Ninetales

I don't disagree with you. my sport is hockey, and nhl culture is hilariously anti-personality that it's gotten to the point where if you aren't cardboard you'll get roasted by the fans and media

ill still call a shitbird a shitbird tho

Chula Vista

Nostalgia 101.

I can't escape it.

Bird vs. Magic baby!

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“The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well,
on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away
and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

The Batlord

Mike Tyson is my new favorite athlete cause he's a scumbag, but god damn can he destroy a mother****er 4 realz.

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Cuthbert

He retired over a decade ago mate.

The Batlord

I'm just saying he's a glorious **** and a credit to sports.

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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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“The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well,
on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away
and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

Cuthbert

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).

Chula Vista

But his life was turned inside out once he fell under the spell of King. He simply became an egotistical dick - which ultimately led to his fall from grace.

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“The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well,
on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away
and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

Cuthbert

Not denying that just don't buy the idea that he was getting smashed all over the shop because Cus died, the Douglas fight was horrendous but losing two fights in his peak to the same fighter just says Holyfield was the better fighter and most boxers tend to lose at the end of their careers, that's when they know it's time to retire.

The Batlord

I know nothing about the history, but from just watching a full knockout video with dates, he was going ape for a good long while, and then once he won the Championship all of a sudden it's half a year till his next knockout. I know nothing about any of this, but did his supposed turn come when he won the heavyweight championship?

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