If you are around 40 and love Boxing..

Iron Mike Tyson.. has to be the man who made Boxing a Sport that enthralled the public.... Never mind
Larry Holmes he is todays Klitschko good but a tad dull..A young Mike Tyson would have beat the 3 of them in a single year
Dont give me Marciano, Tunney, Johnson,Baer, nonsence he would have beat them 4 in a single year too... Ali, Foreman, Frazier and Liston.. they are the sort of fights dreams are made of.. for me Ali beats him.. So if you around 40 tell the truth Tyson got you hooked on Boxing he was the King Kong, he was the Baddest Man on Earth..And Lord know we need another one right now...

Tysonking? Is that you?

Tyson would have beaten all of them?
Is that your opinion or FACT?

Chris

If it is then god help us.

Was thanking my lucky stars that Shah, Fight News, Shantel Jacksons boyfrie nd and Tysonkings hadn't come across (or in that muppet Shantel's case banned).

Quite possibly the most retarded, unpleasant, vile and pathetic wums we ever had to deal with. See Shantel is still claiming he wasn't banned on the old 606, someone go and inform him that he said he was taking a break and then had his account deleted when he tried to come back.

As for the article, give me a break. Tyson gets annhialated by every single fighter you've mentioned. Marciano would've dropped him inside 2 and that would've been that.

And no, we don't need another hype job who had a 2 year "prime". What we need in exciting HW fight and we've got one. Christ alive ffs. Tosh.

Badger...
How on Gods great earth can it be FACT...

Coxy.. could you read again what i wrote. Did Tyson not make you Glad
you were born to see such a great champion and at such a young age... Im tell you you might never see his type ever again... Marciano to take him in 2 ha ha ha.. keep off the vino

coxy0001 wrote:Chris

If it is then god help us.

Was thanking my lucky stars that Shah, Fight News, Shantel Jacksons boyfrie nd and Tysonkings hadn't come across (or in that muppet Shantel's case banned).

Don't think Shah could change his ways enough to last more than two minutes on here, coxy! Made me laugh when I saw Shanel over on the old 606 asking why he'd been banned from here - regardless of what he's posted, I'd have thought that a fully grown man pretending to be a world champion boxer who he's never met would be reason enough!

Tysonkings or something very similar to him seems to have emerged now, and as for Fight News, well as much as people will disagree I didn't mind him all that much, clearly a bright fella and knew what he was doing pushing everyone's buttons. Knew his boxing in fairness though, too, and I wouldn't be surprised if he was amongst us on here in a less 'WUMMY' guise.

No, Tyson didn't make me 'glad' until he got sparked by Douglas, and then brutalised by Holyfield (twice), Lewis, Williams etc

Fought at a time of poor, poor heavyweights. Only rivalled by now.

And Tyson with that dodgy chin of his would've been knocked the effing hell out by Marciano. Deal with it. Move on.

Coxy.. oh dear oh dear..

One word coxy: Protein bars.

joeyjojo618 wrote:One word coxy: Protein bars.

This guy writes nothing like TysonKing.

joeyjojo618 wrote:One word coxy: Protein bars.

Sorry to be pedantic, but that's actually tw....

Actually, forget it, it's nothing!

Just testing

Regardless of who beats who the author of the topic is right that it was a fantastic time to be around and I witnessed the rise and fall of Tyson. Though I'm not yet 40.

I honestly couldn't stand the guy at the time as I knew what he was going to do to poor old Bruno. In recent years I've come to appreciate the excitement and skills of Tyson. Great, Great fighter.

Not sure why people say he had a bad chin - it was very good. I also believe he'd have given an 185lbs Marciano the whupping of his life.

WelshDevilRob wrote:Not sure why people say he had a bad chin

Coxy doesn't like Tyson; he stood up to a hell of a lot from Douglas.

How about if a person is in his mid fifties and doesn't agree with the article ?

Is that allowed, or is ' 40 ' the magic number ?

I'm 38 Windy so pretty much quality and I have to say I far from love Tyson, enjoyed watching him in the ring but find most of his actions outside it absolutely repugnant. And windy who are you trying to kid with mid 50's

rowley wrote:I'm 38 Windy so pretty much quality and I have to say I far from love Tyson, enjoyed watching him in the ring but find most of his actions outside it absolutely repugnant. And windy who are you trying to kid with mid 50's

I'm mid fifties, jeff, and I'm damned well going to stay there ! No more birthdays for me.

damn i dont qualify too young for you fossils, guess i cant have a opinion then

No you can't

does it count that im 26 but look more like im going on 40?

