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Originally Posted by Chula Vista
When Tyson first came on the scene he was absolutely mindblowing. Not a single boxer ever had that combination of skill and BRUTAL power.
If Cus D'Amato hadn't died, Tyson would have gone down at the greatest in history. D'Amato took him in as a kid, not only as his trainer, but as a father figure. Notice how gracious he is in most of those clips.
Once D'Amato was gone, Tyson fell under the spell of Don King and Las Vegas and his career and life completely fell apart. He became a complete dick and started getting beat, regularly.
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Not sure about all this.
He had like 11 fights when Cus died, then won 26 in a row before he lost to Douglas (in other words he won more fights without Cus than with him, before he suffered his first loss).
And he only lost six fights in his entire career (Pacquiao has lost more than that currently), three of them at the end i.e. not his peak years. Two of his 90s losses were against the same fighter (Holyfield).