haye will have to knock him out,wont get a points verdict over there regardless of if he wins

You can't compare boxers from different eras.....Let's remember that Tyson's era wasn't exactly packed with great fighters. Yes, he often looked mighty impressive, but I don't think the likes of Bruno, Tubbs, Pinklon Thomas, etc, were much different to what we have now.

One thing is certain though, the Tyson from the Douglas defeat onwards was a pale shadow, and any decent heavyweight would have beat him, which is exactly what happened....Haye is a decent fighter, his cruiserweight record backs that up, and he certainly would have seen off the Tyson that Sally refered to.

“So if you really sit back and think when was the last champion like him, it really was when Muhammad Ali was fighting. Ali was able to capture the imagination, not just of sports fans, but people all over the world. And I do think David has those same ingredients and tonight I do think he showed that he’s a clever fighter and a smart fighter.”

I know this is from Haye's US promoter, but FFS

I agree after Douglas Tyson was finished...but what he did before that will never be seen again......

Many people couldnt separate Valuev and haye however many couldnt separate Michael spinks and Tyson in1988 .

then Tyson battered a fighter that had never been beaten in fact had never been put down and he finished him in 91 seconds ....amazing stuff..


however what has happened since then with Tyson is sheer madness his effing and jeffing his stupid outbursts and tattoed face...it was a waste of a talent on the grandest scale in my opinion....

tyson in his pomp or haye in his pomp??????????tyson for me by a mile....

Quite right...That was probably Tyson at his peak, probably helped by the fact that Spinks was visibly $h!tting himself before the first bell!!!...



To be honest, that was Tyson's undoing...He would often have a huge advantage before the first bell, because he cut such a frightening figure, and most fighters would simply try to survive, rather than win.

However, once Douglas defeated him, that cloak of invincibility disappeared and all that was left was a bit of a bully figure, which was sadly exposed in the biting-the-ear incident with Evander Holyfield....