re: Settle a drunken argument: Tyson vs Bruce Lee no holds barred KO match

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bullshite. Not saying he'd go undefeated, but Tyson in his prime was as good as any ever. Unfortunately, we didn't get to see Ali in his prime years as he was banned. Would have loved to see him during those years.

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I like to imagine what Tyson would have become if Cus wouldn't have died so early into Tyson's career.

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You claimed my post that said te arena the fight was in had bearing on the fight was stupid.

Therefore, you are saying that the arena doesn't have bearing. This isn't difficult.

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Do you really need this broken down classroom style? Really?

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Edited cause I didn't mean to be such an arse. Just a small arse.

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I can take it.

So my point that the arena has bearing on the fight isn't stupid?

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I like to imagine what he would have become if he didn't marry Givens or rape that girl that sent him to the pen.

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I don't think he falls off the deep end if Cus lives a while longer.

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like to imagine what Tyson would have become if Cus wouldn't have died so early into Tyson's career.

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Agreed. He was a force of nature. Any who doubt, go back and watch vids of his hand speed and head movement. He was extremely hard to hit and aggressive as hell. Cus had a power over him and could control the manbeast that no one else could. Tyson without Cus reverted to an undisciplined brawler.

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I don't think Tyson is beyond getting dirty in a street fight. As a matter of fact, I think he excelled at it.

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There's no such thing as "dirty," in this fight. Tyson excelled at fighting dirty only because there are actual rules to break in boxing.

But of course he should and would fight "dirty," but that takes away Tyson's immediate advantage, his ability to box toe-to-toe. And no one is arguing about his ability to be vicious. Everyone's idea of Tyson fighting is trying to hit harder than Lee because that's all it takes apparently, a boxing match. Which, again, is not the point of a "no holds barred KO" match, per the OP. You should assume "anything goes." It's a completely different discussion than the one that's been had for 38 pages.

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Agreed. He was a force of nature. Any who doubt, go back and watch vids of his hand speed and head movement. He was extremely hard to hit and aggressive as hell. Cus had a power over him and could control the manbeast that no one else could. Tyson without Cus reverted to an undisciplined brawler.

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I just watched "Tyson" again tonight. Truly amazing. Cus had him trained like a dog. A vicious, well-trained dog.

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Mike could never handle.an.offensive jab from.someone like Holmes or Ali. Foreman? In his prime? Would kill tyson. Tyson never got hit like that in his entire career. Foreman.destroyed people and they were better than who tyson fought. I wonder how any of you taking up for tyson saw anything before his era

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Would be fun to find out. Foreman was slow. Ali was not as untouchable as people describe, but most likely the best ever. Like I said, it would have been nice to see how he developed in the years he had off. Much like it would've been interesting to see how Tyson turned out if Cus lived a little longer or if Rooney and Atlas hadn't been run off by King.

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I know plenty of them in Shreveport who are quite capable of ending a fight in one move if they had too.

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They must all be multi-millionaires.

I know if I could reliably end a fight in one move, end of story, I'd be raking in cash as the most amazing professional fighter ever all over the motherfricking world.