encyclopedia).\n\nhere you go;\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Tyson\n\n"Michael Gerard Tyson (born June 30, 1966, Brooklyn, New York, USA), also known as "Malik Abdul Aziz" via Islamic conversion, is a former American professional boxer and World Heavyweight Champion, and is considered by many to be one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time. In his prime, he routinely defeated prominent opponents in devastating fashion, and was one of the most feared boxers in the sport, known by such nicknames as "Iron" Mike Tyson, Kid Dynamite, and The Baddest Man on the Planet. His once immensely promising career was undermined by serious personal problems, lack of preparation, and periods of imprisonment. Upon release following his first prison sentence, he made a heavily anticipated comeback, but failed to reclaim his previous dominance. On June 11, 2005, Tyson suffered a defeat to journeyman Kevin McBride, and shortly after retired from the sport."
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This is really hard because Ali was more of a finesse fighter and Tyson more of a power fighter.  If the fight lasted more then 3 rounds I think the odds shift to Ali’s corner. Not that Ali can’t take a punch or can’t dish it out, it’s just I never saw anyone with as much power as Tyson.
211661
As a puerto rican I wish I could remember him in a positive light. Unfortunetly, his drug problem and wasted talent are what come to mind first. I'll always remember him as a "could have been" great fighter.
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Maybe not as a legend, but he will definitely be remembered just like Oliver Kahn or Fabien Barthez.\n\nBut will he be considered as legendary as Yashin, Zoff or Schmeichel?  If he keeps doing as great as he is, then for sure.  But if not, I doubt it.
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Yes I remember him, and your right at the time I think he could have beaten all of the above mentioned fighters.  He reminded me of a young Joe Louis, very conservative in his footwork, but he always kept close to his man cutting off the ring.  Good boxing skills and very good ring savvy saw for someone so young.  His brother Mike was a very good featherweight, so I guess talent ran in the family.  \n\nWhat I saw of him was enough to know that he definitely was championship material and a threat to those top four fighters. I also remembered him getting knocked down in that fight, so he may have been a little over anxious or eager.  Which is not a bad thing for a fighter.  Its a shame he never saw his true potential because he also sparred with Jose Ceaves the then welterweight champion and he had him in sorts of trouble.  He came back years later ater being released from jail but then he re-offended and that was that. \n\nI remember him being featured in an article in ring magazine called tomorrows champions.  They had Alex Ramos a Puerto Rican middleweight, Johnny Bumphus a junior welterweight, Bobby Cyz middleweight and Tony Ayala.  I think Tony was the talented one out of all four of them and only Bobby and Johnny went on to win titles.
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Sadly enough joe Mesi will probably keep beating bums and undeservedly get a title shot. I thought he was over-rated before the suspension and I cant see him beating any of the better heavyweights out there.
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I have a P4P favorite in each weight class.  But I have to go with my boy; Miguel Cotto!  Winky Wright is also a strong candidate.  And no doubt in my mind that Bernard 'The Executioner' Hopkins is on top of the boxing world right now.  Floyd?  He gotta beat Oscar De La Hoya if he wants to be recognized as one of the top P4P at least in my mind.
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Since when? After his loss to Buster Douglas and then being incarcerated, he was never quite the same boxer. People still had hopes for him, remembering how he fought in his youth--the fluid bobbing and weaving followed by vicious combinations to the head and body.\n\nHowever, when he came back he won the heavyweight title again but was not quite as dominant and after losing once to Evander Holyfield in 1996, was disqualified for biting him in their rematch the following year.\n\nHe got one last shot at the title in 2002 but was knocked out by Lennox Lewis in what looked to be afterwards a complete mismatch. \n\nAfter that fight, Tyson won just one more fight before losing to Danny Williams and then Kevin McBride in an attempted comeback. However, he retired in his corner in the McBride fight and promised that he was done with boxing for good.\n\nHe has been on a world tour lately, making public appearances to pay his bills.
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The way the heavyweight division is right now, Holyfield's got a chance to become a 5 time champ if he gets a title shot. He's been counted out many times over but proved his critics wrong.I absolutely believe he will retake the crown. He's got a big heart and the most courageous fighter ever.
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Rocky Marciano would be heavyweight champ and would stay champ till he retired, just like he did in the fifties.  The reason I believe this was his personality.  Here's what I mean.  Consider the fighters today.  There are many talented fighters out there who never reach their potential or fall by the wayside as soon as they do.  Why? MONEY, PARTYING, WOMEN, DRUGS, ALCOHOL, ETC.  Marciano had no such vices.  He was cheap, lived with his parents, had dinner at home every night, if he did cheat on his wife, he didn't wine and dine those women.  Never took drugs or drank too much, if at all.  He basically lived a clean life and dedicated himself to boxing training.  The money he made didn't change him.  He stayed the same person, unlike the majority of fighters today.  Larry Holmes is a more recent example of this.  He was champ untill he retired and he was not what I would consider a great fighter.  \nRoberto Duran is my all-time favorite fighter.  I believe he could have gone down in history as one of the top 3 or 4 best fighters pound-for-pound in history.  He will never have that distinction because when he finally became world-famous after moving up to welterweight and eventually beating Sugar Ray Leonard, he started partying and gambling and NOT training.  And consequently, lost the re-match to Sugar Ray and continued to go downhill from there.  Too bad.  If he would have stayed hungry and TRAINED he would have done great things.
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Tyson is past. Get over it. He's retired.
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Depends on the person, I don't think he would be looked at with the respect that he gets now, he died before his career every really had a chance to fall (which everyone's does at some point).  But, he never had the chance to prove whether or not he had staying power.  since his death his message has reached more people than it would have if he were alive, it made his message mean more.  so in that aspect, no he would not be who he is today.  But regardless he would still be good, he had a certain charisma about him, you could see it in his eyes.  Whether or not fans respond ????????? couldn't stay.  but yes he would still be good to me
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this just has to be the most question ever asked on this website.  in fact, i think it was the first question i asked when i first jumped on board.  i can't think of any other fight that would be bigger or more anticipated or higher grossing than this one, if it had ever happened...would've been the superfight of the millenium!  and, as much as i love tyson - those of you who know my history know about my tyson lovefest, ali would've smoked him, but good!  sorry mike, i think you would've smoked any other heavyweight in history, but ali would've just had too much skill, speed, underrated power, accuracy, acumen, angles, footwork, ring smarts/generalship, etc for you to handle!