Tyson's best victories ...

[Holmes' Jab]

... in terms of impressiveness I think:

1. Berbick
2. Spinks
3. Holmes
4. Biggs
5. Thomas
6. Bruno II

Opinions?

[fists of fury]

A solid list.

I may be inclined to put the Tubbs victory at #4 instead of the Biggs fight, but otherwise your list is very good.

Berbick - Showed impressive maturity and patience. Fantastic knockout.

Spinks - Blasts out the lineal champ in double quick time.

Holmes - Is patient and lands a beautiful right hand and finishes off a still-dangerous (but past it) Larry Holmes.

Tubbs - Shows some decent inside technique and unleashes his heavy artillery against the underrated Tubbs. KO was superb.

Thomas - The way Tyson zeroed in on his wounded foe is the stuff of legend. Comparable to a prime Dempsey.

Bruno 2 - The real Tyson's back! Just overwhelming attacking prowess and ferocity.

[heerko koois]

1- Spinks
2- Berbick
3- Savarese
4- Tucker
5- Holmes

[Holmes' Jab]

A solid list.

I may be inclined to put the Tubbs victory at #4 instead of the Biggs fight, but otherwise your list is very good.

Fair enough, that's understandable I suppose. Thomas was a better pro fighter than Biggs, that's unquestionable- however Tyson's performance vs Biggs performance was quite simply a blistering, dominating blitz. A heavy body attack round-after-round, broke Biggs: followed by that spectacular first knockdown, then KO.

His performance vs Thomas didn't impress me quite that much. Thomas was definitely aging and past his best, despite that Mike certainly didn't have it his own way. I only had him a couple of points up by the time of stoppage (6th). Credit where it's due Pinklon boxed smartly behind the jab and was well in the contest- before that cracking left hook shook him and barrage of unanswered punches finished matters with stunning and brutal abruptness.

[ChrisPontius]

3- Savarese

:huh

Was dat waar hij de scheidsrechter neersloeg??

[heerko koois]

:huh

Was dat waar hij de scheidsrechter neersloeg??

Ja.....Tyson was in bloedvorm die avond...

[ozziebattler]

I would put the victory against botha.Only because he was being dominated and just when the commentator said mike is shot BANG what a punch.

Botha is down by a short right that would of ko'd any1.

[ChrisPontius]

Ja.....Tyson was in bloedvorm die avond...

Vooral tijdens het interview erna. :D

[fists of fury]

:huh

Was dat waar hij de scheidsrechter neersloeg??

Yep, don't let the ref get in the way of a rampaging Mike. :yep

[DamonD]

The thing that I liked about the Biggs fight is both the patience and body attack Tyson displayed. The patience seems to have been down to a desire to torture Biggs a bit longer in there, but in doing so it allowed Tyson to display more of his skills than if he'd just gone in swinging for a quick KO.

[Bummy Davis]

I think Rudduck was a win over the best fighter he beat, Spinks was a good one. Holmes KO impressive

[fg2227]

that's the best that tyson beat, doesn't say very much for the competition.

[mr. magoo]

Spinks
Ruddock
Tucker
Thomas
Berbick

These are probably my top picks. The Berbick fight was an extremely impressive feat, given that Mike was only 20 years old, and Trevor was coming off a big win over Pinklon Thomas. What's more, he was one of only 2 fighters to stop Berbick in a 62 pro fight career. The Spinks fight was a great display as well, although I'm not sure that this was the best version MS. Ruddock was good win over a solid contender who posed a great threat to a lot of heavyweights at the time. Tucker had a bit of a padded record, but was unbeaten in 35 fights nevertheless, and Tyson showed a lot of savvy in going 12 rounds against a much bigger and more experienced man.

[hopkinsfan07]

:thumbsup Spinks was deff the best from tyson

[TIGEREDGE]

Who was the ko against when he ducked aboujt 10 shots and launched a rocket launcher of a left hook from the ground. it was before he won the title. a ko of genius it was

Here is my list

Berbick
Biggs
Holmes
Thomas
Tucker

[josak]

Who was the ko against when he ducked aboujt 10 shots and launched a rocket launcher of a left hook from the ground. it was before he won the title. a ko of genius it was

Here is my list

Berbick
Biggs
Holmes
Thomas
Tucker
Reggie Gross :good

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Damn Mike was impressive in his prime. When do you see shit like this from other HW's, or even any fighters in general? There will never be another Mike Tyson.

[ChrisPontius]

That was against Reggie Gross. It's hard to find 15 seconds of more impressive consecutive fight film from a heavyweight, even if it was against a lesser opponent.

[ironchamp]

Its easy to see why Tyson kept such a major and loyal fanbase after all these years. He had it all.

[janitor]

Nobody has mentioned the Golotta fight yet.

When you combine the quality of the opponent with how far removed he was from his peak this might actualy have been one of his better achievments.

[ChrisPontius]

Nobody has mentioned the Golotta fight yet.

When you combine the quality of the opponent with how far removed he was from his peak this might actualy have been one of his better achievments.

Not his best victory, but good mention.

Many people forget this victory in which he looked very good, leading up to the Lewis fight. Yes, Golota had been stopped by Lewis in one round and quit against Grant after 10 rounds, he beat up Bowe twice, the same Bowe that had a stoppage win over Holyfield. But if only Lennox Lewis beat him in the same way Tyson did, then Tyson must still have had something special, handspeed and power. This alone gave him a good chance at an old Lewis and is one of the reasons that the odds were basically 50/50.

[Robbi]

Spinks, Tucker, Thomas, Ruddock I.

[Cojimar 1945]

Lewis looked far better against Golota than Tyson did. Golota simply quit against Mike.

[anut]

1.tyson/spinks
2.tyson/berbick
3.tyson/ruddock 1
4.tyson/thomas
5tyson/tubbs
6.tyson/holmes:smoke:smoke:smoke:smoke

[janitor]

Lewis looked far better against Golota than Tyson did. Golota simply quit against Mike.

Yes but Tyson made him quit.

His injuries were not trivial either. His facial bones were smashed ala Dempsey Willard.

[Holmes' Jab]

Nobody has mentioned the Golotta fight yet.

When you combine the quality of the opponent with how far removed he was from his peak this might actualy have been one of his better achievments.

Yeah it was a fine win. Aside from the Bruno II fight, this is most likely his next best post-prison performance, against a dangerous (but hopping mad) HW fighter. :good

[Mendoza]

I think Rudduck was a win over the best fighter he beat, Spinks was a good one. Holmes KO impressive

Same here.The Ruddock TKO was Tyson's best win. I also think Tyson's romp over M. Frazier was impressive.