Smallthoughts: Old School Tuesday …Mike Tyson vs Michael Spinks

Michael Spinks had been undefeated coming into this fight ..he had scored wins against Larry Holmes (Highly controversial wins) yet here he was in the ring for the heavyweight title vs Mike Tyson. Could the slick boxer be the first man to upset Tyson? Spinks vs Tyson… warning …don’t turn away …you’ll miss it!

Smallthoughts: Old School Tuesday …Mike Tyson ve Trevor Berbick

Trevor Berbick was known as the last man to fight the legendary Muhammad Ali in which he beat the then faded former champion. Could he beat the upcoming undefeated at that point challenger …Mike Tyson? Tyson was knocking fighters out in 27 fights to the point 25 ended by knockout…could Berbick withstand the rage and

Smallthoughts: Trivia Thursday

How did you do with this week’s question? If you answered Evander Holyfield you are correct. Holyfield won the title 4 times in his Boxing career. Holyfield beat Buster Douglass (1990) Riddick Bowe (1993) Mike Tyson (1996) and John Ruiz (2000) to become the only heavyweight to win the title 4 times.

Smallthoughts: Old School Tuesday…Mike Tyson

If this is your first time checking out this site welcome to Smallthoughts: Old School Tuesday…where we spotlight athletes from the past both distant and not so distant. My only rules to Smallthoughts: Old school Tuesday are we feature at least two athletes (in some case will see three and even four are spotlighted) and

Smallthoughts: Old School Tuesday…Evander Holyfield

If this is your first time checking out this site welcome to Smallthoughts: Old School Tuesday…where we spotlight athletes from the past both distant and not so distant. My only rules to Smallthoughts: Old school Tuesday are we feature at least two athletes (in some case will see three and even four are spotlighted) and

1986 a crazy year to be a New York Sports fan…

It wasn’t until I was watching the Lawrence Taylor documentary that I realized that 1986 was a crazy year in New York Sports…think about it the Giants win the Super Bowl, Lawrence Taylor is at his peak, the Mets win the 1986 World Series and one of their leaders on that team was Keith Hernandez

How would Mike Tyson have done against the Gauntlet of Norton, Foreman, Frazier and Ali? Part 5 Mike Tyson vs Muhammad Ali

So far up to this point Mike Tyson has faced three members of the Gauntlet Norton, Foreman and Frazier. He has one victory and two defeats, his victory against Ken Norton his loses against Foreman and Frazier both by knock out. Tyson has face the two most brutal of the 4 but now faces the

How would Mike Tyson have done against the Gaunlet of Norton, Foreman, Frazier and Ali? part 3 Mike Tyson vs George Foreman

This is the fight that make fight fans drool, knockout artist of the highest order. In his prime George Foreman the man who knocked out Joe Frazier not once but 7 times in two fights, Foreman also has knocked out Ken Norton in both their primes. Foreman has knocked out nearly everyone who has crossed

How would Mike Tyson have done against the Gaunlet of Norton, Foreman, Frazier and Ali? Part 2

So I decided to start with the one that while tough was the one who didn’t win the title in the ring ..Ken Norton. Norton was known for his 3 fights with Ali and broke Ali’s jaw in their first fight in the 2nd round. Norton also had the best body of any of the

How would Mike Tyson have done against the Gauntlet of Norton, Foreman, Frazier and Ali? Part 1

In his prime Mike Tyson was the most dangerous heavyweight champion in quite some time. His early fights didn’t go passed three rounds. Many of his opponents were defeated long before the bell rung and long after their bell was rung. My beef for a long time was that no one really challenged Tyson stood