No doubt. People are wow’d by the punches but his footwork for the HW division especially is …. Almost supernatural. Paul D’Amato and Tyson together were something truly special. As soon as he died the fucking vultures descended. But yeah man. His ability to get on the inside while rarely taking a straight shot is insane. Every movement was optimized for maximum damage.
Rocky Marciano had 49 wins in 49 professional fights & retired at age 31 undefeated. The only heavyweight champion with a perfect record. He was smart enough to quit before he started to slow down from age and decline. The guy was a killer, just like Tyson.
Tyson fights more like Marciano then any other fighter. Look at their styles, you can see the inspiration. Lotta people don't know (I'm sure you do) how much of a student and historian Mike has always been. He was studying them as an early teenager. He knows boxing like Em knows rap.
Sugar Ray Robinson went 40-0 to start his career before he lost, then went on a 91 fight win streak. By the time he was 30 years old, his record was 128-1-2, 89 KO. He retired 179-19-6, 109 KO
@@zaktilzer5130 false. They fought 6 times, Sugar Ray won 5 of them. Jake won the first bout by points, then Ray turned around 21 days later and won the belt.
Not only was iron mike a monster in the ring he was highly skilled, great footwork and defensive boxing. Nearly every fight he was the smaller man and shorter reach but because his technique was so great it didn’t matter, he was inside his opponent’s guard in the blink of an eye.
Mike in his prime was a MONSTER, he said it best: Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth. He had speed, stamina, strength and the killer instinct. I can't see anyone defeating him unless they win the mindgame before the fight. Sadly Mike was used and abused by so many people that his career was cut short.
Mike is a beast! What an epic champion. One of the legends forever! I remember being so mad staying up all night waiting for a MT match, and he knocks him out in under 2 minutes...All that waiting LOL! Legend!!
Mike was an absolute beast coming up. knocking everyone out in is path. His speep, power and defense was amazing to watch. He was never the same after prison.
@@bptjoe4654 facts, all these Tyson's fanboys coming with the same old excuses "IF Cus didn't die" and all this crap, this just proves he was weak minded
Lot of people had the power of Mike..Iron Mike is not just his punches but his will..he is a boxing machine with a next level IQ of intelligence and Emotional intelligence..a warrior spirit ..packed with wisdom now..he is a great man…regardless of physical gifts..it takes a next level mind and resilience to achieve what he achieved..the man…is a boxing machine ..better than the rest and humble..and deep down a silent genius. We love Mike.
We'll never see another heavyweight with the fast/explosive hands of Tyson. He had the fast twitching muscles that granted him insane reflexes. The guy threw combos like he was a welter-weight. I was fortunate to have seen him in person a few times and he was electric. I was 15 rows up and you could still hear the thudding shots. He's the closest thing I've seen to a pitbull in the ring. He could have been the greatest but his lack of discipline and out of ring bad habits cost him dearly.
Ike Ibeabuchi would have been the next Tyson. He was strong as an ox and lightning fast. Too bad his career was derailed at its peak. I always wondered if he was set up by some powerful mob boss. He was charged with "attempted rape" which is questionable coming from a call girl who came to his hotel room in the middle of the night. If Ike had wanted to rape her, there wouldn't have been a damned thing she could have done to stop him. That's why the charges are very suspect in my view. Many people don't know that mike modeled his himself after the great Jack Dempsey. Mike wore the same type of black shoes and trunks and even the same haircut as the "Manassa Mauler" Jack Dempsey. Dempsey popularized the sport with his ferocious pace of relentless pressure on his opponents. Tyson's coach Mr. D'amato was the trainer for Floyd Patterson. Patterson invented the peek-a-boo style of defense and D'amato streamlined it. Tyson was taught the Peek-a-boo style from D'amato and he took off like a rocket.
Floyd Mayweather is NOT a heavyweight, I don't know why no one is pointing this out lol he has not proven himself against the Power house monsters that reside in that weight class. There is a reason why the Heavyweight title is more prestigious then the welterweight title. Comparing a welter to a heavy is like comparing junior varsity to the NBA lol Floyd can't compete in Heavyweight and he knows it, if he could have he would have, instead of spending his entire career in welter/superwelter/lightweight Divisions.
Mike Tyson was not just the best knockout artist I had seen, but being in 6th grade at this time his KOs were truly frightening. I was legit scared of this man. The fact that he was also a near unbeatable boss, probably the first based on a real person, in a video game that I had, just elevated him to a mythical status of pure destruction in my young mind.
He was terrifying to watch! I was a teenager and I would flinch when his punches connected…he was a beast! There will never be another Mike Tyson….pure rage! Six piece no biscuit …lol!
Mike was referred to as the Baddest Man On The Planet for a good reason! People actually feared him because of his explosive power and he was a tactician with his punches. He even has a Nintendo game from back in the day called Mike Tysons Punch Out!!! Great game by the way but i would put Mike Tyson in his prime against any of the legends period and he would slaughter most of them. His power and speed were unmatched and everyone knew it. Check out him hitting the big bag a few years ago at 55 yrs old! He is still a terrifying sight to behold!