No, and I'll not tell you again. Find another thread.

compelling and rich wrote:damn i dont qualify too young for you fossils, guess i cant have a opinion then

Whippersnapper.

dam it, see you later then. im sure not getting involved in another tyson thread wont do me any harm. infact probably save my sanity. have fun trying to talk some sense into the tyson fans

HumanWindmill wrote:

compelling and rich wrote:damn i dont qualify too young for you fossils, guess i cant have a opinion then

Whippersnapper.

wise head on young shoulders windy

Tyson had a good chin, you couldn't take him out in single punches, and took a lot of punishment from Holyfield.... Buster Douglas had him going a few times before taking him out, and there wasn't many guys that could have taken the uppercut that Tyson took to spark off the assault that ended it... And yes I'm only 19 - But love Boxing therefore I'm entitled to my opinion, and instead of sprouting controversial things to say, I actually describe in detail reasons behind them and proof.

compelling and rich wrote:

HumanWindmill wrote:

compelling and rich wrote:damn i dont qualify too young for you fossils, guess i cant have a opinion then

Whippersnapper.

wise head on young shoulders windy

Didn't doubt it for a second, compelling.

go away alex your making me feel old let alone some of the others!! and i agree that tyson didnt have a bad chin. just became to easy to hit later on. wouldnt say he had a cast iron but it wasnt bad

Most definately, going to jail and losing your speed and reflexes and not moving your head usually does that to you :P

And I may be 19 but my back as of late is like a 65 year olds =/

AlexHuckerby wrote:And I may be 19 but my back as of late is like a 65 year olds =/

It's probably your wallet, Alex.

You young'uns have all the money, these days.

I guess I'm too young for this, being 35. I have to say it was actually Benn that got me into boxing and then after the wars with Eubank I was hooked.

Never really cared for Tyson.

What if you'll be forty in a couple of months and really REALLY enjoy boxing but think "love" is a bit excessive?

Are you still entitled to hold an opinion on that flash in the pan, ear biting wifebeater and convicted sex offender?

My wife is 40 in less than 3 weeks so she would absolutely appear to be the target demographic, she prefers De La Hoya

Tyson was exciting, in fact for me possibly one of the most exciting fighters of all time he got me into boxing And also Ricky Hatton But that was more Northern Pride!!! :P

HumanWindmill wrote:

AlexHuckerby wrote:And I may be 19 but my back as of late is like a 65 year olds =/

It's probably your wallet, Alex.

You young'uns have all the money, these days.

And believe me mate I wouldn't be complaining if that was the case! :P

HumanWindmill wrote:

AlexHuckerby wrote:And I may be 19 but my back as of late is like a 65 year olds =/

It's probably your wallet, Alex.

You young'uns have all the money, these days.

Hope that turns out to be true in the very near future, Windy, as my missus has just told me that we'll be getting a new addition to our families in November. Christ, I thought I was a pauper already!

88Chris05 wrote:

HumanWindmill wrote:

AlexHuckerby wrote:And I may be 19 but my back as of late is like a 65 year olds =/

It's probably your wallet, Alex.

You young'uns have all the money, these days.

Hope that turns out to be true in the very near future, Windy, as my missus has just told me that we'll be getting a new addition to our families in November. Christ, I thought I was a pauper already!

Many, many congratulations, Chris, and please pass on my warmest wishes to your lady.

HumanWindmill wrote:

88Chris05 wrote:

HumanWindmill wrote:

AlexHuckerby wrote:And I may be 19 but my back as of late is like a 65 year olds =/

It's probably your wallet, Alex.

You young'uns have all the money, these days.

Hope that turns out to be true in the very near future, Windy, as my missus has just told me that we'll be getting a new addition to our families in November. Christ, I thought I was a pauper already!

Many, many congratulations, Chris, and please pass on my warmest wishes to your lady.

I'll be sure to, Windy. Think I'm gonna need all the warmest wishes I can get!

Congratulations Chris! Hope you have an easy few months until November!

oxring wrote:Congratulations Chris! Hope you have an easy few months until November!

Cheers Oxring, and yep, will try to make the most of my last few months of freedom before they're prematurely snatched away from me!

Yes, many congratulations mate!

Congratulations Chris.

Andy and fearlesBamber, cheers lads.

Congradulations Chris. Bit of advice during labour don't look

prettyboy1304 wrote:Congradulations Chris. Bit of advice during labour don't look

Ha ha cheers mate, will take those words of wisdom and hold them close!

Congratulations Chris.

Be sure you to name him Eric or her Erica.

all da best

Congratulations Chris! hope your new family member doesnt detract from your participation in this forum.

Keep your priorities right!

Dazstarr wrote:Congratulations Chris! hope your new family member doesnt detract from your participation in this forum.

Keep your priorities right!

Ha ha, might have to show this comment of yours to the missus Daz, I'm sure she'll be tickled by it! Cheers for the good wishes anyway.

No worries! You can swap late night fights for late night nappy changes!

In all seriousness - many congrats to you both.

Congrats Chris , I'm only 26 but look and feel 40, and chris, thats partially down to the kids. Tyson definitely got me intersted in boxing mainly due to my dad's books and the old cavendish boxers series which was out on vhs, lying about the house, in his prime he would give anybody a run their money, but after gaining knowledge about other fighters throughtout history i feel he would have come up short on many occasions, it's easy to kick a man when he is down but Tyson only has himself to blame, he brought a lot of positive publicity to the sport in the 80's which may have been lacking otherwise.