The Tyson-Lewis press conference brawlIn the lead up to Tyson's bout with English heavyweight Lennox Lewis back in 2002, the pair simply couldn't wait to meet in the ring - so they started their heavyweight title fight at the press conference. On this occasion, Tyson barged into Trump's office in 1988 and shouted, "Could I ask you, are you f***ing my wife?"Tyson put it quite politely, if you ask me. Barging into Donald Trump's office and accusing him of having an affair with his wifeAlthough this is a great story, how much better would it have been if you saw an absolutely raging former heavyweight champion charging around the White House searching for the President? Now that would have been a sight. In a previous interview, the former heavyweight champion revealed that he actually wanted an array of heart tattoos, due to his desire to be known as the 'Man of Hearts'. Have to admit, I think 'Iron Mike' has a better ring to it. The face tattooThe question is, would some of the freshly-faced millenials be able to recognise Tyson if it wasn't for his tribal face tattoo? Well, this piece of ink wasn't actually Tyson's first choice. However, these 13 stories best summarise an athlete who managed to entertain, for either the right or wrong reasons, both inside and outside the ring. You’d get more competitive fights that way.On November 22, 1986, Mike Tyson elavated himself to boxing stardom as he was crowned the youngest-ever heavyweight champion.To this day, Tyson remains a household name, as his abundance of stories would undoudebtly make an edge-of-your-seat Netflix thriller. If his cameo appearance in The Hangover is anything to go by, it would be appropriate to assume that Tyson has lived the lavish, action-packed lifestyle that we all probably expected. Change the HW cap to 225 pounds, and have all fighters between 200 and 225 as Bridgerweights. At that point, even a prime Iron Mike would have no chance - the size difference would be too vast, and the smaller HWs would just get pushed around.Īnd this is why I think something like the Bridgerweight division should become more widely adopted. ![]() But one day there will come a HW who is over 7 foot tall, over 300 pounds, but yet who can move and slip punches like a middleweight. Tyson Fury is an exception now, and will likely be for a good while. However, since the days of Lennox, Vlad, and now Fury, you’re seeing ever more Big Dogs who have all the benefits of a smaller, stockier HW in a massive, behemoth frame. The logic of having uncapped weight is that, after the limit, any benefit a fighter gains from an extra pound would be offset by the a loss in things like speed, bone density, dexterity, etc… so in theory it wouldn’t matter if a 210 pounder went up against a 270 pounder, because the 279 guy would have theoretical power, but would be slow af. The former heavyweight champion on Saturday voiced his displeasure over Hulu’s new. They really should consider upping the Heavyweight limit at some point.Ģ00 pounds is too low: as the world’s population is ever increasing, and as the population generally tends to get taller, law of averages means your bound to get more and more boxers who’s great size doesn’t hinder their skill, speed, and athleticism. Mike Tyson is not happy about Hulu’s new scripted limited series about his life.
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