(July 28, 2014 at 10:16 am)BlackMason Wrote: Clearly this memory thing doesn't work well for me when I need it to. I meant Trevor Berbick not Buster Douglas. I was trying to refer to the fight where Tyson was a challenger when he was 20. However, Buster Douglas was not exactly a nobody. He was lazy but he had a lot of natural talent. His jabs were not exactly what you'd expect from a nobody.
Oh c'mon. Buster Douglas was a nobody compared to Tyson at the time. The only wins he had on his rec of note were McCall and Berbick, McCall who wasn't ever as good as people reckoned and Berbick who was on the back end of his career. The Mirage casino in Vegas had odds of Douglas winning against Tyson at 42-1! That tells you something. Either Tyson was massively over-rated, or Douglas was massively under-rated. I'm inclined to think it was perhaps a bit of both.
Quote:It's a popular thing for people to rush to mention that Tyson bit Holyfield's ear. The question is how many people actually know the full story? Not many. When dealing with reputations I admit that it doesn't matter who knows the full story. A stained rep is a stained rep. Tyson bit Holyfield's ear because Holyfield was cheating. He was headbutting Tyson throughout the match. The ref didn't see this and Tyson acted out of frustration.
Ugh, I just knew you were going to say this, as though it's an excuse for ripping someone's ear off.
Quote:For me only woman beating rapist sticks. But this too can be "challenged". I say Tyson paid for his sins. He did the time for his crime. He apologised to society. Ali on the other hand got away. He could sell his name for $10 million while Joe Frazier was dead broke living in the top of the gym he trained for the thriller in Manila.
Oh c'mon, Ali was a nasty man but he never beat women or bit people. It's not even comparable, Tyson was an animal. Even after he came out of prison, he wasn't exactly a likeable character. All throughout his career he ducked Lennox Lewis and then does interviews saying he'll eat his children, calling boxers faggots. Guy was a joke.
(July 28, 2014 at 10:57 am)Losty Wrote: What the what? Are we now talking about boxing?
What good's a thread if you can't derail it?
Quote:I will admit that Ronaldo is sexier than Messi, but Messi plays for Argentina
Fuck Argentina, they revel in terrorism and celebrate the deaths of those living in the Falklands, then have the nerve to try and make a political point with their national football team. The country is run by a maniacal fucking warmonger.
