Agreed,what he did outside the ring will not affect his induction,however ther will be some controversy.tommygunn said:
bill your some dude. tyson prime v holmes prime is no comparison, look how both fighters did against stinxs when both were considered primed. holmes had two goes and still couldn't get the win ( although i think they were both extremly close fights with holmes deserving at least a share of the spoils) i wont mension there fight together because obviously holmes was a bit past his best but the inevitible would have still happened if they fought prime v prime tyson wins ko before 7.bill1234 said:
First of all the 2nd fight wasn't close, Holmes obviously won that. If you are baseing Holmes fight with Tyson, then that is a falty comparison. Holmes was given 4 weeks (1 month) to train for the fight coming off a of a 2 year retirement. Holmes prime was from 1977-1982. When Holmes fought Tyson he was 38, when he fought Spinks he was the first time 35 close to 36, and he was 36 the rematch. Spinks was 7 years younger than Holmes and still got beat both times, Larry was right either those judges were blind or they had been drinking. Don King probably had something to do with those decisions because 2 years earlier Larry dropped King as his promoter and King threatend to break Larry's legs. Tyson on the other hand was pampered by King. yes King probably manipulated him once D'Amato died and Jacobs, and Rooney were out of the way, but still look at how Mike was treated and blown up. Look how Holmes was bashed and thrown dow. Holmes is THE most underestimated heavyweight ever, even more than Lennox Lewis. Lets look at the comparison between skills from Holmes and Tyson. Holmes was faster, took a better shot, had A LOT more heart, he had better stamina, he trained better, he had a longer reach, and he had a lot more ring smarts. Tyson only had power on Holmes.tommygunn said:
in allways having to bring something negative when tyson is in the mix.bill1234 said:
if you read my post you'd see that i said i wont mension there fight together id rather judge them against an opponent they both fought primed and who better to judge them by than spinks. holmes went 24 close rounds with him and tyson went 91 secs.bill1234 said:
I know, and one thing Tyson never had to do was work when he was boxing, Larry did which made it even harder for him to train. Of course he didn't have to when he was champ, but the first 2 years of his career he had to have another job.daveDaboxingfan said:
