Originally posted by: Biggs
Date: October 11, 2010 at 08:59 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/could-the-rise-of-a-new-tyson-take-the-steam-out-of-mma.31222/
Jak said:
Tyson was fed cans for his first 20 or so fights. thanks to the glory of the internet people won't allow that to happen anymore without questioning it.
Look at Lesnar, every win over good competition is picked apart. Fedor, every win over good competition is picked apart. Anderson Silva, every win over good competition is picked apart.
In boxing, the HW division is The Brothers, and then a bunch of filler fighters. they're mostly pretty bad. In order for a Tyson-esque fighter to come about these days, his competition would also have to be worthy of talking about as much as the Tyson fighter. We've seen what filler fighters who get fed puffballs until they're 39-0 do when they go up against real champs, they get dominated.
Boxing is to much gameplan these days as well. As much as a fighter might have the skills to ko most people in his path, i haven't seen any management company/coaches/handlers in boxing(recently) allow their fighters to get over anxious trying for knock outs. which, in itself, is what has also led to the major downfall of boxing.
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Whoa..whoa..whoa! Lets be fair. None of the big names wanted anything to do with Tyson. He was too big of a risk for an established fighter to take. If you watch his first title fight against Trevor Berbick, you will see that he was all that his camp claimed and more. In his prime, he demolished most of the top fighters of his generation. He crushed Frank Bruno, Bonecrusher Smith, Carl "The Truth" Williams, Larry Holmes, Tyrell Biggs, Michael Spinks, and Razor Ruddick. Not only did he beat them, but he made them all look like "cans." Give credit where credit is due.
In addition, boxing has been about gameplans for more than a hundred of years. Only the heaviest handed fighters found success with just "rushing in." The only boxer that I can think of that had a long successful career of "rushing in" is Mike Tyson.
Boxing has declined because of the amount of corruption that exists within it. Guys like Don King who practically "own" belts and get to hand pick who his "champions" will fight, have ruined the sport. You can tear off 28 impressive wins, but unless you're willing to get in bed with one of the crooked and powerful promoters, you'll never get the big shot. So instead, the promoters put on fights that will sell tickets (make money.) They're not interested in giving boxers a shot at what they worked for. They have the ability to select beatable "cans" and "has beens" for their fighters to compete against safely without the threat of losing their cash cow. Add that to the fact that most of the aged fighters have speech impediments and other trauma induced ailments, and you will get a declining sport.
Boxing has been up and down for years. MMA may do the same as time goes by, but it is definitely here to stay.