Watch his body mechanics. He’ll duck a punch but at the same time he’s spring loading his weight into his front leg then he explodes not only lunging forward but how he rotates his punch through the torque of his hip rotation. I’ve studied fighting my whole life & modeled my own lunging hook from watching Tyson. Not that I was in his league but every time it connected, lights out in London. So much power being generated.
Exactly. As a physical therapist, I observed his biomechanics. He got instructions from trainers who were familiar with the original user of this technique, the great Jack Dempsey.
My word...the way young tyson could move and counter...I've just never seen anything like it. Prime Tyson was an absolute freak physical AND when it comes to fighting intelligence.
Sugar Ray Robinson is pound for pound the best boxer in history. He is 174-19 with 109 knockouts. Untouchable ratio. Muhammed Ali himself said Sugar Ray is the greatest pound for pound ever.
I mean record isnt everything,,,,Sugar Ray Robinson is a legend for sure though...I mean look at Mayweather...he spent his career ducking and dodging people who could beat them until they were out of their prime (aka Shane Moseley, Manny Pacquiao...etc) and he got gifted a decision on a fight he lost to Oscar De La Hoya, but there are plenty of other fighters who have massive win/loss ratio records but if you look at their career you see nothing but people when you see their name you go Who?
not only did Mike win his first 19 fights via knockout, 12 of those never left the first round, he was a brutal power puncher with the ability to make what might look like a glancing blow into a knockout, one of the heaviest hitters to ever box in the "modern era"
That is true, but Deontay Wilder won his first 32 fights by knockout and went 40-0 with 39 knockouts before his draw with Tyson Fury. This isn't knocking Mike in any way, he is was a beast, but there Wilder's accomplishments are even more impressive.
@@vanhattfield8292 tyson went went 37-0, and was 41-1 when he went to prison and didn't fight for 5 years. losing the rest of his fights in between the ages of 30-38. edit: and youngest ever win a heavyweight title.
I met Iron Mike briefly here in Henderson, NV ---super nice guy, kind and humble. I recall seeing him on TV in 1986 and my roommate said, "Watch this, this boxer (Mike) is going to be big someday!" Again, my experience was one of a nice guy.
I was a teenager in high school when Mike came to prominence... We always had a house party when he'd fight - was an amazing time because all the bets were on how soon he'd knock them the fuck out. He's a freaking legend.
Watching Mike in the 80's was the most exciting sports Ive seen in my life.. nothing has ever come close! (and Im not even much of a boxing fan) The day Mike took his first defeat, I didn't talk for hours... It was literally devastating!
I remember when he lost too... i was in tears as a kid. Dude was superman back then. In his prime, id take mike over any other boxer in history. He was just a monster.
What a time to be alive....Mike Tyson, Michael Jordan, and Michael Jackson. I want to be like Mike! Two of them were MJ's! You cannot describe it, but I'm glad the footage is still alive and well 🙌
The thing that separates great fighters is killer instinct. Mike fought for survival and violence was always around him. He's the essence of what boxing is 💯
Mike had one of the best defenses in heavyweight history, he utilized his size to destroy giants he would make dudes miss constantly then had the power to knock them out.
Tyson’s peekaboo style was something to admire! He was electric, powerful, and sound with his defense! If Cus was able to coach Mike for his whole career, he’d have probably been undefeated. Floyd doesn’t have shyt on Iron Mike, even with a 50-0 record. Ali is the greatest, but Iron Mike is right up there in the discussion.
I felt bad for anyone who stepped in that ring . Even today I’m not a big boxing fan since mike retired I can’t think of anyone today that would have beat him in his prime .Mike Tyson is a true boxing legend.
In the military we had an exercise called "iron mikes". If you look at some of his old training videos you'll see him doing lunges with a big ass log across his shoulders. We did a variation on that and it was named after him. That's how much of a beast this man was
I watched a lot of his fights when I was a kid. His opponents were terrified of him, you could see the fear before the fight even started. As soon as the bell rang he came for that KO, zero hesitation.
Mike Tyson was just explosive in his prime. That combination of defensive movements, speed, power, outright aggression. Idk if anyone has ever actually been “better”. Different yes, many great fighters. But as a fan of boxing, I honestly don’t know if anyone was more exciting to watch.
Young people will never understand how big of a deal was Mike Tyson, he was feared by everyone, he was unbeatable during his prime, he was an indestructible beast !
I watched every fight of Iron Mike Tyson in the 1980’s! They were exciting and NOBODY could beat him! He was Great! Much RESPECT for him and he was only 20 years old.
Lots of great boxers through history. Joe Louis was heavyweight champ for 12 years - longest reign ever - and retired at 66-3. Rocky Marciano retired at 49-0. Willie Pep retired at 229-11. Sandy Saddler went 145-16. More recently, Julio Cesar Chavez finished at 107-6 after starting his career with 87 straight wins. Mayweather was great, but don't be too impressed with 50-0.
