MegaSack DRAW - This year's winner is user - rgwb
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Should be worth watching.
Yeah good PSA,
saw this advertised but had forgotten about it. thanks for the heads up.
Fantastic - reminded me of the film Raging Bull about Jake LaMotta
He was such a formidable opponent in his prime, people talk now about his arrest, the ear biting and the spending. But I hope he is remembered for the knockouts in his early 20's. When I see those clips were his 1st wife is talking about his depression on a chat show, I feel he looks more humiliated than humbled by it all. He did right to leave boxing when he did.
[i]He did right to leave boxing when he did[/i]
Surely way too late? Losing to a bunch of non-entities isn't the best way to bow out.
If he had kept his head together he would of been the best ever.
I didn't see last night, but I remember watching a documentary years ago about him. the influence of Cus d'amato was huge, and the way Don King poached him after Cus's death was pretty disgusting.
EDIT: just done a bit of research and King didn't get him till two years after Cus's death, I thought I heard he turned up at his funeral to poach him,...
The 2 'non entities' were after he was declared bankrupt in 2003. They were only ever for the purse. Being beaten twice in a row by two different fighters humbled him, he found other ways to earn money. He could have gone on for a few more years in the ring but didn't, I think it was the right time.
I don't think we'll ever see another heavyweight anywhere near as good as he was in his prime. Bad decisions ruined his career, not other fighters.
[i]King didn't get him till two years after Cus's death[/i]
Only because Bill Cayton and Jim Jacobs kept him away. Maybe it was Jim Jacob's funeral King was at?
King went to Jacobs funeral and allegedly gave gifts to Tysons family and those closest to him.
In a way, other fighters did have a negative influence on his career, certainly on his legacy. You need other great boxers, at the same weight, if you want to be considered great yourself. Tyson never had that. As a result, he doesn't crack the top 10 all time great heavyweights because he never beat anyone who was really any good, in their prime.I don't think we'll ever see another heavyweight anywhere near as good as he was in his prime. Bad decisions ruined his career, not other fighters.
If he'd been around in the 60s/70s he'd be more highly regarded. Although whether Iron Mike would have had the heart to beat the legends from that era is another question (no way IMHO).
You can only beat what's put in front of you.
Iron Mike demolished every opponent put in front of him on his way to unifying the world heavyweight title for the first time in ages.
He was awesome to watch in his prime.
Wasn't heart he lacked, just mental stability. I remember watching the Douglas fight in amazement as all the things that seemed to come natural to him (the elusiveness, boobing & weaving into range) had just disappeared. A real shame as he could have beaten the "greats" of his era (Lewis, Holyfield) if he'd had their type of mentality.
people talk now about his arrest, the ear biting and the spending. But I hope he is remembered for the knockouts in his early 20's
Good point we often overlook the good points of convicted rapists and they often get an undeserved bad press let's right that wrong eh 🙄
Well I've only got the boxing on video, so that's what I'll remember 😉
BLOODY DELAYED PSA!!!!
Tony Robinson never fought Tyson.
watched this. Reminded me how devestating a fighter he was, pure focussed animal agression. The interesting stuff was his background and how he grew up scared and frightened and bullied, fought back, and how he found a mentor that turned him around from a path of self-destruction. I thought he was very honest and surprisingly articulate, you could see how emotions could easily take over him though.