80s heavyweight criminally underrated. highly competitive, everyone was beating each other. people look back at that was a bad thing.... to me it showed how good they all were. no one was dominating outside of Holmes and Tyson. Great Era. after the 70s i think the 80s was the best.
To me I think the 90’s crop of heavy weights was better. Holyfield, Riddick Bowe and an out of prime but not yet washed up Tyson, George Foreman, Michael Moorer, Lennox Lewis and a lot of other good guys like Botha David Tua Chris Byrd Bert Cooper Tommy Morrison
@@raheemwilliams5475 ABC NBC ESPN all showed some good fights. USA network as well and if you had HBO and Showtime fights were always on. Miss those days.
@James Ross Well they usually did up to and including title shots. Then they were just glad to win the belt and trained off of drugs and hookers. But once Tyson came to the scene they felt a victory over him meant instant fame, more so than winning the title.
Biggs only a pro for a year and looked pretty sensational here. Boxing was hyping up Biggs as the Ali of the 80's and on a crash course with Mike Tyson.
@@edp4638 I agree. Many 80's heavies were called the next Ali. That style flooded the heavyweight scene from the late 70's onwards. Page and Biggs were part of that wave. Tillis, Tubbs, Tucker, Douglas, were some of the others.
Wow.. fantastic fights of Tyrell Biggs.. Really a good heavyweight... If he was not involved in drugs .I honestly think he could might be have been a heavyweight champion 🏆..but unfortunately for Biggs it all never happened..but still he was a good specimen of heavyweight..and good fighters.. We should give credit to him..along his wonderful career....
Nah! He just didn't have the raw talent to unseat the greats. He wasn't beating Bruno, Lewis, Tyson, Bowe, Foreman, Holyfield, Ruddock, etc. He might've had a chance against a Mercer, Moorer, McCall, Morrison (damn that's alot M's 😂). He was a second tier gate keeper to the champs. Solid fighter overall.
Mrc121002 thats a fair point but not the reality of tyrells life.hes a man of faith a man of God.hes done great things with his life teaching others being a role model the last 20 years.it hasnt been under the spotlight but hes a hero
Sorry for the late reply.wow I had forgotten about this thread ...and you.by some coincidence yesterday I saw your posts on the tyson -Tucker video and I burst out laughing at your hologram story.brilliant writing. I briefly knew Tyrell after his career ended...no he was clean from substances back than. Yo I'm member Jamal perkins on the boxing 24 forums why don't u join that forum we can chat there ?
Tyrell biggs is fantastic fighter.. I just like his physics has great heavyweight the height the reach iam mean his perfect for an great heavyweight..this was a good fight for biggs..he is a good fighter.. I just wonder if he had a mentor or a trainer like Mike tyson had..like cuz d'ammato..I probably think biggs would be a great fighter back then could possibly be a great heavyweight champion..if he was in good camp..and had a great mentor..
MIKE TYSON didnt reach his full PRIME at age 19 when he fought TILLIS, thats why he struggled in 10 rds to beat him . TYSON was 22 Years Old & was in more of his PRIME when he fought TYRELL BIGGS, and thats why TYRELL BIGGS was destroyed in 7 brutal Rds. The TYSON who fought BIGGS wouldve destroyed TILLIS even quicker
@@chrishearfield234 , TYSON was only a 19 year old Teenage Kid when he fought TILLIS, and since you really think TYSON was at his absolute full prime at age 19, im sorry, but i cant really take debating with you serious, LMAO .
@@chrishearfield234 . And a lot of great fighters get schooled and have bad nights . JIMMY YOUNG schooled GEORGE FOREMAN , .............. LUIS GARCIA schooled KEN NORTON .......... OLIVER MCCALL schooled LENNOX LEWIS ...... JESSE FERGUSON schooled BUSTER DOUGLAS, ......... JOHN RUIZ schooled HOLYFIELD ..... ... FRANKIE RANDALL schooled JULIO CHAVEZ ............ TYSON schooled MICHAEL SPINKS ......... ,.,,,,, LEON SPINKS schooled MUHAMAD ALI ............ ROSS PURITTY schooled KILTSCHKO .............. KIRKLAND LANG schooled ROBERTO DURAN .......... ,,, ,,,,,...... MED SINGSURAT schooled MANNY PACQUIAO .................. RALPH JONES schooled SUGAR R ROBINSON ,,,,.......... AUSTIN TROUT schooled MIGUEL COTTO ................. TONY TUCKER schooled BUSTER DOUGLAS........ FIREMAN FLYNN schooled JACK DEMPSEY .................... JEFF HORN schooled MANNY PACQUAIO ................ HASSAN RAHMAN schooled LENNOX LEWIS ............... And MICHAEL SPINKS schooled LARRY HOLMES twice ........................ So MIKE TYSON losing to BUSTER DOUGLAS is no big deal, you people just obsessively blow it outta proportion, LMAO............ Plenty of great BOXERS had bad nights against a lower level opponent, not just IRON MIKE ,
Never understood why they had announcers who knew nothing about the sport of boxing on these telecasts. At least Howard Cosell was entertaining, although he never really knew what was going on in the fight. It was like watching boxing with a friend who's never watched the sport before.