@@bentighe4811 your right when i said that i was thinking about max schmeling Joe lost 2 him then beat him by tko the next time they fought when it comes to Joe Louis vs Marciano it was that Marciano was fighting a old man who was fighting 15 rd fights his hole life taking nothing away from Marciano he was great but Joe Louis was like 38 years old and rocky was like 27 that was actually. Like. Joe Louis's last fight he was old Marciano couldn't beat Louis if they was both in there prime. Joe had respect for Marciano tho
Floyd wouldn't have beat Sugar Ray, Hearns, Duran, and about 10 others I can think of off the top of my head, including De La hoya and Camacho. But it's all subjective, especially when you cross over weight classes and Eras. But at least those guys fought everyone they put in front of them and didn't duck.
Fighting Mike Tyson was like going up against a fully grown pissed off hungry tiger. You can see the fear in the eyes of his opponents while Mike looks at them like he wants to tear them apart and destroy them. He was fast, coordinated, incredibly fit, and his fists sounded like gunshots and felt like sledgehammers.
Tyson Fury was named after Mike. Tyson Fury was born 3 months premature and weighed just 1 pound. His father named him after Mike Tyson, who was the heavyweight world champion at the time and later explained, "The doctors told me there was not much chance of him living. I had lost two daughters in the same way who had been born prematurely." He decided on the name "Tyson" as Fury was "a fighter" and survived the premature birth.
I remember Mike Tyson knocking folks out in the first round all of the time. I remember people being upset because the fight was over before they sat down good! Mike Tyson was a beast!
Mike's trainer Cus D'amato taught him that when he punches to always punch with "bad intentions". I don't want to fight any man who nicknames his fists bad intentions lol
@3:00 Jon Jones fought around 205lbs at 6'4. In this vid Tyson fought Williams 6'4 200+lbs, Richardson 6"6 212lbs Bruno 6"3 at 238lbs, Holmes 6"3 at 210lbs to name a few. @11:03 Tyson is only 19yrs old KO-ing big ass men at 16 yrs old. HW World Champ at 20yrs old....Prime Mike was a beast
@@crabb9966 Wiki said hes 193cms. 193 cm equals 6 feet and 4 inches in height. 1 foot is around 30.48 cm or 12 inches, therefore 193 cm is equal to 6.33 feet or 6 feet and 4 inches
I like that way of thinking. Your losses don’t make you not a great fighter. It’s a fighter that had 40 wins and loss his 41 fight. But he won his next 75 in a row!
Iron Mike is my favorite boxer of all time but the best fight of all time in my opinion was Hagler vs Hearns talk about a war those two left it all in the ring RIP MARVIN HAGLER
What makes Tyson such a great boxer, is his speed, equal power with both hands, his ability to avoid being hit by his opponent while boxing on the inside, and his ability to land a punch while on the move, so when his opponent goes to punch him back, Tyson is already gone.
Anyone who understands boxing and went back to the golden era, knows that Sugar Ray is the best boxer ever. Mike was electric, such an amazing technician which often flies under the radar, but Sugar Ray is on a tier by himself.
Ya’ll are having the same argument we were having back in the 90’s between Tyson and Ali. Also, Rocky Marciano was 49-0 with 43 KO’s as a Heavyweight as opposed to Mayweather who was only 1 win better at 50-0 with only 27 KO’s.
He's positioning himself for maximum torque as he moves in. The footwork is the thing, and it required intensive training by some boxing experts. These are not arm punches, to the contrary, his entire body is in position and his hip's are open. Cus D'Amato and Kevin Rooney had him living with them, at the boxing camp in Catskill, NY as a youngster when Tyson, was a juvenile ward of the state.
Watching him in the day was amazing, opponents would say they had a plan against him. But as Tyson said “everyone has a plan ‘till they get punched in the face” His skill was he made people fight his fight at his pace.
I can remember multiple times getting up to make a drink or grab some food or take a quick piss and coming straight back to my seat and the Tyson fight be over. That fool owes me some money!!🤣🤣
What you guys have missed are Mike's post fight interviews and the ring announcements/ faceoffs. I would not have blamed some of Mike's opponents for just changing their minds at ringside just looking into his eyes. Pure frightening before any punch.
Tyson was an absolute beast. The reason henhad to be so aggressive is because they heigh different usually. So he had to get in close as he was a power puncher as well. I didnt really watch him as a young kid but as i got olde4 mike tyson ended up being my favourite boxer just because how he works his body. Love watching his replays all the time..probably one my my biggest boxing idols.
