But how's his gas tank?
No doubt he can still punch but can he take one?
He is only going to do exhibition fights to raise money for charity.
tyson at this peak would demolish any of the mopes fighting today.
Twenty years ago, my martial arts teacher said that Tyson had the most perfect technique of any boxer he'd seen. We could well see a comeback.... he looks way better than Foreman did for his comeback.
I would prefer to remember the boxer from 30 years ago.
Awesome from a heavyweight of such small stature when compared to his opponents.
He's better off letting the cartoons make money for him.
And good for him.
Apparently he's worth about 3 million, which is just fine as long as he can forget that he earned 700 million.
I'm not into Boxing like a lot of you guys are but have never seen anything like Tyson when he was in his prime. The look of absolute terror on his opponents faces was un-hidable as they faced off to get their final instructions before the opening bell, with good reason when they knew that right uppercut would be coming their way very shortly. Best Heavyweight I've ever seen, and occasionally still watch YouTube vids of his highlights to remember why he really was the baddest man on the planet.
Not sure what a swarmer is?? He had a fantastic defense.Never got hit that much in his earlier days.As KW says, he was a midget. Only 5'10". Even in his day, most heavy weights were 6'2" to 6'5".
By his own admission though, it was easier to punch up than punch down. I'm sure Snubby knows all about this, being an elite boxer and all...
A swamer is somebody that fights on the inside.
When boxing, instead of using your jab and reach advantage, you step into your opponent and box close (like body to body).
Tyson was a classic example of this. When you see him fight, he lowers his body and weaves into his opponent. You never saw him standing in the middle of the ring jabbing his way through a round. In his heyday, he spent most of his time putting his opponent on the ropes, knocking 10 bells of shit out of them.
Last edited by Bogon; 02-05-2020 at 05:28 PM.
Black diamonds? I shit 'em.
Correction accepted, thank you.
This suited Tyson's style. The taller guys tried to use their jab on him, but as soon as the right jab is thrown, Tyson could get on the left inside and start working.
This explains t better than I could...
Cus D’Amato, Tyson’s coach, was an expert at utilizing head movement to make his fighters difficult targets. He developed the peek-a-boo boxing style, which included continuous movement of the head, trunk, and hips, especially after throwing punches. The deep inside slip, a trademark of D’Amato’s peek-a-boo style, required a fighter to slip inside his opponent’s jab and bend down deep to the left side. This put Tyson in the perfect position to land his counter punches, which most often turned out to be knockout punches. D’Amato realized that implementing the peek-a-boo style in Tyson’s fight game would increase his already devastating power.
According To Mike Tyson, This Is How To Land That KO Punch - Evolve Daily
greatest boxer ever, when he was saying it he sounded a bit crazy and megalo, but he turned out to be right
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