Perfect storm dethroned him. Lost 2 mentors, got duped by Don King, and taken from his trainer, lost a mother, a sister, and a child, and IMO got falsely convicted of rape from a girl who had a history of false allegations. Like Rocky said "Nobody hits harder than life"

Liam Keogh people love discrediting Tyson

Ruddock was a very dangerous boxer and for people who say Tyson fought nobody's is BS. What a shootout though between Lennox vs Ruddock, will always remember that fight.

Liam Keogh I TOTALLY AGREE

Both his fights with rudduck. I mean jesus

Liam Keogh Top 3 for me.

exactly.

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Tyson always hugs his opponents.. But was never hugged wen defeated, sad...

Best fight Bowe Holy 1 , Holy Lewis 2, Bowe Golota 1 and 2.

@@kgskar8 he was a respectful fighter he never put his hands in the air even he won he was always stay on the ground much props to him

Tambien amo a Mike

yup. Even the gratitude Tyson shows after the fight is commendable !

Messinjure Duv still Razor was dulled after these two fights.In this fight Razor got broken. he sustained a broken jaw, a broken orbital bone and broken ribs.

Messinjure Duv still Razor was dulled after these two fights.In this fight Razor got broken. he sustained a broken jaw, a broken orbital bone and broken ribs.

Messinjure Duv he didn't take enuf time to recover mentally and the rest is history. I am sorry he got ripped off and tried to come back a few yrs back...like Meldrick Taylor it didn't work out for him.

Tyson brought it too....Tyson didn't get knocked down, Rudduck hit the canvas twice!

@Pel Gram Indeed he was....Many people think Mike had a glass jaw because they see it in the Buster Douglas fight. He could take heavy shots as well as he could give them.

@@omniken66 Yeah, Tyson could definitely take a punch. Douglas wore Tyson down with jabs and combinations throughout the fight. Ruddock didn't use his jab and threw power shots one at a time. That uppercut Ruddock caught Tyson with, that lifted him off the floor, was amazing. Tyson just kept right on coming.

Iron Mike is my favorite one! Friends, what a great fight! Razor was a fantastic fighter and a very hard opponent! Tyson had to sweat a lot to win!

Tyson almost always slipping those punches, when Razor throws a right, Tyson moves his head to the left, Tysons defense much better that Ruddocks. Also Tyson being low and moving made him so hard to hit for a long armed man who telegraphs his punch's, Mike scored way way more big punch's, he must have had quite a few 10-8 rounds.

Wasn't that cool. Tyson sets a very good example how all sports should be. Win or lose show respect for each other.

@@jeffreysmith5175 exactly

Yeah but saved Mike his fights didn't last long.

@@proudtobeasimp7259 Mike even mentioned how he lost something after the Ruddock fights

@@b9479 yes, he'd had his day. Boxers can only take so much punishment before their skills start to wain. By the time Tyson fought Holyfield and Lewis he was already diminished considerably from his younger days. This was two boxers at their peak. It's all about fighting someone at the right time, as Sun Tsu wisely said. Records mean sh. Wilder fought Fury when he was recovering from drugs and alcohol abuse - timing (but still not good enough in Wilder's case), but on a paper record, it could have looked good for Wilder.

@@martinshaw8582 Also here was out of his peak.

He took a lot of shots after Rooney.

😂

No, I think both Fury and wilder would not be able to take the fight to Mike Tyson or Donavon Ruddock..

Ruddock was a hell of a fighter that time, this was the guy that Holyfield didn't want to be in the ring with. Mike Tyson had to take the fight since he was mandatory and the other number 1 contender just to get to Holyfield. And yes, the Heavyweights of today wont last in the heavyweights of before.

Yeah I can imagine it........and I can picture seeing Wilder and Fury being carried out on a stretcher after fighting either of them .... at the same time !!

no they cannot stand these ruddock and tyson, they too fast for today heavyweight boxing

Pretty sure the jaw was broken early on too. Respect to Donovan for that, imagine just getting grazed when your jaw is like that.

Foreal dam he gave Tyson a run for his money there were times it looked like he had Tyson for a second wat razor did in this fight I knew the first one was stopped immature

Hardest,seriously?the guy got knocked out in both fights..

Lewis and holyfield would disagree

No Lennox Lewis was. Tyson avoided Lennox like the plague, Lewis would have beet any version of Tyson.

Couldn't agree more. This was one of Tysons hardest fights. And he was in his prime. If ruddock was lighter on his feet and stopped trying to go toe to toe with Tyson and moved around some he could have used his hight and length as an advantage and I can almost guarantee he would have won't this fight. Atleast one of the fights. Ruddock was never the same after this. And it's a shame he was a Jamaican monster who could have been a world champion no doubt

@@benjaminvance5076 Tyson was not in his prime here...his prime years were '86-'89....this fight was '91 just before he went to prison.

@@benjaminvance5076 This was when he lost both his greatest mentors. Not his prime.

Mike Ripper I absolutely agree with you!!!