Tyson's duck and weave adding with his hooks and uppercuts was an incredible thing to overcome! Also, each fight, besides Holyfield, he has great control
Iron Mike Tyson, textbook form. great defense. amazing footwork, always well positioned. and he explodes into every punch with his entire body rotation, body body, opponent then feels the need to protect the body, which opens up for the head shots and Mike will then throw either a punishing shot to the side of the head or his devastating uppercut. Either way those body shots opening the head shots and boom, just so fast and so powerful. You said it, more than half of those opponents just did not want to get hit anymore. One of the best boxers of all time. was so much fun to watch. So strong, so agile, and he was laser focused and angry from the bell. When I boxed, I needed to get hit a few times to get angry, coach said I'd never last vs someone like Mike that only needed one good punch to drop you. What a boxer, Iron Mike Tyson. amazing. I would love to see him up vs Ali back, some magical time machine sets up a match between them at their prime. What a fight that would be. Ali get in your head and so fast moving around. Mike just wanting to get right in his grill and drop him. Would be a legendary fight for sure.
A body like mike, lots of explosive midsection, leg and upper body training. Plus lots of cardio, running, skipping rope, building crazy endurance. He’s dense and fast.
there are a few boxers from back before the modern era when most of the rules came into play, like gloves and rounds and TKO's where the boxers have 200+ wins and sometimes 300+ matches, if you can I highly recommend looking into some of the pre-modern era boxers if you can find info or videos on them, truly insane beasts they were
My trainer once asked the whole gym about who was the first person that would come to mind when he said explosive power. Every single one of us said Tyson. The raw strengh and precision that guy had in his prime was unrivaled. Maybe even is to this day.
What these guys need to understand about Iron Mike is he is only 5'10" or 5'11" and fought between 220lb and 235lb. As a heavy weight he was not very big, height wise at least. Most of his opponents were quite a bit taller than him and had the reach advantage and still got DETROYED.
Tyson was not just a puncher. Excellent defensively and some of the best footwork ever
No doubt. People are wow’d by the punches but his footwork for the HW division especially is …. Almost supernatural. Paul D’Amato and Tyson together were something truly special.
As soon as he died the fucking vultures descended.
But yeah man. His ability to get on the inside while rarely taking a straight shot is insane. Every movement was optimized for maximum damage.
his head movement was the best ever.
@@biganttony6786 By far. When he lost the head movement, he started losing fights.
He never lost at his best, when Tysoe was young 😊😊😊😊😊😊
Tyson wasn’t a puncher? Man you don’t know anything about Tyson!
Rocky Marciano had 49 wins in 49 professional fights & retired at age 31 undefeated. The only heavyweight champion with a perfect record. He was smart enough to quit before he started to slow down from age and decline. The guy was a killer, just like Tyson.
Tyson fights more like Marciano then any other fighter. Look at their styles, you can see the inspiration. Lotta people don't know (I'm sure you do) how much of a student and historian Mike has always been. He was studying them as an early teenager. He knows boxing like Em knows rap.
Tyson unfortunately stayed in a lil too long... what can we say... spinal
A true great my personal favorite
Rocky while great, just plain got lucky against Joe Walcott.....
Here we go everything I start talking about boxing a white man got to bring up rocky marciano
Tyson was a monster brawler but also a true boxer, his defense and counter was unmatched.
That is insane. 44KO’s in 50 fights?! 🔥🔥🔥 That is nuts. In an era where heavyweights reigned supreme, Mike was the King. Undeniably great.
Sugar Ray Robinson went 40-0 to start his career before he lost, then went on a 91 fight win streak. By the time he was 30 years old, his record was 128-1-2, 89 KO.
He retired 179-19-6, 109 KO
I was about to comment this thank you lol. Dude done said Floyd was the best boxer 😭
And the guy who beat him he then beat 4 times. Or 5? Something like that. Jake Lamotta.
Best ever hands down
@@zaktilzer5130 false. They fought 6 times, Sugar Ray won 5 of them. Jake won the first bout by points, then Ray turned around 21 days later and won the belt.
lmfao.. are you trying to point out how shallow boxing is/was?
Boxing will never be the same as this . This was the last of the golden era
Not only was iron mike a monster in the ring he was highly skilled, great footwork and defensive boxing. Nearly every fight he was the smaller man and shorter reach but because his technique was so great it didn’t matter, he was inside his opponent’s guard in the blink of an eye.
Mike in his prime was a MONSTER, he said it best:
Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.
He had speed, stamina, strength and the killer instinct.
I can't see anyone defeating him unless they win the mindgame before the fight.
Sadly Mike was used and abused by so many people that his career was cut short.
This man in his prime was invincible and indestructible. He put the fear of the Almighty in his opponents.
86-90 Iron Mike was a savage showed no mercy to any opponents.
I must be getting old. I remember watching almost every one of these fights on cable (before all of the big fights were on PPV only). Tyson was great!
Mike is a beast! What an epic champion. One of the legends forever! I remember being so mad staying up all night waiting for a MT match, and he knocks him out in under 2 minutes...All that waiting LOL! Legend!!
Mike was an absolute beast coming up. knocking everyone out in is path. His speep, power and defense was amazing to watch. He was never the same after prison.
He wasn’t the same after Cus passed
@@jeffrhodes8103 So true. I wonder what would have happened for Mike. if Cus lived on for another 10 years.
