watching tyson with rooney is like watching divinci moulding clay. tyson had soooo much raw talent that rooney was working to develop into a legendary fighter. Its a damn shame watching that talent being thrown out the window with the decisions tyson made after the spinks fight.
During the last 2 rounds of the fight, Tyson started throwing fast, hard left jabs that set up other punches. This was the sign of a young fighter still learning to out-box the taller, lengthier fighters. He still had a lot of room for improvement, and Rooney would have taken him to immortality.
Going with King, partying, not taking fights seriously, etc., destroyed what would have been the greatest Heavyweight of all-time.
@RGdood : Big tough jack ass on the internet knows how to swear. Ooooh.... Since you don't know how to hold an intelligent conversation, I'll just assume you are a dumb kid and let it slide.
@theMadH8r : No it wasn't. Waiting until Tyson fired Rooney, and catching him after only fighting 11 rounds in 4 years (thanks to the prison exile) were Holyfield's blueprints.
When he was on, there wasn't a "blueprint." Even those who used it, when Tyson had the right corner, managed to lose 11 or 12 rounds anyway.
After the fight with Spinks, he fired Rooney and went with Camp King. You can immediately see the difference in his next two fights before Douglas.
Tucker stopped fighting about 5 rounds ago! Mills Lane should have taken points away for consistent holding of Tysons arms. Tucket fought the first 3 rounds and then just stopped and thought i'll try and last the distance.
Tyson didn't give his best on this night. He was in great shape, no question, but see that bald spot on his head? That was caused from stress. The pressure being the youngest champ ever was getting to Tyson and I also heard reports that he was having women problems that were distracting him.
Ali's shuffle..5:39! Tucker's boxing style was close to Ali's. Only Ali did it better, faster and with more determination. Surely, Ali can beat Tyson..prime vs prime. No doubt!
@Isoc0608 - Probably, but Ali surely never faced anyone with this kind of ferociousness, speed, and power in both hands during his prime years. Liston would be the closest, but Liston was already half shot by the time Ali got to him.
Tucker was a good fighter but nowhere near great, he moves well and has very good punch resistance but his own punches are not sharply and accurately delivered.
yeah, i often wondered about that myself. maybe tucker didn't want any more of tyson? cos none of the fighters whose titles he took ever even asked for a rematch. tucker and smith could've gotten one easily with the decesion/close nature of the fights. i mean tyson only fought three rematches his whole career (unless you count tilman) razor, bruno, holyfield
c'mon man, are you fucking seriuos? a win? tyson was far too conservative in this fight *he was young w/ a lot on the line.) look at the way he went after berbick vs. the smith and tucker fights, you might be able to get away w/ saying tucker was better than berbick, but i don't think smith was. tyson was too conservative, if tucker had picked it up and the win had been in doubt tyson would've floored him
@Jorsalfar Tucker said himself in a 2008 interview that he fractured his right hand in sparring a few days before, also saying that since he wasn't a Don King fighter if he asked for a postponement he felt he would be blackballed -- so he went for it even with the injury. He said the uppercut he briefly staggered Tyson with in the 1st broke the right hand worse and he basically fought without it after that. You're right -- with two good hands Tucker may have won this one.
@tblacc11 Could be. However, he didn't use his right hand at all for most of the fight, so whatever the timing is on when it happened I'd be willing to give him the benefit of the doubt about the hand being broken. It would have been interesting to see what would have happened without the injury -- but it did happen and Tucker lost.
watching tyson with rooney is like watching divinci moulding clay. tyson had soooo much raw talent that rooney was working to develop into a legendary fighter. Its a damn shame watching that talent being thrown out the window with the decisions tyson made after the spinks fight.
kingkevinjoy 5 months ago
During the last 2 rounds of the fight, Tyson started throwing fast, hard left jabs that set up other punches. This was the sign of a young fighter still learning to out-box the taller, lengthier fighters. He still had a lot of room for improvement, and Rooney would have taken him to immortality.
Going with King, partying, not taking fights seriously, etc., destroyed what would have been the greatest Heavyweight of all-time.
whutbrush 6 months ago
@whutbrush oh shut thE fuck up.
RGdood 6 months ago
@RGdood : Big tough jack ass on the internet knows how to swear. Ooooh.... Since you don't know how to hold an intelligent conversation, I'll just assume you are a dumb kid and let it slide.
whutbrush 6 months ago
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wtf... Tony tried the Ali shuffle, (after failing to deliver a bolo punch) @ 5:35
FijneWIET 10 months ago
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FijneWIET 10 months ago
Tony Tucker's strategy was the blueprint for Holyfields success against Tyson
theMadH8r 10 months ago
@theMadH8r : No it wasn't. Waiting until Tyson fired Rooney, and catching him after only fighting 11 rounds in 4 years (thanks to the prison exile) were Holyfield's blueprints.