Mike ripper for prez

lmao yet these guys today talk as if they're legends

Watch wilder vs fury

Fury looks like a bag of potatoes, horrible phisyc

Mike Ripper Razor broke his jaw in this match. Some say that his jaw may have been broken as early as round 4. Badass!

Joe You 5:45 might have broken his jaw

True story...Mike's movement and fitness wasn't as great as 1986-1988, and Razor was a beast, but Mike still won, though he took punishment that he needn't have had he been fully fit. For me too, at his best still the greatest ever.

Truth!

True

The heavyweight division since 2003, fucking sucks!!!!

@@bryonwatkins1432 true that

4 years later. We still get 2 minutes of highlights from today's HW bouts. Lol

Every minute of this fight would be a highlight these days. The HW division is trash now, too much hugging and running

He got his ass knocked out in his prime. Buster busted his bubble when Tyson was 24.

@@babulah8447 Tyson was in his prime when he was with Kevin Rooney.... Against buster Tyson was without Kevin rooney

I think Douglas says no.

Yes. He could have. He lacked self discipline. Cus was that for him.

Cindy love you dad

Not in the heavy weight division. Wilder would slice them with one punch, fury would pummel them, AJ would get an early round KO and park, Whyte, hate, bellew and a bunch of others would take the hits on the chin and get a final round KO

Jetdot37 I'm 99% sure this is a joke but I had to make sure haha ;)

Adam Brown 100%

@@Jetdot37 Who's Wilder?

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Tyson shaked off Ruddocks best and hardest punches. Tyson pre-conviction was a force of nature

Tucker fought a great fight against a teenage Tyson too

His head ducking here is as good as under Rooney. Tyson could take a mighty punch as well.

Also, near the end: Tyson punches Ruddock's balls Ruddock punches Tyson's balls

Xelooo21 Many could beat Tyson in his prime.For example the man in your picture could beat Tyson in his prime and take a clear victory.

Nobody could beat tyson in his prime and definitely not Ali .... he had troubles with a 170lbs henry cooper right back in his prime hahaha maybe with an extra time out....wouldnt work against mike

***** Leenox Lewis and Ali could definitely beat Tyson in his prime.Boxing is more than half a mental sport and when it comes to mentality Ali has the edge.

skotiskiller Prime Tyson vs Lennox would look like the bonecrusher fight, a lot a holding from Lennox and Tyson slipping past Lewis bombs and score more with fast combo's......... i dont know about Ali cuz hes the GOAT and i wont badtalk him anymore cuz if i do tyson will kick my ass....mike always defends him

Mohammad Ali after being in prison so long anyone would get rusty

Their first fight was the best, no? Pure savagery...on both sides. If ref didnt stop the fight, Razor might have knocked him out.

@@jasoneaton4520 I thought Razor was seconds away from a KO in the first fight, he was shaken at the time of stoppage and Mike wasn't known for letting hurt opponents off the hook.

Today's Heavyweights are not anywhere as near as good as the Heavyweights of the 80's , yet Tyson haters still talk shit about the Iron Man . At this stage , Tyson had already slowed considerably from what he was 87 -88 , yet still put on a good show here .

Improved technique, changed rules.

@@DM-cy7hy what kind of rules

Tyson had a solid chin but mostly he believed Ruddock couldn't hurt him. Today he would probably admit that Ruddock hit him with some good shots but at the time of this fight, he had zero respect for Ruddock's power.

Dave Morgan The problem with big fighters like Ruddock is that they usually don't accurately land their power punches, especially against smaller boxers. That's one of the reasons why you find that they make use of the jab quite often.

Tyson said that holyfield was the best puncher he even fought

I think Mike was at his physical best during those 2 figths with Ruddock. He took so many power punches and never come close of getting knockdown. He just shrugged it off.

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/obaEqKh21tOpoJc.html see this explained series. Ali vs Fraizer 3 especially was epic

88' Mike Tyson you are right. His head movement wasn't the same as a few years earlier and he didn't use the skill he showed against early opponents. Mike Tyson in his prime is still the most dangerous and feared fighters ever.

he trained very hard after he got beaten by douglas and after prison

It s true bro

Tyson has been hit prior to that even in 86-88 he wasn't that elusive. What you didn't see was his signature body shot step to the side to get a more devastating uppercut. His uppercut in this fight was face to face so he couldn't get absolute leverage and power into it.....

@@thomasmuller4236 Yes he did but in boxing training hard and being in shape doesn't mean anything if you have lost some speed and have drifted away from the style that got you there.

The last 6 years of Tyson's career he didn't give a shit...he was there for money not love. At that point he was no longer a boxer. When he lost his last fight to a bum he retired because he didn't wan't to disrespect the sport any longer!

I believe Razer Ruddock brought boxing life back to Mike. Mike knew that Razor is a brutal toe-to-toe boxer that can hit you with the left smash.

Tyson had a great chin.he was never knocked out by one punch.he definitely could take a hit

Even in possibly his hardest fight ever he still walked away without a single scratch while the other guy looks like be got beat with a bat!

@@cruedust He couldn't take those hits from E. Holyfield Coming from an life long Iron Mike supporter.