@@thanossnap4170 the greatest heavyweight ever happens
He was knocking out bums and then got knocked out by Douglas who is not even an all time great 😂
@@bptjoe4654 facts, all these Tyson's fanboys coming with the same old excuses "IF Cus didn't die" and all this crap, this just proves he was weak minded
Yes! Back in the day, Mike was dropping folks left and right! Everyone was watching boxing when he was king.
His footwork is amazing
Lot of people had the power of Mike..Iron Mike is not just his punches but his will..he is a boxing machine with a next level IQ of intelligence and Emotional intelligence..a warrior spirit ..packed with wisdom now..he is a great man…regardless of physical gifts..it takes a next level mind and resilience to achieve what he achieved..the man…is a boxing machine ..better than the rest and humble..and deep down a silent genius. We love Mike.
We'll never see another heavyweight with the fast/explosive hands of Tyson. He had the fast twitching muscles that granted him insane reflexes. The guy threw combos like he was a welter-weight. I was fortunate to have seen him in person a few times and he was electric. I was 15 rows up and you could still hear the thudding shots. He's the closest thing I've seen to a pitbull in the ring. He could have been the greatest but his lack of discipline and out of ring bad habits cost him dearly.
He's bipolar and Cus D'amato was his rock. He kept him disciplined and focused. After he died, that's when Tyson spiraled out of control.
Ike Ibeabuchi would have been the next Tyson. He was strong as an ox and lightning fast. Too bad his career was derailed at its peak. I always wondered if he was set up by some powerful mob boss. He was charged with "attempted rape" which is questionable coming from a call girl who came to his hotel room in the middle of the night. If Ike had wanted to rape her, there wouldn't have been a damned thing she could have done to stop him. That's why the charges are very suspect in my view. Many people don't know that mike modeled his himself after the great Jack Dempsey. Mike wore the same type of black shoes and trunks and even the same haircut as the "Manassa Mauler" Jack Dempsey. Dempsey popularized the sport with his ferocious pace of relentless pressure on his opponents. Tyson's coach Mr. D'amato was the trainer for Floyd Patterson. Patterson invented the peek-a-boo style of defense and D'amato streamlined it. Tyson was taught the Peek-a-boo style from D'amato and he took off like a rocket.
Floyd Mayweather is NOT a heavyweight, I don't know why no one is pointing this out lol he has not proven himself against the Power house monsters that reside in that weight class. There is a reason why the Heavyweight title is more prestigious then the welterweight title. Comparing a welter to a heavy is like comparing junior varsity to the NBA lol Floyd can't compete in Heavyweight and he knows it, if he could have he would have, instead of spending his entire career in welter/superwelter/lightweight Divisions.
@@justinbowlby361 It's a 'pound for pound' comparison, not head to head.
Agree with you 100%. It was insane how fast he was for being a heavyweight and the power he had.
Mike Tyson was not just the best knockout artist I had seen, but being in 6th grade at this time his KOs were truly frightening. I was legit scared of this man. The fact that he was also a near unbeatable boss, probably the first based on a real person, in a video game that I had, just elevated him to a mythical status of pure destruction in my young mind.
You ever hear of Julian Jackson??
He was terrifying to watch! I was a teenager and I would flinch when his punches connected…he was a beast! There will never be another Mike Tyson….pure rage!
Six piece no biscuit …lol!
Mike was referred to as the Baddest Man On The Planet for a good reason! People actually feared him because of his explosive power and he was a tactician with his punches. He even has a Nintendo game from back in the day called Mike Tysons Punch Out!!! Great game by the way but i would put Mike Tyson in his prime against any of the legends period and he would slaughter most of them. His power and speed were unmatched and everyone knew it. Check out him hitting the big bag a few years ago at 55 yrs old! He is still a terrifying sight to behold!
Watch his body mechanics. He’ll duck a punch but at the same time he’s spring loading his weight into his front leg then he explodes not only lunging forward but how he rotates his punch through the torque of his hip rotation. I’ve studied fighting my whole life & modeled my own lunging hook from watching Tyson. Not that I was in his league but every time it connected, lights out in London. So much power being generated.
Exactly. As a physical therapist, I observed his biomechanics. He got instructions from trainers who were familiar with the original user of this technique, the great Jack Dempsey.
My word...the way young tyson could move and counter...I've just never seen anything like it. Prime Tyson was an absolute freak physical AND when it comes to fighting intelligence.
Mike is by far one of the greatest of all time
I remember when I was young and it was nothin like getting ready for a Tyson fight. Whole family together gettin ready to watch him work.
Very exciting boxer to watch back in the day. He was a Pitbull. Imagine being a referee in the ring.
Sugar Ray Robinson is pound for pound the best boxer in history. He is 174-19 with 109 knockouts. Untouchable ratio.
Muhammed Ali himself said Sugar Ray is the greatest pound for pound ever.
Ya but this is about mike tyson not sugar ray
@@grognok they were arguing about who’s the best. This is why I mentioned it.
