Mike Tyson Defence Master Highlight
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2013
- Tribute to Mike Tyson's defence, trained by the legendary Cus D'Amato who encouraged Tyson to use the peek-a-boo style, in which the fighter moves his head holds his gloves close to his cheeks and pulls his arms tight against his torso. Mike Tyson, executed the style perfectly and was notorious for his savage punching ability and excellent defense. Probably the best example of the Peek-a-Boo style.
Muhammad Ali and Floyd Mayweather have great defense but they frequently had a height advantage and they moved away from their opponents while evading the punch. Tyson moved forward slipping punches. That's another level.
That head movement when he was younger is just magical.
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In his prime between 1985 and 1988 this was the greatest fighter that ever lived across all weights. There’s no question about that, it’s not even an opinion, it’s a fact. Unstoppable.
Defense going forward is far more godly than defense going backward
Tyson the best fighter ever.
In Tysons own words " My style is impetuous My defence is impregnable and I'm just ferocious ".
Cus D’Amato + Kevin Rooney + Mike Tyson = Perfection
Mike fought with almost every champion at his era.. who were more height, weight, experienced compare the Tyson.
One of the aspects of the genius of Tyson's defense is that it was not a "pure" defense but a defense that combined offensive qualities. Example: Opponent throws a left hook. Tyson ducks the left hook, pivots inside and counters with a left hook to the head. Opponent throws a right cross. Tyson ducks the cross, pivots inside throwing a left to the heart or solar plexus which for a split second drops the opponents guard and then throws a hard right to the opponents kidney or head. Every time the opponent throw a punch, he paid for it. Psychologically, his opponents began questioning themselves prior to throwing anything. And THAT was the beginning of the opponents demise.
moving forward while dodging punches is much more impressive than back peddling away from punches
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That double dodge & counter at
Holyfield said in one of the latest documentaries that Tyson in Rooney era was unbeatable....
You can think that he's not the best ever, but in his prime he could've destroyed the best.
Cus DaMato standing watching what he created like Dr. Frankenstein
Mike was untouchable in his prime. The man was a beast. He was a brutal brute and an amazing defensive evasive fighter as well. Those who say he fought bums are ridiculous, fighting "bums" took him to the title. UNFORTUNATELY he wasn't on his A game with Buster, Evander, and Lennox, etc. Those who know their boxing would know ever since Kevin Rooney was fired, and Tyson went to Don King he declined. He stopped training, doing drugs, marriage issues, and don't get me started with the jail sentence. If he would've stayed disciplined, focused, kept Rooney, no DOUBT in my mind he would've probably went down as the BEST heavyweight EVER. Beaten Marciano's record, went undefeated and slaughtered those who beat him. FACT
Tyson’s defense was so overshadowed by his overwhelming offense, it didn’t get nearly enough credit.
That defense is the most over-looked aspect of Tyson's ability in his prime ('86-'88)...and when you consider that his defense was arguably better than any heavyweight fighter before or since, it's enough to make you want to cry when you think of how he tossed it all out the window when he fired Kevin Rooney in '88. If he'd stuck with him, we'd be watching a clip 4 times as long and calling Tyson the greatest of all time without a second thought.
Even Tyson's DEFENSIVE highlight reels include KOs lol.