When he was on, there wasn't a "blueprint." Even those who used it, when Tyson had the right corner, managed to lose 11 or 12 rounds anyway.
After the fight with Spinks, he fired Rooney and went with Camp King. You can immediately see the difference in his next two fights before Douglas.
whutbrush 6 months ago
This clip shows why firing Kevin Rooney was a big mistake.
ReeseMac 11 months ago
Larry almost always has 1 round even.
WCWMainEvent1991 1 year ago
Tucker stopped fighting about 5 rounds ago! Mills Lane should have taken points away for consistent holding of Tysons arms. Tucket fought the first 3 rounds and then just stopped and thought i'll try and last the distance.
nickmatthew1 1 year ago
I wonder what would have happened if it went 15.
capablemachine 1 year ago
@capablemachine Same woulda happened, Tyson wasnt tired, Tucker wasnt tired.
BringerOfTheTruth 1 year ago
@BringerOfTheTruth Yeh probably.
capablemachine 1 year ago
Tyson didn't give his best on this night. He was in great shape, no question, but see that bald spot on his head? That was caused from stress. The pressure being the youngest champ ever was getting to Tyson and I also heard reports that he was having women problems that were distracting him.
MilkyLicker3587 1 year ago
@MilkyLicker3587 oh I assumed a frontal lobotomy
FijneWIET 10 months ago
Ali's shuffle..5:39! Tucker's boxing style was close to Ali's. Only Ali did it better, faster and with more determination. Surely, Ali can beat Tyson..prime vs prime. No doubt!
Isoc0608 1 year ago
@Isoc0608 - Probably, but Ali surely never faced anyone with this kind of ferociousness, speed, and power in both hands during his prime years. Liston would be the closest, but Liston was already half shot by the time Ali got to him.
MilkyLicker3587 1 year ago
Tucker was a good fighter but nowhere near great, he moves well and has very good punch resistance but his own punches are not sharply and accurately delivered.
Panthera0nca 2 years ago 3
Plus he doesn't realize Tyson's determination to win. Most challengers have that look of fear, but not Tucker.
crawhip7 2 years ago
MIKE TYSON FOREVER
edoardo824 2 years ago 19
MIKE TYSON FOREVER
edoardo824 2 years ago 15
what's with tyson's bald spot?? accident with the clippers?
teknokrat1 2 years ago
he had some kind of disease because he was going through alot of stress
PlumSweetCoconut 2 years ago
Had TNT not broken his hand in the fourth round he'd most certainly do alot better in this fight. Maybe even pick up a points win.
Jorsalfar 2 years ago
I'm not saying Tucker would've won a rematch but a rematch would've been just as entertaining as this fight, maybe EVEN MORE!
TheFilmBoxer 2 years ago
yeah, i often wondered about that myself. maybe tucker didn't want any more of tyson? cos none of the fighters whose titles he took ever even asked for a rematch. tucker and smith could've gotten one easily with the decesion/close nature of the fights. i mean tyson only fought three rematches his whole career (unless you count tilman) razor, bruno, holyfield
RapedByRepublicans 2 years ago
c'mon man, are you fucking seriuos? a win? tyson was far too conservative in this fight *he was young w/ a lot on the line.) look at the way he went after berbick vs. the smith and tucker fights, you might be able to get away w/ saying tucker was better than berbick, but i don't think smith was. tyson was too conservative, if tucker had picked it up and the win had been in doubt tyson would've floored him
RapedByRepublicans 2 years ago
@Jorsalfar Tucker said himself in a 2008 interview that he fractured his right hand in sparring a few days before, also saying that since he wasn't a Don King fighter if he asked for a postponement he felt he would be blackballed -- so he went for it even with the injury. He said the uppercut he briefly staggered Tyson with in the 1st broke the right hand worse and he basically fought without it after that. You're right -- with two good hands Tucker may have won this one.
MikeHL78 7 months ago
@MikeHL78 or maybe that was his excuse for his ensuing and inevitable loss
tblacc11 7 months ago
@tblacc11 Could be. However, he didn't use his right hand at all for most of the fight, so whatever the timing is on when it happened I'd be willing to give him the benefit of the doubt about the hand being broken. It would have been interesting to see what would have happened without the injury -- but it did happen and Tucker lost.
MikeHL78 7 months ago
there should be a rule of tying up every ten seconds of the round alias tony tucker
jeryd2003 2 years ago
there is, didn't you here mills threaten to take a point from him. i mean when you tie up all the time, you are gonna lose on pts everytime.
RapedByRepublicans 2 years ago