I agreed sugar ray is the greatest boxer that ever live, but the greatest athlete in my opinion is mr.ali R.I.P.🙏
I mean record isnt everything,,,,Sugar Ray Robinson is a legend for sure though...I mean look at Mayweather...he spent his career ducking and dodging people who could beat them until they were out of their prime (aka Shane Moseley, Manny Pacquiao...etc) and he got gifted a decision on a fight he lost to Oscar De La Hoya, but there are plenty of other fighters who have massive win/loss ratio records but if you look at their career you see nothing but people when you see their name you go Who?
Did Sugar Ray make people actually retire from boxing after they fought him ? Iron Mike retired more boxers thsn old age.
not only did Mike win his first 19 fights via knockout, 12 of those never left the first round, he was a brutal power puncher with the ability to make what might look like a glancing blow into a knockout, one of the heaviest hitters to ever box in the "modern era"
That is true, but Deontay Wilder won his first 32 fights by knockout and went 40-0 with 39 knockouts before his draw with Tyson Fury. This isn't knocking Mike in any way, he is was a beast, but there Wilder's accomplishments are even more impressive.
@@vanhattfield8292 tyson went went 37-0, and was 41-1 when he went to prison and didn't fight for 5 years. losing the rest of his fights in between the ages of 30-38.
edit: and youngest ever win a heavyweight title.
I met Iron Mike briefly here in Henderson, NV ---super nice guy, kind and humble.
I recall seeing him on TV in 1986 and my roommate said, "Watch this, this boxer (Mike) is going to be big someday!" Again, my experience was one of a nice guy.
I was a teenager in high school when Mike came to prominence... We always had a house party when he'd fight - was an amazing time because all the bets were on how soon he'd knock them the fuck out. He's a freaking legend.
That rear body hook, uppercut combination was classic Tyson.
Watching Mike in the 80's was the most exciting sports Ive seen in my life.. nothing has ever come close! (and Im not even much of a boxing fan)
The day Mike took his first defeat, I didn't talk for hours... It was literally devastating!
I remember when he lost too... i was in tears as a kid. Dude was superman back then. In his prime, id take mike over any other boxer in history. He was just a monster.
What a time to be alive....Mike Tyson, Michael Jordan, and Michael Jackson. I want to be like Mike! Two of them were MJ's! You cannot describe it, but I'm glad the footage is still alive and well 🙌
Tyson is prolly the only man on earth I would be absolutely terrified to fight.
MIKE TYSON IS A LEGEND -NUFF SAID
The thing that separates great fighters is killer instinct. Mike fought for survival and violence was always around him. He's the essence of what boxing is 💯
Mike had one of the best defenses in heavyweight history, he utilized his size to destroy giants he would make dudes miss constantly then had the power to knock them out.
Tyson’s peekaboo style was something to admire! He was electric, powerful, and sound with his defense! If Cus was able to coach Mike for his whole career, he’d have probably been undefeated. Floyd doesn’t have shyt on Iron Mike, even with a 50-0 record. Ali is the greatest, but Iron Mike is right up there in the discussion.
Yeah, there will never be another Iron Mike. No other heavyweight has had that massive power with that much speed.
That uppercut is unmatched & he makes it look so effortless 🥊
I felt bad for anyone who stepped in that ring . Even today I’m not a big boxing fan since mike retired I can’t think of anyone today that would have beat him in his prime .Mike Tyson is a true boxing legend.
"Spicy uppercuts, 6 piece, no biscuit" 😂😂😂😂😂😂 #Epic
In the military we had an exercise called "iron mikes". If you look at some of his old training videos you'll see him doing lunges with a big ass log across his shoulders. We did a variation on that and it was named after him. That's how much of a beast this man was
I watched a lot of his fights when I was a kid. His opponents were terrified of him, you could see the fear before the fight even started. As soon as the bell rang he came for that KO, zero hesitation.
How good was it to live In the era where we could watch Mike when we were kids
Mike Tyson was just explosive in his prime. That combination of defensive movements, speed, power, outright aggression. Idk if anyone has ever actually been “better”. Different yes, many great fighters. But as a fan of boxing, I honestly don’t know if anyone was more exciting to watch.
The word "ferocious" never had more meaning. Mike was pure warrior.
Check out Julio Cesar Chavez, his career was mind boggling, 115 fights 107 wins, 86 by KO
He was 87-0 before taking his first loss
@@ImaBobbyMudda he was actually 89-0 before his first loss
I jus put the same thing up bro he was great fighter 🥊🥊👌🏿
True ....who were his first 50 opponent's?
@@SaijinVegeta who were Floyd’s fist 50 opponents?
Tyson saved boxing in the 80s, at a time when viewership was down.
Young people will never understand how big of a deal was Mike Tyson, he was feared by everyone, he was unbeatable during his prime, he was an indestructible beast !
I watched every fight of Iron Mike Tyson in the 1980’s! They were exciting and NOBODY could beat him! He was Great! Much RESPECT for him and he was only 20 years old.
