No doubt. People are wow’d by the punches but his footwork for the HW division especially is …. Almost supernatural. Paul D’Amato and Tyson together were something truly special. As soon as he died the fucking vultures descended. But yeah man. His ability to get on the inside while rarely taking a straight shot is insane. Every movement was optimized for maximum damage.
Sugar Ray Robinson went 40-0 to start his career before he lost, then went on a 91 fight win streak. By the time he was 30 years old, his record was 128-1-2, 89 KO. He retired 179-19-6, 109 KO
@@zaktilzer5130 false. They fought 6 times, Sugar Ray won 5 of them. Jake won the first bout by points, then Ray turned around 21 days later and won the belt.
Not only was iron mike a monster in the ring he was highly skilled, great footwork and defensive boxing. Nearly every fight he was the smaller man and shorter reach but because his technique was so great it didn’t matter, he was inside his opponent’s guard in the blink of an eye.
Mike in his prime was a MONSTER, he said it best: Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth. He had speed, stamina, strength and the killer instinct. I can't see anyone defeating him unless they win the mindgame before the fight. Sadly Mike was used and abused by so many people that his career was cut short.
Rocky Marciano had 49 wins in 49 professional fights & retired at age 31 undefeated. The only heavyweight champion with a perfect record. He was smart enough to quit before he started to slow down from age and decline. The guy was a killer, just like Tyson.
Tyson fights more like Marciano then any other fighter. Look at their styles, you can see the inspiration. Lotta people don't know (I'm sure you do) how much of a student and historian Mike has always been. He was studying them as an early teenager. He knows boxing like Em knows rap.
Mike is a beast! What an epic champion. One of the legends forever! I remember being so mad staying up all night waiting for a MT match, and he knocks him out in under 2 minutes...All that waiting LOL! Legend!!
Mike Tyson was not just the best knockout artist I had seen, but being in 6th grade at this time his KOs were truly frightening. I was legit scared of this man. The fact that he was also a near unbeatable boss, probably the first based on a real person, in a video game that I had, just elevated him to a mythical status of pure destruction in my young mind.
He was terrifying to watch! I was a teenager and I would flinch when his punches connected…he was a beast! There will never be another Mike Tyson….pure rage! Six piece no biscuit …lol!
Mike was an absolute beast coming up. knocking everyone out in is path. His speep, power and defense was amazing to watch. He was never the same after prison.
@@bptjoe4654 facts, all these Tyson's fanboys coming with the same old excuses "IF Cus didn't die" and all this crap, this just proves he was weak minded
We'll never see another heavyweight with the fast/explosive hands of Tyson. He had the fast twitching muscles that granted him insane reflexes. The guy threw combos like he was a welter-weight. I was fortunate to have seen him in person a few times and he was electric. I was 15 rows up and you could still hear the thudding shots. He's the closest thing I've seen to a pitbull in the ring. He could have been the greatest but his lack of discipline and out of ring bad habits cost him dearly.
Ike Ibeabuchi would have been the next Tyson. He was strong as an ox and lightning fast. Too bad his career was derailed at its peak. I always wondered if he was set up by some powerful mob boss. He was charged with "attempted rape" which is questionable coming from a call girl who came to his hotel room in the middle of the night. If Ike had wanted to rape her, there wouldn't have been a damned thing she could have done to stop him. That's why the charges are very suspect in my view. Many people don't know that mike modeled his himself after the great Jack Dempsey. Mike wore the same type of black shoes and trunks and even the same haircut as the "Manassa Mauler" Jack Dempsey. Dempsey popularized the sport with his ferocious pace of relentless pressure on his opponents. Tyson's coach Mr. D'amato was the trainer for Floyd Patterson. Patterson invented the peek-a-boo style of defense and D'amato streamlined it. Tyson was taught the Peek-a-boo style from D'amato and he took off like a rocket.
