Teddy Atlas: Mike Tyson was not a great fighter

[BearBailey]

Teddy as usual is spot on. Once the fear went away he never adjusted. In his early years no one more exciting to watch but not a top 5 all time heavy weight.

[Jim65]

Tyson was very overrated. Ali would have picked him apart, a younger Foreman would have destroyed him. I would have loved to see a Frazier-Tyson bout.

[Huysmans]

The assessment was spot on. Tyson is considerably overrated, and not someone I'm a fan of in any way.

[ronniehatesjazz]

You guys are out of your minds! Teddy Atlas must have CTE with these outrageous claims!

[steve B]

It's sort of similar to why I never really liked Tyson. I was used to the guys I watched a few years before, Ali, Foreman, Frazier...… Lots of bluster, but a lot to back it up. And no dancing around stuff with too much politeness.


Tyson on the other hand... Knocks a guy out in under a round, and in the post fight tv interviews says "he fought a good fight," No, he spent a bit over or under a minute trying to make running for his life look sort of like boxing then got hit and that was that.


It was a very happy day for me when I heard Buster Douglas had beaten him.