I tell u guy's !Tyrell Biggs is good fighters he can fight he had a power punches too..but he never thoughts of using it.. If just imagine Tyrell Biggs had a mentor or a trainer just like Mike Tyson had cuz dammato.....I think Tyrell Biggs would won a heavyweight belt in his career..ya.. The one he don't have is his own self confidence..and a will to fights and win the fights... He was good fighters he not a bad fighter..at all .but lack of confidence is the major problem for himm But end of the day he was a good fighters..too!
Not a good performance by Biggs by his high standards.tillis was still even after 40 pro fights a tough and talented heavyweight.this fight was very close imo but th won.Biggs was a better fighter when he fought tyson and mason.he had mason beat but caught a big punch.what would these two talents do today at he.bar the kilts they'd beat them all
As far as we witness there were real good fighters back then.. Biggs and Tillis was good fighters..and Biggs physical of heavyweight was top norch his style was excellent.he was like real model of a great heavyweight...u know .. the true facts is ....they can beat today's era's heavyweight top fighters like Antony Joshua, usyk deontay wilder, Andy Ruiz,most of all fighters.... undoubtedly.! bcoz past era's fighters have good potential skills and speed. Compare to today's era heavyweight doesn't have any of it...they were only bigg and tall.. that's all !! most of them are bumms..too! Sorry guy's!!
@@spadesologistmaster7891 Many Ringsiders gave the fight to Tillis. But Tyson was under contract with ABC at the time so the Powers that Be wouldn't let him lose.
so what,tillis gave Tyson a good fight....when Lewis was a young and up and comer.he couldn't stop third rate journeyman Levi billups.he could even knock him down.billiups hurt Lewis with an upper cut....when Levi billups retired. he had alot more losses on his record than wins.some opponents give certain fighters a hard time.ferguson and Mercer.bonavena and Frazier, Angelo Dundee said about Georg chuvalo "if chuvalo there's jab at Muhammad he might of gotten lucky with Muhammad"
Bigg didnt seem to have a real ko punch, if he could have developed one he would have gone further up the ladder. He was a top contender but not ellite level.
Ali would've beat Foreman Frazier shavers Ken Norton Ron Lyle if he was in his prime...oh wait Ali still beat em and he wasn't in his prime shit imagine what prime Ali would do
Biggs was never going to be a champion. He had no defence. He showed pain vlearly when hurt. When he hot beat he got beat bad against the top echelon fighters.I like him , but he didn't have what it took to be a champ
I had this fight closervthancthe judges. Tillus hit him more thanvhevwas getting credit for even the announcer said it was even after 4. But, it was in Biggs backyard. I thought Tillus beat Tyson in his next fight, but when you go on the road... Oh well.
Biggs Did alright and James Tillis was a very crafty guy when it came to surviving in fights!!! NOT WINNING, JUST GOING THE DISTANCE. TILLIS WAS THE FIRST GUY TO TAKE MIKE TYSON THE DISTANCE AS WELL!!!
JAMES TILLIS fought the 19 year old inexperienced TYSON who had 3 weeks off from training because of an injury he suffered from falling off his Pigeon Coop. TYSON was not 100% against TILLIS, and the Fully Prime TYSON of 1988 would've knocked out TILLIS in 3 rds.
@@vlLEGTxSQUADX...And TYSON koed SAVERESE, RIBALTA, TILMAN, STEWART, EITIENE, BOTHA, SELDON, MATHIS, FERGUSON, CARL WILLIAMS, BERBICK, THOMAS, HOLMES , BRUNO , and RUDDOCK ……. And he brutalized GOLOTA and made him quit as well
Amateurs (1) fight to win 3 rounds, so don't work the body a lot, (2) look for eye-catching punches, rather than e.g. short painful blows, and (3) don't go for knockouts so much. Biggs also tended to punch and get ready to slip at the same time. He could have been a harder puncher (with those long limbs, he could have even had Lennox Lewis-style power) but tended to "paint" his opponents rather than punch through the target.
