re: Mike Tyson is back

Shannon Briggs isn’t exactly a bean pole

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Tyson v McGregor plz. I wanna see McGregor die live on television

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McGregor would beat Tyson's 53 year old boxer arse.

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McGregor would beat Tyson's 53 year old boxer arse.

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You're out of your mind. About three connects from Tyson would destroy him.

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Anyone remember his comeback when he fought Clifford Etienne?

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i won $2400 on that fight (technically $2200)
had 12 of us each throw $200 in a pool and drew a round and a boxer out of a hat.

I got Tyson round 1.

Generally speaking, the first thing to go with age is your chin. If, and that is a big if, he could still take a punch, he could still be competitive at a high level.
I would have to see him get hit to know how serious of a contender he could be.
That said, natural power like his doesn't just go away. Offensively, I have little doubt he could hurt some people.

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i won $2400 on that fight (technically $2200)
had 12 of us each throw $200 in a pool and drew a round and a boxer out of a hat

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I'm not old enough to remember Ali in his prime but I grew up in the prime Tyson fighting era. His fights were events. We'd pay $60 for pay per view and half of the neighborhood would be huddled around the living room. I miss big time boxing. It was so much fun.

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We'd pay $60 for pay per view and half of the neighborhood would be huddled around the living room.

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I hated paying for those only to see a fight for 90 seconds.

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Tyson also benefitted in coming along in between 2 eras of great heavyweights. He fought mainly a bunch of tomato cans. If he comes along in the 70s with prime Ali, Frazier, Foreman, Shavers, etc; or the 90s with Lewis and Holyfield and he might be looked at differently.

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Tyson fought both Holyfield and Lewis, though many people forget about the Lewis fight. They are also both older than Tyson.

Holyfield's first professional bout was before Tyson's, so he was fighting the same tomato cans Tyson was. Tyson rose up the ranks quicker than Holyfield did. In Lewis' case, though he was older than Mike, he started boxing professionally four years after Tyson and by then Tyson was already the undisputed champion. Make no mistake, though, those three are all from the same era of boxing and Tyson would have inevitably had to defend his title against one or both of them had his crimes not derailed his career. Unfortunately for Tyson (and us), those bouts didn't happen until after Tyson had lost four years of boxing and training and his prime was in the rearview mirror. Had he not raped that woman, I think we'd talk of the Tyson/Holyfield/Lewis era the same way we talk about the Ali/Frazier/Foreman era.

Also, Lennox Lewis is the most recent undisputed heavyweight champion. It's been a LONG time.

That trainer must be getting PAID