Mike Tyson's Greatest Hits: 1988 HBO Boxing Special (4/6)

Mike Tyson unifies the Heavyweight Championship of the World.

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Tyson vs. Thomas
Tyson vs. Tucker

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1988

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[tuptugen]

holy shit..Thomas took a motherfucking amount of blows and was still standing till he was KO'ed...I wish we could see the same attitude in the current heavyweight division...

[feetlover18]

damn against thomas damn haha

tyson is the real man

[curtflirt2]

@Barabus69er Tyson didn't get lazy, just forgot his teachings from Cas,Rooney and etc., and then with Don King controlling him telling him all the nonsense and bad advice, it was the beginning of his down fall. Tyson was very capable of still fighting the way he used to back in 85 and early 86 but wasn't pushed and didn't

[RichieRuss1]

@Barabus69er You don't seem to understand anything about boxing? His flat footed power punching combined with his feigns, counter punching, side to side, ducking and diving at speed and weight transfer onto hooks and uppercuts were deadly. He was very fast for a real natural heavy weight and made great fighters look bad! Tyson in this form would knock out almost any heavy weight fighter as quite simply they just couldn’t take his power!

[stvLifeBlog]

@Barabus69er if you are that tough , box againts him

[Barabus69er]

Seriously, don't hate, but just look....... look at tyson's flat footwork, his telegraphing of his shots, his lack of head and upper body movement, and his willingness to sit in the pocket and hug. Compare this to Berbick etc. Tyson got lazy and was on his way out.

[Barabus69er]

Tyson was on his way out by the time he fought Thomas....

[Barabus69er]

@doubleRprodutions Lol, and they were all due for retirement.... he beat up old men... who was his greatest victory? Answer me that.....?

[benmboard]

@DecoThe0ne what the hell are you on about?

[doubleRprodutions]

16 punches in 14 seconds against Thomas. Tyson was the greatest because of the great fighters he had to fight against. Thomas, Berbeck, Tucker, Smith, he retired them all.

[LedWhisky69]

What's always been amazing to me about the Tyson/Tucker fight was the pace of the action. Could you imagine any heavyweight fighter today keeping up with that ferocious pace? After 11 hard rounds, they came out for the 12th round and fought like it was the first. The Klitschkos are gassed after 4-5 rounds of only throwing 20-30 punches. They wouldn't stand a chance.

[LedWhisky69]

Gotta hand it to Thomas, he took some of the best shots Tyson ever threw and did all he could to keep from going down. Just one of those punches would have knocked out any figher with a lesser chin.