Floyd Mayweather is NOT a heavyweight, I don't know why no one is pointing this out lol he has not proven himself against the Power house monsters that reside in that weight class. There is a reason why the Heavyweight title is more prestigious then the welterweight title. Comparing a welter to a heavy is like comparing junior varsity to the NBA lol Floyd can't compete in Heavyweight and he knows it, if he could have he would have, instead of spending his entire career in welter/superwelter/lightweight Divisions.
I met Iron Mike briefly here in Henderson, NV ---super nice guy, kind and humble. I recall seeing him on TV in 1986 and my roommate said, "Watch this, this boxer (Mike) is going to be big someday!" Again, my experience was one of a nice guy.
Mike was referred to as the Baddest Man On The Planet for a good reason! People actually feared him because of his explosive power and he was a tactician with his punches. He even has a Nintendo game from back in the day called Mike Tysons Punch Out!!! Great game by the way but i would put Mike Tyson in his prime against any of the legends period and he would slaughter most of them. His power and speed were unmatched and everyone knew it. Check out him hitting the big bag a few years ago at 55 yrs old! He is still a terrifying sight to behold!
My word...the way young tyson could move and counter...I've just never seen anything like it. Prime Tyson was an absolute freak physical AND when it comes to fighting intelligence.
Watch his body mechanics. He’ll duck a punch but at the same time he’s spring loading his weight into his front leg then he explodes not only lunging forward but how he rotates his punch through the torque of his hip rotation. I’ve studied fighting my whole life & modeled my own lunging hook from watching Tyson. Not that I was in his league but every time it connected, lights out in London. So much power being generated.
Exactly. As a physical therapist, I observed his biomechanics. He got instructions from trainers who were familiar with the original user of this technique, the great Jack Dempsey.
Sugar Ray Robinson is pound for pound the best boxer in history. He is 174-19 with 109 knockouts. Untouchable ratio. Muhammed Ali himself said Sugar Ray is the greatest pound for pound ever.
I mean record isnt everything,,,,Sugar Ray Robinson is a legend for sure though...I mean look at Mayweather...he spent his career ducking and dodging people who could beat them until they were out of their prime (aka Shane Moseley, Manny Pacquiao...etc) and he got gifted a decision on a fight he lost to Oscar De La Hoya, but there are plenty of other fighters who have massive win/loss ratio records but if you look at their career you see nothing but people when you see their name you go Who?
not only did Mike win his first 19 fights via knockout, 12 of those never left the first round, he was a brutal power puncher with the ability to make what might look like a glancing blow into a knockout, one of the heaviest hitters to ever box in the "modern era"
That is true, but Deontay Wilder won his first 32 fights by knockout and went 40-0 with 39 knockouts before his draw with Tyson Fury. This isn't knocking Mike in any way, he is was a beast, but there Wilder's accomplishments are even more impressive.
@@vanhattfield8292 tyson went went 37-0, and was 41-1 when he went to prison and didn't fight for 5 years. losing the rest of his fights in between the ages of 30-38. edit: and youngest ever win a heavyweight title.
I was a teenager in high school when Mike came to prominence... We always had a house party when he'd fight - was an amazing time because all the bets were on how soon he'd knock them the fuck out. He's a freaking legend.
What a time to be alive....Mike Tyson, Michael Jordan, and Michael Jackson. I want to be like Mike! Two of them were MJ's! You cannot describe it, but I'm glad the footage is still alive and well 🙌
Watching Mike in the 80's was the most exciting sports Ive seen in my life.. nothing has ever come close! (and Im not even much of a boxing fan) The day Mike took his first defeat, I didn't talk for hours... It was literally devastating!
I remember when he lost too... i was in tears as a kid. Dude was superman back then. In his prime, id take mike over any other boxer in history. He was just a monster.
I felt bad for anyone who stepped in that ring . Even today I’m not a big boxing fan since mike retired I can’t think of anyone today that would have beat him in his prime .Mike Tyson is a true boxing legend.
