Teddy Atlas saying Tyson was overrated and mentally weak

[MJ Truth]

So they were both underage then cause a 11 year old and 15 year old are underage people. It seems to me like the girl may have let Tyson touch her but Teddy just didnt like the idea of his white family member dating a brolic black 15 year old and decided to intervene. There no reason why a trainer would get dismissed like that over one altercation unless he was in the wrong.

Really breh?

 

[MJ Truth]

mentally weak when he damn near won the fight at the staredown

Tyson himself would tell you he was mentally weak though. The irony here is Tyson would say all of the things Teddy said about himself as well.

 

[BXKingPin82]

clay face aint never like Mike.
didnt he explain that story of the underage fukkery in that dope ass Tyson Doc tho?
buddy had mad max fury in his eyes!

 

[Tony D'Amato]

Thats like saying its justified for old ass nikkas to hit on a 12 year old girl who has the body of an IG model due to genetics. On some "but that lil girl has the body of Miracle Watts breh, was I supposed to pass that up?? "

I don't know how u got that from what I said. 15 ur old Tyson was putting fear in grown men. Teddy took a gun wit him, he was not tryin to fight 15yr old Mike. I can see that lil white girl being scared as hell. And I can also see Tyson doing dumb predatory shyt like that.

 

[Tony D'Amato]

mentally weak when he damn near won the fight at the staredown

He said Tyson knew who he could intimidate. Thats why Tyson's real record is 0-5. Cuz when he couldn't intimidate, he looked for a way out. Like biting Holyfield.

 

[EBK String]

he just shook hands with this piece of shyt a few years ago.

 

[Jesus Is Lord]

Tyson used to be my all time favorite until a few years ago. I realized a lot about him and being overrated is one of them. He was ferocious and awe inspiring in the ring, but he’s been a bytch of a man. He lost most of his big fights and we have to stop using the fact that Cus died and he went to prison as an excuse (I used to), he lost because he was mentally weak when in crisis inside of the ring. With that said, Teddy needs to stop speaking on Mike already. We get it, you don’t like him. Now stfu and stop killing his name, he’s changed, niqqa.

 

[Big Boss]

I wouldn't trust the words of a disgruntled white male against a black male in any type of situation, especially when its easier for the public to believe the white man's story.

True but Tyson did do a lot bad stuff back in the day

 

[Big Boss]

Tyson used to be my all time favorite until a few years ago. I realized a lot about him and being overrated is one of them. He was ferocious and awe inspiring in the ring, but he’s been a bytch of a man. He lost most of his big fights and we have to stop using the fact that Cus died and he went to prison as an excuse (I used to), he lost because he was mentally weak when in crisis inside of the ring. With that said, Teddy needs to stop speaking on Mike already. We get it, you don’t like him. Now stfu and stop killing his name, he’s changed, niqqa.

 

[True Weltch Media]

Mike gets overrated due to the watered down competition during his run . But then again if Tyson didn’t exist we would be talking bout some other great during that time . He didn’t fight enough all time greats in his prime . Evander was the exception . By the time he got to Lennox he was washed . Still my GOAT

 

[010101]

man will be on his deathbed chatting like a hoe about another man*

 

[ELESDEE616]

He said Tyson knew who he could intimidate. Thats why Tyson's real record is 0-5. Cuz when he couldn't intimidate, he looked for a way out. Like biting Holyfield.

Holyfield was head butting the shyt out of Mike that fight. That's why Mike bit him. Otherwise I don't know if it was a mental in so much as a lack of elite boxing skill.

Mike was an athletic mauler and decent boxer but he had one gear and didn't have the tools to switch up if he couldn't beat you to death.

Alot of New York fighters were like that. Physical specimens but rarely could implement a plan B or C. Take Zab for instance .

 

[Elim Garak]

I was wondering when this would be posted and honestly I dont disagree with him.

 

[Elim Garak]

This is a lie. I clearly remember him saying he apologized for it.

I like mike he has come a long way over the last decade but it does sound like mike is lying tbh.

 

[Raw Lyrics]

My opinion:

Mike Tyson is an All-Time great (not to mention undersized) and losing to Evander Holyfield or Lennox Lewis, is absolutely NOTHING to be ashamed of and to suggest so is disrespectful to Lewis and Holyfield.

Mike Tyson came up as a teen with severe emotional and mental deficiencies, and at that, was still able to escape the hood and achieve the pinnacle of the sport - winning the Heavyweight championship at the tender age of 20.

You can only fight who is in front of you, it's not Tyson's fault Lewis and Holyfield peaked at different times. Holyfield was honing his skills at the light heavyweight division when Tyson was at his most ferocious.

Also, in the first Holyfield fight, Tyson did NOT give up or get scared, he was competing and simply lost to the better man. When Tyson lost to Douglas, it wasn't because he was scared or wasn't competing. In Fact Tyson was taking some big shots and was still competitive.

This myth that Tyson's losses are due to being scared to compete and folded up, is inaccurate.

The ear biting fiasco was because Tyson was pissed that Mills Lane wasn't checking Holyfield for his headbutts and Tyson didn't want to take another L to Holyfield on his record (due to headbutts)...I don't think fear of Holyfield as a man or boxer, was a contributing factor.


SIDENOTE: People seem to underestimate what three years of being stagnant in prison does to any athlete, much less a professional boxer.

The fact that Tyson was able to go 11 rounds with Holyfield after a 3 and a half year layoff (those tune-ups didn't help), is nothing short of amazing.