Lots of great boxers through history. Joe Louis was heavyweight champ for 12 years - longest reign ever - and retired at 66-3. Rocky Marciano retired at 49-0. Willie Pep retired at 229-11. Sandy Saddler went 145-16. More recently, Julio Cesar Chavez finished at 107-6 after starting his career with 87 straight wins. Mayweather was great, but don't be too impressed with 50-0.
Rocky Marciano lost to Joe Louis my friend he beat him and lost
@@rasyay I'm sorry, you're mistaken. Marciano only fought Louis once, in 1951, and TKO'd him.
@@bentighe4811 your right when i said that i was thinking about max schmeling Joe lost 2 him then beat him by tko the next time they fought when it comes to Joe Louis vs Marciano it was that Marciano was fighting a old man who was fighting 15 rd fights his hole life taking nothing away from Marciano he was great but Joe Louis was like 38 years old and rocky was like 27 that was actually. Like. Joe Louis's last fight he was old Marciano couldn't beat Louis if they was both in there prime. Joe had respect for Marciano tho
229-11 DAAAAAAMN !
Floyd wouldn't have beat Sugar Ray, Hearns, Duran, and about 10 others I can think of off the top of my head, including De La hoya and Camacho. But it's all subjective, especially when you cross over weight classes and Eras. But at least those guys fought everyone they put in front of them and didn't duck.
Fighting Mike Tyson was like going up against a fully grown pissed off hungry tiger. You can see the fear in the eyes of his opponents while Mike looks at them like he wants to tear them apart and destroy them. He was fast, coordinated, incredibly fit, and his fists sounded like gunshots and felt like sledgehammers.
This was a great compliation of Iron Mike against punching bags 😄
I really enjoy watching these kids watching all these athletes from my era…Great Job!
Tyson Fury was named after Mike.
Tyson Fury was born 3 months premature and weighed just 1 pound.
His father named him after Mike Tyson, who was the heavyweight world champion at the time and later explained, "The doctors told me there was not much chance of him living. I had lost two daughters in the same way who had been born prematurely." He decided on the name "Tyson" as Fury was "a fighter" and survived the premature birth.
Mike Tyson was the most amazing boxer to watch if you blinked you could miss the fight . The best boxer in my opinion for sure..
Back then boxing matches were all out brawls!!! They used to be very exciting to watch.
He can still hit like that too that's what's crazy. Mike is forever a beast 🔥💪🏼👊🏼💯
I remember Mike Tyson knocking folks out in the first round all of the time. I remember people being upset because the fight was over before they sat down good! Mike Tyson was a beast!
Ha! Yep. The fight was over before we could get the popcorn out the microwave.
Mike tyson forever my favorite boxer, his strength was scary but his technical skill was downright dangerous
Mike's jab power is equivalent to a head on Collision at 55mph
Mike's trainer Cus D'amato taught him that when he punches to always punch with "bad intentions". I don't want to fight any man who nicknames his fists bad intentions lol
There will never be no one that can match his intensity before fights….was crazy mad!
Legit looks like he wants to end the life of his opponent with each punch. Total savage!
Mike was scary, I was a kid but love these. I remember riding my bike miles to watch and it rarely took long for the KO. He’s a beast!
@3:00 Jon Jones fought around 205lbs at 6'4. In this vid Tyson fought Williams 6'4 200+lbs, Richardson 6"6 212lbs Bruno 6"3 at 238lbs, Holmes 6"3 at 210lbs to name a few.
@11:03 Tyson is only 19yrs old
KO-ing big ass men at 16 yrs old. HW World Champ at 20yrs old....Prime Mike was a beast
Holmes was way heaver than that when he fougth Mike!
Jones is 6'3 though
@@crabb9966 Just averages over a career. He fought Mike when was Flabby Holmes
@@crabb9966 Wiki said hes 193cms. 193 cm equals 6 feet and 4 inches in height. 1 foot is around 30.48 cm or 12 inches, therefore 193 cm is equal to 6.33 feet or 6 feet and 4 inches
@@deadlymantis4210 the listed height is to much. He is mkre like 191 cm tall or 190
"Muhammad Ali _ THE GREATEST TRIBUTE" Would be a great video to react to
agree
Ali is the GOAT 🐐
Mike was trained. that way... don't get hit... and when you swing... it will land with everything ya got... Pele of boxing... Bro is a BEAST
I like that way of thinking. Your losses don’t make you not a great fighter. It’s a fighter that had 40 wins and loss his 41 fight. But he won his next 75 in a row!
Tyson was always so much smaller than everybody else. But he was unstoppable
Iron Mike is my favorite boxer of all time but the best fight of all time in my opinion was Hagler vs Hearns talk about a war those two left it all in the ring RIP MARVIN HAGLER
THE WAR!!!
Dude in the back right I'm on yo side most of this video 🤣
What makes Tyson such a great boxer, is his speed, equal power with both hands, his ability to avoid being hit by his opponent while boxing on the inside, and his ability to land a punch while on the move, so when his opponent goes to punch him back, Tyson is already gone.
Iron mike was wrecking fighters!!! Seen plenty of his fights as a kid ! He was crazy!