In the military we had an exercise called "iron mikes". If you look at some of his old training videos you'll see him doing lunges with a big ass log across his shoulders. We did a variation on that and it was named after him. That's how much of a beast this man was
Tyson’s peekaboo style was something to admire! He was electric, powerful, and sound with his defense! If Cus was able to coach Mike for his whole career, he’d have probably been undefeated. Floyd doesn’t have shyt on Iron Mike, even with a 50-0 record. Ali is the greatest, but Iron Mike is right up there in the discussion.
I met Tyson and we drank beer together in Don King's apartment on the east side of NY. He was almost drunk enough to let me get a picture of me holding him in a head lock.
I watched a lot of his fights when I was a kid. His opponents were terrified of him, you could see the fear before the fight even started. As soon as the bell rang he came for that KO, zero hesitation.
The thing that separates great fighters is killer instinct. Mike fought for survival and violence was always around him. He's the essence of what boxing is 💯
Lots of great boxers through history. Joe Louis was heavyweight champ for 12 years - longest reign ever - and retired at 66-3. Rocky Marciano retired at 49-0. Willie Pep retired at 229-11. Sandy Saddler went 145-16. More recently, Julio Cesar Chavez finished at 107-6 after starting his career with 87 straight wins. Mayweather was great, but don't be too impressed with 50-0.
@@bentighe4811 your right when i said that i was thinking about max schmeling Joe lost 2 him then beat him by tko the next time they fought when it comes to Joe Louis vs Marciano it was that Marciano was fighting a old man who was fighting 15 rd fights his hole life taking nothing away from Marciano he was great but Joe Louis was like 38 years old and rocky was like 27 that was actually. Like. Joe Louis's last fight he was old Marciano couldn't beat Louis if they was both in there prime. Joe had respect for Marciano tho
Floyd wouldn't have beat Sugar Ray, Hearns, Duran, and about 10 others I can think of off the top of my head, including De La hoya and Camacho. But it's all subjective, especially when you cross over weight classes and Eras. But at least those guys fought everyone they put in front of them and didn't duck.
Mike had one of the best defenses in heavyweight history, he utilized his size to destroy giants he would make dudes miss constantly then had the power to knock them out.
What you guys have missed are Mike's post fight interviews and the ring announcements/ faceoffs. I would not have blamed some of Mike's opponents for just changing their minds at ringside just looking into his eyes. Pure frightening before any punch.
Tyson Fury was named after Mike. Tyson Fury was born 3 months premature and weighed just 1 pound. His father named him after Mike Tyson, who was the heavyweight world champion at the time and later explained, "The doctors told me there was not much chance of him living. I had lost two daughters in the same way who had been born prematurely." He decided on the name "Tyson" as Fury was "a fighter" and survived the premature birth.
I remember Mike Tyson knocking folks out in the first round all of the time. I remember people being upset because the fight was over before they sat down good! Mike Tyson was a beast!
when mike fought, you weren't wondering how many rounds the fight was going to be, you were wondering how many seconds it would take for his opponent to fall. mike tyson would just get in the ring, destroy his opponent, and everyone would be amazed and disappointed that yet another mike tyson fight was over in seconds.
Fighting Mike Tyson was like going up against a fully grown pissed off hungry tiger. You can see the fear in the eyes of his opponents while Mike looks at them like he wants to tear them apart and destroy them. He was fast, coordinated, incredibly fit, and his fists sounded like gunshots and felt like sledgehammers.
Mike's trainer Cus D'amato taught him that when he punches to always punch with "bad intentions". I don't want to fight any man who nicknames his fists bad intentions lol
I watched every fight of Iron Mike Tyson in the 1980’s! They were exciting and NOBODY could beat him! He was Great! Much RESPECT for him and he was only 20 years old.
Young people will never understand how big of a deal was Mike Tyson, he was feared by everyone, he was unbeatable during his prime, he was an indestructible beast !
