Iron Mike's aura surviving for so long is one of the most impressive things in sports

[Ethnic Vagina Finder]

Mike Tyson was only 23 years old when he lost to Douglas. He had fought 37 professional fights all before the age of 24. And he didn’t train to fight Douglas.

His last fight before going to prison he’s 24 and he doesn’t fight again until he’s 29. People expected him to be the same but that was never going to happen.

When he got out of prison he was just fighting to make money. The old Mike Tyson was done.

 

[Reggie]

As I've grown older I realized that the aura of Tyson was built on beating stiffs and tomato cans. He already was showing chinks in the armor before Buster got him but cats still swear he was robbed and/or would have been as dominant without the prison sentence. I say he would have just lost to cats like Bowe Holyfield or Lewis that much earlier.

 

[David_TheMan]

Mass media programming is why he has the aura he has

Mich like MJ it was the first time you had a mass media world wide campaign promoting someone as the face of a sport.

 

[David_TheMan]

Mike Tyson was only 23 years old when he lost to Douglas. He had fought 37 professional fights all before the age of 24. And he didn’t train to fight Douglas.

His last fight before going to prison he’s 24 and he doesn’t fight again until he’s 29. People expected him to be the same but that was never going to happen.

When he got out of prison he was just fighting to make money. The old Mike Tyson was done.

Ali has exile and came back reduced but fought even greater comp.

Stop making excuses for Mike Tyson being a media hype job

 

[CHICAGO]

Mike Tyson was only 23 years old when he lost to Douglas. He had fought 37 professional fights all before the age of 24. And he didn’t train to fight Douglas.

His last fight before going to prison he’s 24 and he doesn’t fight again until he’s 29. People expected him to be the same but that was never going to happen.

When he got out of prison he was just fighting to make money. The old Mike Tyson was done.

HE WASNT THE SAME FIGHTER
AT ALL WHEN HE CAME BACK.

EVERYTHING LOOKED SLOPPY



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[CHICAGO]

Ali has exile and came back reduced but fought even greater comp.

Stop making excuses for Mike Tyson being a media hype job

ALI WAS STILL A FREE MAN,
AND CONTINUED TO TRAIN
THE WHOLE TIME



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[David_TheMan]

ALI WAS STILL A FREE MAN,
AND CONTINUED TO TRAIN
THE WHOLE TIME



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He actually did not and this was documented in his biography and memoirs of his wife at the time
He was very stressed and thought it was over and that he would have to do 5 years on top of the exile.

So Tyson doesn't get a pass.

 

[RedBull]

Mike Tyson was only 23 years old when he lost to Douglas. He had fought 37 professional fights all before the age of 24. And he didn’t train to fight Douglas.

His last fight before going to prison he’s 24 and he doesn’t fight again until he’s 29. People expected him to be the same but that was never going to happen.

When he got out of prison he was just fighting to make money. The old Mike Tyson was done.

Puts everything in perspective. That was a LOT for a 23 year old to handle. I cant imagine.

 

[Ethnic Vagina Finder]

Puts everything in perspective. That was a LOT for a 23 year old to handle. I cant imagine.

And he was only 22 dealing with this




And he had to deal with Don King stealing money from him

 

[mastermind]

A great symbol of modern America where smoke and mirrors can carry you far.

He just lost to one of those Aryan boys and this thread still got made.

 

[David_TheMan]

Puts everything in perspective. That was a LOT for a 23 year old to handle. I cant imagine.

Stop with the bullshyt.
Floyd Patterson went through the same shyt as Tyson.
He was the youngest HW champ, lost his fight to Ingmar at 24.
Unlike Tyson and like most true Champs, he battled back and won his title back after being KO'd.

 

[datmass]

 

[David_TheMan]

Andrew Golota might be the only fighter more mentally weaker and flakier than Tyson

 

[mastermind]

Andrew Golota might be the only fighter more mentally weaker and flakier than Tyson

Some would say Riddikk Bowe was also mentally weak on the same level

 

[David_TheMan]

Some would say Riddikk Bowe was also mentally weak on the same level

You might be right, but golota literally would quit in fights.
I don't remember bowe just stopping and quitting in a fight like golota.