@@ultimatemiketyson4031 Agree. Have watched all of his sparring sessions. He did more tricks in sparring like fainting, bending the knees more, using the jab to setup his shots and get in, moving backward to adjust and using the ropes as defense by letting his opponents miss, keeping his hands low while moving the head to bait his opponents and then quickly change the angles, 6-8 body and head combination punches mixed together, moving the head during clinches while throwing uppercuts, moving the head more when throwing straight punches rather than hooks to make his opponents miss more, changing angles after every 10 seconds and baiting more to make his opponents miss and confused, jump to the side when his opponent was backed against the corner and change angles- the switch, getting behind his opponents shoulders and moving to the sides as his opponents tried to take back their angles. Cus d'Mato didn't like him fighting using the southpaw stance but he was good at that as well. His reason was that nobody liked fighting southpaw fighters and it wasn't exciting enough. He did some of that in his fights but could have done it on another level.
@@alcottdevalte7440 Rooney said after the spinks fight that tyson was doing amazing things iin sparring that he wasn't showing in his fights. He said that tyson needed to relax more and bring out his skills more, but the fact of the matter is that tyson was showing more and more of his repertoire each fight. Against holmes he was jumping in giving angles , against tubbs he was using a tripple jab. Tyson left rooney when he just turned 22 . He had so many more years to learn the arts and crafts of the sweet science . Once he left rooney he really declined in his boxing technique , its really sad that he never reached his potential . Without question he was the biggest waste of talent in boxing history.
@@greengrass811 You're 1000% right. Imagine all the great technical fights we could have seen with Rooney as his trainer. It's extremely rare that someone at the young age of Tyson was so skilled, imagine being 20 and having all the skills, and the rest of what you need is to work on you being more relaxed and comfortable in order to using those skills better. Can't think of any other fighter or person at the age of 18-22 being close to being the best version of what they do. I had no clue what I was doing at 20 or what I tried to achieve...
@@ultimatemiketyson4031 I completely fucking agree with you, he def shud've stayed in the original camp but Mike said he got lazy and because he was knocking out people without training and combinations he didn't bother, then he lost to douglas. Very disappointing man.
There's no more terrifying place in the world than in front of Mike Tyson when he's in the zone. I LOVE his switch stance style, how he moves past his opponent to play with the angles even further. Truly a champion.
1:20 the lightness in that jab versus the distance the guy's head went back is hilarious!! LMAO Barely touched him... One turn of the hips and he could have died.
I don't think Mike would be a great boxing coach, he could teach the technique well but I don't think anyone else could utilize and optimize it the way only he could. That being said, he's such a student of the sport, I guess he could pass a lot of knowledge down totally separate from his own fighting experience. It's a rare thing for an athlete to both be generationally gifted physically and also be a student of the craft. Incredibly dangerous combination.
Tyson didn't start put Luke that. Kevin said Mike was a terrible fighter when he started then they built him up mentally 85% as they put it and then he became the fighter that he was.
The right to the kidneys gives the opponent something to think about immediately followed by right uppercut then left to the head for good measure. Devastatingly effective for m.t. no-one did it like him.
While this was a perfectly safe demonstration in a controlled situation, you can see the building blocks of how Tyson puts fear into his opponents. The anxiety of never knowing which direction the next punch will come from must be so intense when Mike's just executing the program at full speed and power. This was slowed down for effect but even still the intimidation behind his manoeuvring is clear as day. Truly a one of a kind fighter.
A special thanks to Mike Tyson for sharing here with me about boxing and sharing with us his understanding. Looking forward to spending the time digesting these treasures.
I might have a better chance at shadow boxing now and have more fun developing my sparring techniques which in turn will be good to save and preserve life as we know.
I think a Mike Tyson would make an incredible trainer. I think Mike was trained by one of the best and his experience and knowledge from his career only adds to his boxing IQ. I don’t know much about boxing but I like the sport. I wish I had grown up to box as a kid. Anyway, really like these videos of Mike in the ring with people showing them stuff. There is no doubt in my mind that Mike Tyson is among the greatest athletes of all time. He is among the all time greats. It is too bad his career was interrupted and diminished by bad choices and his bad decisions. He is not the only man to have done that. Many, many others have fallen that way too and many more will again, unfortunately.
Yeah Tyson was doing this in the early 80s. It’s a shame though that Tyson didn’t do it much in fights, Lomachenko does it a lot and it’s really effective
@@Leonidas-gs9cv doesn’t make any difference at all. Ricky Hatton used to do it a lot also and he’s orthodox. You. An change angles effectively fighting inside with a squared stance.
Did any one else notice how from the interviewers voice sounding naturally slightly intimidating that Tyson was ready to knock him out cold if he had disrespected him in anyway, you can just see that fire in Tysons eyes.
Wish he still spoke like this, now he's always high which is his main issue and who knows which other drugs... Wish he had a son thst looked like his twin, faster, stronger, kinder, smarter
I thought you could develop punching power? The reporter and Mike both agreed that it's a god given talent? Do other people think that you have to be born to punch hard?
Chap in the first clip is Jimmy Greeves. He was in the 66 England squad when we beat Germany 4-2. He’s also a cockney so he would have give him a go haha
@@ultimatemiketyson4031 Was great to see Jimmy finally get his MBE this year , took long enough . And it’s his 81st birthday on Saturday , hope he has many more , what a legend
Is sad to say but Mike lose a loot of movement, speed and presition after 88. I don’t know if he somoke alot or what, but he down his lvl from 100% to 75-65%, u can see in 89 with Frank Bruno slow like a S****.