@3:00 Jon Jones fought around 205lbs at 6'4. In this vid Tyson fought Williams 6'4 200+lbs, Richardson 6"6 212lbs Bruno 6"3 at 238lbs, Holmes 6"3 at 210lbs to name a few. @11:03 Tyson is only 19yrs old KO-ing big ass men at 16 yrs old. HW World Champ at 20yrs old....Prime Mike was a beast
@@crabb9966 Wiki said hes 193cms. 193 cm equals 6 feet and 4 inches in height. 1 foot is around 30.48 cm or 12 inches, therefore 193 cm is equal to 6.33 feet or 6 feet and 4 inches
Ya’ll are having the same argument we were having back in the 90’s between Tyson and Ali. Also, Rocky Marciano was 49-0 with 43 KO’s as a Heavyweight as opposed to Mayweather who was only 1 win better at 50-0 with only 27 KO’s.
I can remember multiple times getting up to make a drink or grab some food or take a quick piss and coming straight back to my seat and the Tyson fight be over. That fool owes me some money!!🤣🤣
I like that way of thinking. Your losses don’t make you not a great fighter. It’s a fighter that had 40 wins and loss his 41 fight. But he won his next 75 in a row!
Iron Mike is my favorite boxer of all time but the best fight of all time in my opinion was Hagler vs Hearns talk about a war those two left it all in the ring RIP MARVIN HAGLER
Mike Tyson was just explosive in his prime. That combination of defensive movements, speed, power, outright aggression. Idk if anyone has ever actually been “better”. Different yes, many great fighters. But as a fan of boxing, I honestly don’t know if anyone was more exciting to watch.
FYI getting hit with gloves actually hurts more than getting hit bare knuckle, especially getting hit in the head. The gloves are to protect the fighters hands.
Tyson's duck and weave adding with his hooks and uppercuts was an incredible thing to overcome! Also, each fight, besides Holyfield, he has great control
A body like mike, lots of explosive midsection, leg and upper body training. Plus lots of cardio, running, skipping rope, building crazy endurance. He’s dense and fast.
What makes Tyson such a great boxer, is his speed, equal power with both hands, his ability to avoid being hit by his opponent while boxing on the inside, and his ability to land a punch while on the move, so when his opponent goes to punch him back, Tyson is already gone.
If Mike hadn't went to prison, and Cus Dematto had lived to keep him in line, he would be remembered as the greatest heavyweight ever. Ali is the greatest heavyweight because he had something that can't be taught, a great chin. Ali had a determination no other fighter could match. You guys talking about Floyd is embarrassing. Floyd Mayweather may have a perfect record, go back and watch his fight with Oscar De La Hoya and tell me Floyd won that fight. Even Floyd's dad said Oscar won. Plus Floyd dodged Manny Pacquiao until Pacman couldn't fight anymore. Floyd never fought anyone on the level of the greats. Name 1 opponent Floyd fought that will go down as one of the greatest fighters besides Pacquiao.
@@kingkunta1156 while I think Canelo is a great fighter, I don't think he's an all time great. I think he's just a little short of fighters like Leonard, Hagler, Herns, even Gotti. Floyd no doubt is an all time great. I just realized my comment sounds like I have no respect for what he accomplished. I do. He did fight some great fighters. But I don't think Floyd is the GOAT. It's hard to put a little guy like Floyd in that position. The greatest has to be Heavyweight. Fighting Heavyweights is just a different game. The little guys just can't match the power.
@@johnphillipsjr7238 did you not even read my comment? I said the "greatest heavyweight ever"....aka the G.O.A.T. I never said he wasn't ONE of the greatest.
there are a few boxers from back before the modern era when most of the rules came into play, like gloves and rounds and TKO's where the boxers have 200+ wins and sometimes 300+ matches, if you can I highly recommend looking into some of the pre-modern era boxers if you can find info or videos on them, truly insane beasts they were
Tyson was an absolute beast. The reason henhad to be so aggressive is because they heigh different usually. So he had to get in close as he was a power puncher as well. I didnt really watch him as a young kid but as i got olde4 mike tyson ended up being my favourite boxer just because how he works his body. Love watching his replays all the time..probably one my my biggest boxing idols.
