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Ever so often, I'll see a marathon of Tyson's first 20 fights on tv, and I'll just spend the 25 minutes to watch them all...and wonder what if. -- nm

Posted by Will Hunting (aka JoeMetz) Feb 11 '15, 09:13

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The thing people forget was his defense. - Mel Profit Feb 11, 09:32
Best I've ever seen. No doubt about it. Shame he didn't get the mental and life help he needed but was taken - Krusty Feb 11, 09:19 7
- You votf -- nm - eag Feb 11, 09:21 6
  - You gotta wonder if it was those demons that fed his anger in the ring -- nm - eag Feb 11, 09:23 5
    - Could be. I believe Cus said he must throw punches with bad intentions. - Krusty Feb 11, 09:25 4
      - Cus trained him to be a beast in the ring and a bird trainer outside of the ring. - Mel Profit Feb 11, 09:40 3
        
        Losing Cus was clearly a huge turning point for him in so many ways. - Krusty Feb 11, 09:42 2
        
        Cus had problems because Tyson was a kid... - Mel Profit Feb 11, 09:45 1
        
        Yeah, no way Cus lets King get his hooks in Mike. He might have been able to keep him on a better path. -- nm - Krusty Feb 11, 09:47
His quick disposal of Michael Spinks is still absurd -- nm - eag Feb 11, 09:17 3
- I'm surprised Spinks held his water in the ring. He was that terrified. -- nm - David Feb 11, 09:21 2
  - Yes he did and for a fighter or his standing that was absurd as well -- nm - eag Feb 11, 09:27
  - What's the story, legit or not, that Spinks had them re-wrap Tyson's gloves so Tyson punched a wall in anger... - Will Hunting Feb 11, 09:23
What channel, ESPN Classic? -- nm - con_carne Feb 11, 09:16 2
- Most of the time, yeah. - Will Hunting Feb 11, 09:17 1
  - And undersized in nearly every fight. He had no reach. You knew what he was going to do and couldn't stop him. -- nm - Krusty Feb 11, 09:20
I remember watching the ear bite fight againt Holyfield with my dad. that was a "holy shit" fight -- nm - Beaker Feb 11, 09:15 9
- I remember getting that fight and throwing a party. - Mel Profit Feb 11, 09:38
- We had about 20 college friends over for that weekend. It was....surreal. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 11, 09:15 7
  - after the second one I kept praying they would let the fight go on... -- nm - Beaker Feb 11, 09:18 6
    - My favorite story from that is in the book 21 was based on...the casino swapped out all high-dollar chips after the riots - Will Hunting Feb 11, 09:19 5
      - is their an article on that somewhere? -- nm - Beaker Feb 11, 09:24 4
        
        Well, there's a dead article link from wiki saying it never happened -- (link) - Roger More Feb 11, 09:25 2
        
        Man, this dude has a real axe to grind with Mezrich. -- nm - David Feb 11, 09:48 1
        
        a lot of writers and reporters seem to. they all say he's making shit up and passing it off as real. -- nm - Diva Feb 11, 10:21
        
        Nah, I just remember it from teh book. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 11, 09:25

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