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could have taken Lewis in my opinion. I think he still had some skills at that
point, but the skills were rusted and he couldn't call on them when he needed to
(lack of activity). If he has eroded even further, which apparently he has, it
might be too late for him to bounce back. If you've reached 40, you know that
you have to work that much harder to do the things you took for granted when you
were 30 or even 35. I don't think Tyson has put in the work to stay sharp and
now the question is, if he goes full bore, can he regain the power and reflexes
that once made him a great heavyweight? My guess is that he still has plenty of
power if he can manage to land. I don't think he can stay out of the way of
punches anymore and I don't suppose he could regain that ability---as reflexes
are a big part of that and when they're gone, they're (usually) gone for good.
I've never been a big fan of his, even when he was the young Champion. I always
thought that there were holes in his game (proven right when Douglas exposed
him) and I think he developed an arrogance that was annoying and disturbing.
But in a weird way, I'm almost pulling for him now. It's like the old "Mighty
Have Fallen" story and based on everything he's been through (most his own doing
but sometimes a victim) I feel like it would be interesting to see him turn back
the clock and be competitive again. |
|12/21/04 12:38:47 PM|Massimo|Roma||4||||10|Angelo-I have nothing
against Michele Geraldo Tyson and, anzi, I'm grateful to him for the joy he gave
me by fighting in the ring but... Gotta be realistic ! Just a few days ago he
jumped with his 13.5 feet over a car. He had just uscito from a bar, probably
drunk, maybe even something worse. I just don't see him focused enough on
boxing. |
|12/21/04 01:45:05 PM|Noam|same||jugyf||||10|AngeloI wonder whether
Tyson has one 'last hurrah' left in him. Most elite champions (and whether we
like Tyson or not, he was elite and in the top 10 heavies of all time) usually
have one last great moment left in them.Ali had his win over Foreman.
And Foreman, I suppose, had his moment when he beat Moore. It is sort of like
the candle flickers before it goes out.Tyson has not had that moment.
Maybe he missed it because of all the idiotic things he did in his life and fate
deprived him of it. Or maybe, with a strong knee that allows him to get leverage
for his punches, and with a will-to-win honed by all his financial woes, Tyson
has that one magic moment left in him.Personally, I don't think Tyson is
now capable of grinding out a great victory over many rounds like Ali did in
Frazier 3. He just doesn't have that sort of battle-ready fitness or the hard
minded mentality to do it.So I think the magic one last moment Tyson has
left in what we must admit was a magical and compelling career is a flash
knockout. He'll go in against someone expected to beat him, someone who wants a
victory over Tyson on his resume, and BANG - Tyson connects and that's it folks.
I don't think that the sorry figure we saw after the Williams fight will
be the last image we have of Tyson in the ring. With the money he owes, there
has to be more to come.|
|12/21/04 04:10:03 PM|Massimo|Roma||4||||10|I have just heard that Tyson is
having cocaina problems just like Maradona. This is serious stuff, cocaina is
not Coca Cola.|
|12/21/04 04:14:01 PM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||kentallenent@aol.co||||10|Mike Tyson
these days is nothing more than a sideshow attraction, a big name that can draw
crowds. He has developed bad habits over the years of not moving his head as he
moved in and loading up and throwing one punch at a time. At one time he had
sound fundamentals but as time went by, he relied too much on his power, a
problem a lot of big punchers have, and it will not work at the upper levels of
the sport. Also, his reflexes are gone and approaching forty, as someone here
pointed out, he is not going to get them back.Personally, I have mixed
feelings about a Tyson/Toney fight. I have the selfish feeling of wanting to
see this fight take place as I would likely get to get a press pass to see it
and I have always wanted to see Tyson fight in person but I never have. But