Is Mike Tyson a consensus Top10 Heavyweight of All Time or no?

[O.T.I.S.]

Who is above

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

you are doing just that cos ali got robbed of his prime physical years and still washed everyone and has a top 5 resumé

He didn't wash

I don't care I'm supposed to be impressed that Holyfield and Lewis beat Tyson years after they was supposed to fight him and years after he spent years in the pen?

No, not impressed.

 

[ℒℴѵℯJay ELECTUA]

 

[Kinguno]

The thing with Tyson is once Cus died Tyson kinda died like an equivalent is like say there's a dragon and I can get through to the dragon that instead of burning stuff he can light fires and be loved but once I like fall of the cliff literally the dragon is back to burnubu things and is getting encouraged to do it by bad men

I remember watching Tyson bite the ear live it felt fake it was sureal

Tyson was involved with all major NY Gangsters from 80 something to whenever it's crazy how often his name comes up

He did knock out Douglas but I kinda look at his era as weak from 2013 to now there's been more competition of high level

A lot of the time we rank fighters based off their story so he's probably top ten off impact but it seems inflated like everything from the 80's

Jack Johnson top ten
Roc Marc top ten
Ali top ten
Foreman top ten
Joe Louis top ten
Whoever wins 2/3 of Wilder vs Joshua will be top ten
Evander top ten
Wlad top ten
Lennox top ten
Tyson Top ten
Frazier not top ten
Larry flabby top ten
Jack Demp top ten
Liston is not

Lol some put Roy Jones Jr in their top ten

 

[Chrome2279]

Which Boxster made the most money off matches? What are the top 10 overall boxers that made the most money off their matches? Does anyone have that list? That should be Considered within this debate.

 

[Starman]

Which Boxster made the most money off matches? What are the top 10 overall boxers that made the most money off their matches? Does anyone have that list? That should be Considered within this debate.

 

[Black Lightning]

foreman (who mike was scared to death of)

Tyson stans get amnesia when you bring up Foreman.

 

[Antdrewjosh]

Wanted no parts of foreman. Taller heavier big punch..wasnt scared. Nope not fighting

 

[GzUp]

I’m still trying to figure out when his prime was.

To answer the OP, no.

Mike Tyson never really dominated the heavyweight division.

 

[Black Lightning]

I'm supposed to be impressed that Holyfield and Lewis beat Tyson years after they was supposed to fight him and years after he spent years in the pen?

Casuals


Holyfield called out Tyson years before he went to prison and Tyson wouldn't fight him.


There's a 30 for 30 on in.

 

[patscorpio]

Mike Tyson never really dominated the heavyweight division.

..so never mind the fact that in the 2nd half of the 80s the man unified the titles and the lineal one..on top of having a fairly long title reign into early early 90s..but he didnt dominate the heavyweight division

from the berbick fight to the 2nd ruddock fight..the division revolved around mike tyson..he ruled it...there's no argument..douglas reaped the benefits of taking tyson's zero and ate himself out of damn near everything...holyfield's first title reign he was damn near haunted by mike tyson and his aura.... trying to get him into the ring to validate himself as heavyweight champion (as shown in the 30 for 30 chasing tyson doc) because of douglas practically handing over his belts in a poor performance..and holyfield is an all time great...but mike didn't dominate the heavyweight division

 

[patscorpio]

now post prison mike...if you want to say he wasn't the most dominant heavyweight ring wise..yes there are arguments for that...but as a draw he was the still the top one at heavyweight and one of the top draws in all of boxing well into the 2000s when he was legit a shell of himself physically

 

[mr. smoke weed]

Da fukk are you talking about? Tyson's prime is arguably equivalent to Shaq's. The mix of power, speed, technique, and ferocity makes Tyson absolutely legendary under any metric.

