Counter-punch
March 29th, 2006A lot’s been said about Mike Tyson’s knockout power, his hand speed, his aggressiveness. What positively astounds me is his defense. If you really want to know what it takes to get knocked out by Mike, the answer is “Take a swing or three at him.”
His greatest knockouts came when he was under attack. You’ll never find him and while you’re trying, he’s gonna lay you out. Don’t piss off Mike. You don’t have anything for him.
It’s been almost 20 years since his peak and we’ve never seen upper body movement like that since. The boy (nothing racist there, he was 19 and I respect him) could bend 90 degrees at the waist while going side to side. Try hitting that!
I’ve seen video of him training, bobbing back and forth under a rope barely higher than his waist, at high speed. That’s what made the difference. Cus was a freakin’ genius.
And, while you’re looking for him, he’s never lost track of you.
Watch for the uppercut. It’s coming. And it’s gonna hurt.
I like Ali but he was a wannabe compared to Mike.
When he was 22 and 0, he had already had 20 wins by knockout and 14 of them were in the first round. He was only 20 years old then.
Mike Tyson is one of the most notorious boxers in prizefighting history thanks to his actions both inside the ring and out. For a brief time he seemed invincible, until he was knocked out by the lightly-regarded James “Buster” Douglas in 1990. Then Tyson began making headlines for different reasons: his brief marriage to actress Robin Givens was followed by a bitter divorce battle; he was convicted of rape in 1992 and spent three years in prison; a comeback was stymied in 1997 when he bit off a chunk of Evander Holyfield’s ear in the middle of a match; he was jailed briefly again in 1999 for assault; and at a 2002 press conference to announce an upcoming bout, he attacked opponent Lennox Lewis and bit his leg. (The fight took place anyway on 8 June 2002, and Lennox knocked out Tyson in the eighth round). Tyson’s fight career never quite recovered after his stint in jail, and he said he “most likely” wouldn’t fight again after being defeated in a 7th-round technical knockout by journeyman heavyweight Kevin McBride on 11 June 2005.
Was there a point to that or do you just like to google and then copy and paste?
I think he’s saying he don’t like him.
Could be. If he is, it proves my point. The boy’s a Brit posting from France, for cryin’ out loud. Do you think I care what he thinks?