nutz4fish wrote:
Kerry, once Cus D'amato was gone, Tysons days of learning ( & self discipline) were pretty much over.
BTW, Have you seen the interview he gave ( its on YouTube) where he discusses how well he would have fared against Muhammad Ali? ( If they were both 21 years old ). He sez Ali would have handled him easily. I agree. I do recognize Tysons incredible abilities, his ring movement made him a really difficult target, and his angles that he launched his punches from had a lot of variety and accuracy. And power...His double left hooks first to the body, then the head followed up by a right uppercut, were truly a thing of beauty. I've often wondered how much the prison layoff really hurt his career. He richly deserved to be jailed, a boxer beating up a 100 lb. woman ! Loved the wars, except for the ear bite, that he had with Evander. What a chin that Holyfield had ! I've been a boxing fan since the Gillette Friday night TV boxing in the 1950's, and I boxed at the local Boys Club as a kid , & in the USMC, as a young adult. I was pretty lousy at it, but not for lack of effort.
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