@@mustafahajj not by the time they fought he wasn't the same fighter he once was not even close

@@mustafahajj U people never realise that the Mike Tyson of 1988-1991 was not the same with the one of 1999-2004! Come on!

Micah Wiedner both men walked out of this fight with less Durability & less physical strength, they Both got chinned many times after their Rivalry

Rudduck went down twice. Both were never the same. Don King broke Tyson with this stupid rematch

@@deadarmd Prison and drugs broke Tyson

i seen this fight 3hrs ago and i swear i came to the exact same conclusion

actually Ippo is suppossed to be the jappanese mike tyson, even has the same style, and in the episode where they introduce Sendo's "Smash" punch they even explain that that punch is taken from Razor Ruddocks "uppercut/hook" hybrud punch, and Sendo even mentions Ruddock

It's a fact. Ippo has the same style and Sendo really fights like Ruddock with the same flaws.

Haha I tought the same

JC B I been knowing that lol you're not special... I was only talking about this fight, it's exactly like the Animé... You talking like I said I never realized Ippo fought like Tyson........

both of their jaws were. Razor took those knockdowns like a fuckin champ! he was smiling, although you could say he was just stuck dumb but hey he got up!

@@godtierlotion8745 you're right. Some of that smiling is from smarting after his face being blasted. Still both showed an incredible chin (despite what certain Tyson haters on tv say)

If im not mistaken rudddock broke his jaw mid fight.

@@eurekadiaz3771 Tyson broke his jaw with the left hook. He also melted his ribs and for some reason took Mercy on them..maybe bc he was undertrained either way injuries haooennans rudduck was tough

Incredibile chin.

On the money.Exactly

Yep!Exactly!Also Tyson was standing too straight up a lot of the time.

I agree. Made for a good fight though. Very rarely see heavies able to take these kind of shots clean. Unbelievable durability particularly from Tyson as he walked through Razors shots without getting rocked once! I remember the commentator at the start of this fight saying that these were the two biggest punchers in the heavyweight division! Ok Razor went down a couple of times but he was never legless. Tyson was rock solid throughout. Now, if Joshua fought Wilder and they were both landing clean, would they be able to walk through each other’s shots? I don’t think so! Massive credit to Tyson and Razor here, this fight deserves way more recognition!

it's crazy, he's been apart from Rooney here for like 5 years, but you can still see him attempting head movement every once in a while cuz it's ingrained in him

@@liamkeogh5135 Rudduck may have the best chin I've ever seen. Only man to get knocked out completely and get up like it didn't happen... Tyson fury too

Mike Ripper Tommy Morrison knock out razor ruddock in the 6 round. Tommy Morrison box better boxers then Tyson. Morrison 53 wins 43knockouts only 3 losses .took Tyson 7 round and in the the rematch went the distance

Joshua wird kein Grosser im Kampf gegen Wladimir sah ich öfters Angst in seinen Augen und er ist zu unbeweglich. Ich denke Wilder wird der Bessere werden auf lange Sicht. MfG

You cant make comparisons like it took Tyson longer than x fighter to knock some one out because when you fight against Tyson, you train the hardest you can and you're more hyped up than ever and alert in the fight.

CLASSIC indeed

Can you recall in which podcast he said that?

J J I can’t recall which but it was during the 1st season. Early episode probably. Maybe the onyx interview or around that time. Might have even been during the Jim Jones or snoop interview

Not really he got dropped twice but I feel you he tough af

that man went through the 12 rounds. i think he does have 'iron like jaws' thats for sure..

Deez Nuts anyone who survives round 1 or can get up after being knocked down by Tyson is tough

Steroids.

How did tyson take multiple hooks to the jaw

Well, I guess Mike did KO Douglas...Buster Douglas was down for 13 seconds, but the referee, unfortunately for Tyson, was so slow to start counting... Tyson was unprepared for the fight, and admits to not taking Douglas seriously, going out partying in Tokyo, and essentially disrespecting and under-estimating his opponent...which is so often the case in boxing...arrogance, complacency, believing they have a right to win every fight... Tyson with Rooney in his corner, if fought Douglas then, Tyson would've won...but Buster fought an incredible fight...he was excellent on the night, just a shame he couldn't maintain it

Douglas had just lost his mother at that time and Tyson was in a mess in his life. If Tyson fought Douglas 10 times, Tyson would win 9 times out of 10, on that day it just happened to be the 1 time Douglas won

beach life Keep dreamin

@@bloodfluke7530 facts

Bro tyson in his prime would have ko everyone in the world

I don't get were people get these ideas from, Mike was in the Gym religiously for his entire teenage years.

How did tyson take those shots?

He was a bigger man than Tyson. Could absorb more damage plus he had a good chin.

No, That would be Tommy Morrison who floored Rudduck with an even faster left hook!

I think Tyson left hook better than both. Quicker and shorter. In these fights he was throwing arm punches half the time. Still Rudduck great left hook The Duke also had an incredible left hook. Like a machine piston

Stay on the recliner fat guy

@@motorcitycobra8875 your mothers a fat guy 😄

Absolutely

Tyson was a fucking tank bro!