Iron Mike baby!!! 🥊🥊
Anyone who understands boxing and went back to the golden era, knows that Sugar Ray is the best boxer ever. Mike was electric, such an amazing technician which often flies under the radar, but Sugar Ray is on a tier by himself.
Ya’ll are having the same argument we were having back in the 90’s between Tyson and Ali. Also, Rocky Marciano was 49-0 with 43 KO’s as a Heavyweight as opposed to Mayweather who was only 1 win better at 50-0 with only 27 KO’s.
Tyson was trained by top notch guys , that’s how he had that technique and power.
Tysons golden gloves fights were amazing as well.
I love the wag he gets up close and personal. Great fighter.
He's positioning himself for maximum torque as he moves in. The footwork is the thing, and it required intensive training by some boxing experts. These are not arm punches, to the contrary, his entire body is in position and his hip's are open. Cus D'Amato and Kevin Rooney had him living with them, at the boxing camp in Catskill, NY as a youngster when Tyson, was a juvenile ward of the state.
Watching him in the day was amazing, opponents would say they had a plan against him. But as Tyson said “everyone has a plan ‘till they get punched in the face”
His skill was he made people fight his fight at his pace.
I can remember multiple times getting up to make a drink or grab some food or take a quick piss and coming straight back to my seat and the Tyson fight be over. That fool owes me some money!!🤣🤣
What you guys have missed are Mike's post fight interviews and the ring announcements/ faceoffs.
I would not have blamed some of Mike's opponents for just changing their minds at ringside just looking into his eyes.
Pure frightening before any punch.
You have to remember that dude was 20, TWENTY YEARS OLD when he won his first championship.
"There is a true champion" ,"I dont know if I would have beaten him,...he may have won (against me) he probably would have"- Ali on Marciano
on arseno hall show Ali said Tyson would have beat him...then Tyson said Ali would have beat him.
both fighters had respect for each other.
Tyson was an absolute beast. The reason henhad to be so aggressive is because they heigh different usually. So he had to get in close as he was a power puncher as well. I didnt really watch him as a young kid but as i got olde4 mike tyson ended up being my favourite boxer just because how he works his body. Love watching his replays all the time..probably one my my biggest boxing idols.
You guys rock, cool vid, and you need to watch Roy Jones... also awesome!
I remember staying up late(time difference to Germany), for a 1 minute fight. He rarely needed more than 3 rounds, often less.
Mike was vicious. To this day never seen anything like it....ever.
Tyson's duck and weave adding with his hooks and uppercuts was an incredible thing to overcome! Also, each fight, besides Holyfield, he has great control
Hes legit second to none. SIX world titles. Yeah I know. Greatest underrated boxer of all time! 61 wins, 5 loses, 1 draw
Iron Mike Tyson, textbook form. great defense. amazing footwork, always well positioned. and he explodes into every punch with his entire body rotation, body body, opponent then feels the need to protect the body, which opens up for the head shots and Mike will then throw either a punishing shot to the side of the head or his devastating uppercut. Either way those body shots opening the head shots and boom, just so fast and so powerful. You said it, more than half of those opponents just did not want to get hit anymore. One of the best boxers of all time. was so much fun to watch. So strong, so agile, and he was laser focused and angry from the bell. When I boxed, I needed to get hit a few times to get angry, coach said I'd never last vs someone like Mike that only needed one good punch to drop you. What a boxer, Iron Mike Tyson. amazing. I would love to see him up vs Ali back, some magical time machine sets up a match between them at their prime. What a fight that would be. Ali get in your head and so fast moving around. Mike just wanting to get right in his grill and drop him. Would be a legendary fight for sure.
Julio César Chavez was 89 - 0
His final record before retiring was
107 Wins. 6 Losses. 2 Draws.
A body like mike, lots of explosive midsection, leg and upper body training.
Plus lots of cardio, running, skipping rope, building crazy endurance.
He’s dense and fast.
in this era prime tyson will dominate..no matter how big you are..he finds a way to beat you.he's a beast!
I wish everyone could have Iived through the time when Ali was on top. Amazing in and out of the ring.
Tyson was a beast.
there are a few boxers from back before the modern era when most of the rules came into play, like gloves and rounds and TKO's where the boxers have 200+ wins and sometimes 300+ matches, if you can I highly recommend looking into some of the pre-modern era boxers if you can find info or videos on them, truly insane beasts they were
50 and 0 is a career that avoided tough fights early and chose the right guy to loose
Yep.
My trainer once asked the whole gym about who was the first person that would come to mind when he said explosive power. Every single one of us said Tyson. The raw strengh and precision that guy had in his prime was unrivaled. Maybe even is to this day.
Yes mike is the best explosive hw ever. Also look at some of the Riddick Bowe vs Evander Holyfield fights. Those were also legendary.
What these guys need to understand about Iron Mike is he is only 5'10" or 5'11" and fought between 220lb and 235lb. As a heavy weight he was not very big, height wise at least. Most of his opponents were quite a bit taller than him and had the reach advantage and still got DETROYED.