Get this bullshyt out of here. Shaq is top 10 basketball players ever Tyson was a pretty good heavyweight

 

[mr. smoke weed]

this is dumb cause tyson didn't duck anyone. so who he was fighting was the top ranked fighters at the time. how did he get the belts? he beat the champions at the time.. all the other boxers were trying to do the same correct? why didn't they go 37-0?

he loses to buster.. he goes to jail.. he comes back and wins his next 4 fights and gets locked up.. comes up 4 years later, immediately beats 2 champions.

we all know what happened next.. he lost twice to holyfield, won some, lost to lewis, washed up and game over....



now lets look at holyfield up to his first loss... who the fukk was he fighting either?


Nov. 15 -- Lionel Byarm, New York, W 6
Jan. 20 -- Eric Winbush, Atlantic City, W 6
Mar.13 -- Freddie Brown, Norfolk, Virginia, KO 1
Apr. 20 -- Mark Rivera, Corpus Christi, Texas, KO 2
July 20 -- Tyrone Booze, Norfolk, Virginia, W 8
Aug. 29 -- Rick Myers, Atlanta, KO 1
Oct. 30 -- Jeff Meachem, Atlantic City, KO 5
Dec. 21 -- Anthony Davis, Virginia Beach, Virginia, KO 4
Mar. 1 -- Chisanda Mutti, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, KO 3
Apr. 6 -- Jesse Shelby, Corpus Christi, Texas, KO 3
May 28 -- Terry Mims, Metairie, Louisiana, KO 5
July 20 -- Dwight Qawi, Atlanta, W 15
(Captured WBA cruiserweight title)
Dec. 8 -- Michael Brothers, Paris, KO 3
Feb. 14 -- Henry Tillman, Reno, Nevada, TKO 7
(Retained WBA cruiserweight title)
May 15 -- Rickey Parkey, Las Vegas, TKO 3
(Unified WBA and IBF crusierweight titles)
Aug. 15 -- Ossie Ocasio, St. Tropez, France, TKO 11
(Retained WBA and IBF cruiserweight titles)
Dec. 4 -- Dwight Qawi, Atlantic City, TKO 4
(Retained WBA and IBF cruiserweight titles)
Apr. 9 -- Carlos DeLeon, Las Vegas, TKO 8
(Captured undisputed cruiserweight title)
July 16 -- James Tillis, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, KO 8
Dec. 9 -- Pinklon Thomas, Atlantic City, TKO 7
Mar. 11 -- Michael Dokes, Las Vegas, TKO 10
July 15 -- Adilson Rodrigues, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, KO 2
Nov. 4 -- Alex Stewart, Atlantic City, TKO 8
June 1 -- Seamus McDonagh, Atlantic City, TKO 4
Oct. 25 -- Buster Douglas, Las Vegas, KO 3
(Captured undisputed world heavyweight title)
Apr. 19 -- George Foreman, Atlantic City, W 12
(Retained undisputed world heavyweight title)
Nov. 23 -- Bert Cooper, Atlanta, TKO 7
(Retained undisputed world heavyweight title)
Jun. 19 -- Larry Holmes, Las Vegas, W 12
(Retained undisputed world heavyweight title)


Nov. 13 -- Riddikk Bowe, Las Vegas, L 12
(Lost undisputed world heavyweight title)






whoever was in front of him and washed up legends... same as tyson.. then he'd lose to riddikk twice (is he better), moorer, luis, ruiz, byrd, toney... lewis record no different.. same with most boxers

in other words, you gotta judge what you see them doing vs who's hot at that time. if they come in and destroy champs and #1's and make them look like nobody's, then that's a testament to how great that boxer was. tyson was destroying people.. lost 1 and was destroying people.. then got his prime taken away and was still beating all but 2 guys up.. fukk yea he's top 10

Are you really posting that list like its some bullshyt breh?!?!

 

[bucks3115]

Da fukk are you talking about? Tyson's prime is arguably equivalent to Shaq's. The mix of power, speed, technique, and ferocity makes Tyson absolutely legendary under any metric.

I always said
Prime tyson is similar prime shaq
And is similar to prime 50

Those 3 at their prime were untouchable but fell off due to different reasons