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The Top 10 GOATs in Boxing - Tyson don't deserve a place

490 sats \ 44 comments \ @Coinsreporter 16 Nov Stacker_Sports

It was yesterday's game between Tyson and Paul that has ignited (as I can see) a lot of interest for Boxing among the Stackers. While the match ended in Tyson (58) losing to much younger (27) Paul, I never thought Tyson had any chance against Paul. Yes, the argument of age difference can be put on the table but It should be reasonable to say Tyson would've met the same competition, had he been under 40.

You may backlash at me but I even don't put Tyson among the top 10 GOATs in Boxing. The reason for leaving him out from my list might surprise you but it's not based on futile reasoning. Tyson played most of his games in an era of boxing when most boxers were slower and Tyson could get over them pretty easily. I don't doubt Tyson for power but his speed is nowhere close to my top 10 GOATs in Boxing. Here's my list.

Muhammad Al
Joe Louis
Sugar Ray Robinson
Rocky Marciano
Floyd Mayweather Jr
Many Pacquiao
Jack Dampsey
Roberto Duran
Henry Armstrong
Willie Pep

I'm ready for the punches you guys now want to seal on me. ;)

But, I'll be waiting for your list and will be taking all of the TKOs amicably if you can reject this list and put why?

So, let's have a bout in celebration of Tyson's loss against a Youtuber.

🤜🤛

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110 sats \ 2 replies \ @IamSINGLE 17 Nov

This is the correct list. How dare you leave Tyson? Ali Tyson Louis Robinson Marciano Dempsey Mayweather Duran Foreman Alvarez

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @TheMorningStar 17 Nov

Because he thinks he doesn't deserve.

11 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter OP 17 Nov

How dare you leave Tyson?

As you dare include him.

100 sats \ 6 replies \ @grayruby 16 Nov

Just listing top ten. No particular order but Ali is 1.

Ali Louis Robinson Marciano Dempsey Mayweather Tyson Duran Foreman Alvarez

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @Cje95 16 Nov

The only person that I think could be over Ali is Jack Johnson aka the Galveston Giant. Not only did he like Ali break down barriers but he trail blazed.

40 sats \ 4 replies \ @Coinsreporter OP 16 Nov

Tyson at no 7 can be justified but a lot of sites show him at no. 2, 3 and 4 and that's what I can't digest at all.

20 sats \ 3 replies \ @grayruby 16 Nov

This is in no particular order. I would probably rank him somewhere between 5-8

40 sats \ 2 replies \ @Coinsreporter OP 16 Nov

That's alright.

Look at this list from bleacher report. It's also good but putting Ali behind Robinson. https://bleacherreport.com/articles/61177-greatest-ever-boxing-top-ten-boxers-of-all-time

20 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 16 Nov

Good list but I don't think you can have anyone ahead of Ali. Louis vs Robinson for 2 is an interesting debate.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter OP 16 Nov

I agree 💯.

41 sats \ 0 replies \ @TheMorningStar 16 Nov

I always wonder would here be Tyson if he ever played against Ali? It's surprising people make comparison between Ali anc Tyson.

41 sats \ 3 replies \ @suraz 16 Nov

I think that wasn't a fight but an exhibition to make money.

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @zapsammy 16 Nov

at an old age, the smart man would take the money, buy bitcoin, and not give a flying fuck about the youngster's claw to fame.

really, good health is much more valuable. glad to see that Tyson still has a few neuron cells left! perhaps he may even have been orange-pilled!

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @sangekrypto 16 Nov

Yes, Tyson is old, actually he is no longer a spectacle following matches at his current age, look, the numbers he gets are really far away.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter OP 16 Nov

Spot on. It was an exhibition but it took away Tyson's reputation.

20 sats \ 5 replies \ @Cje95 16 Nov

No Jack Johnson 🤔

I think boxing like MMA you can’t really group together heavy weights with Floyd or Manny just because the style and approach is so different

11 sats \ 4 replies \ @Coinsreporter OP 16 Nov

Wow! I didn't look that far back in history. Certainly my bad I accept. He was a legend.

20 sats \ 3 replies \ @Cje95 16 Nov

It’s only cause I’m from the Houston area and went to Galveston so much as a kid that I know about him! Certainly a key figure in American boxing history!

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Coinsreporter OP 16 Nov

Did you have a chance to meet him?

Jefferies and he played the match of the 20th century.

We should create a seperate list for before 1950s, I think. There were many greats from that era too. Jameson might be called the pioneer of black boxers as well.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Cje95 16 Nov

No he died in 1946!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter OP 16 Nov

It’s only cause I’m from the Houston area and went to Galveston so much as a kid that I know about him.

I thought you might be a very very old soul. ;)

The match I mentioned was done in 1910, I think so I know but because you want to Galveston, so you might have felt all the vibes that the legend left behind. He was culture and history of racism in the United States.

20 sats \ 8 replies \ @siggy47 16 Nov

I watched a lot of boxing. In his prime, Tyson was a force of nature.

74 sats \ 7 replies \ @Coinsreporter OP 16 Nov

Did you watch Ali as well?

100 sats \ 6 replies \ @siggy47 16 Nov

Oh yeah. The first Frazier fight you couldn't watch live. There was round by round radio coverage. A week later the fight was broadcast in the US on ABC's Wide World Of Sports. I have to admit I was a Joe Frazier fan. It pissed me off when Hunter S Thompson described Frazier as a "human hamburger."

Ali was one of the first of what I would call "hot dogs" in sports. He was brash and braggy, and very funny. He used to talk about how ugly Frazier was.

74 sats \ 5 replies \ @Coinsreporter OP 16 Nov

Thanks for this little history of boxing. I hope you won't mind me not picking your beautiful Frazier in my list.

20 sats \ 4 replies \ @siggy47 16 Nov

No. He probably doesn't belong. I think Tyson does, though. I like to imagine a fantasy fight between Ali and Tyson in his prime.

63 sats \ 3 replies \ @Coinsreporter OP 16 Nov

Tyson played only against slow feets and hands, he was the best among the worst imo.

Why do you think Tyson should be in the list?

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @siggy47 16 Nov

What? Michael Spinks, Larry Holmes?

43 sats \ 1 reply \ @Cje95 16 Nov

What about Jack Johnson? He’s really the forgotten Ali before Ali broke the barriers he did!

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20 sats \ 1 reply \ @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears 16 Nov

It really comes down to the same issue as in all sports -- comparing non-contemporaries just never really works. See all the Jordan/LeBron debates, or especially some of the comparisons in MLB and NFL that crop up.

(Don King also undermined the entire sport during Tyson's time, which doesn't help.)

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter OP 16 Nov

I'm not comparing non-contemporaries. I'm just asking your point of view on not giving a place among Top 10 greatest of all time in Boxing.

20 sats \ 9 replies \ @grayruby 16 Nov

Mike Tyson absolutely deserves a place in the top 10 but probably not top 5.

I also think Canelo should be on the list but maybe you want to wait until he retires.

40 sats \ 8 replies \ @Coinsreporter OP 16 Nov

Canelo will get his place of he continues to do so like all of mine Top 10s did for decades, not for years.

Why you think Tyson deserves it?

30 sats \ 7 replies \ @grayruby 16 Nov

Tyson is probably the most powerful puncher of all time. He has 44 knockouts in his 50 wins. He was also lightning fast in his prime.

I don’t think he had the style and technique of most of the guys on your list but power is a part of boxing too so the most powerful puncher should be in the top 10.

40 sats \ 6 replies \ @Coinsreporter OP 16 Nov

Have you heard about George Foreman and Earnie Shavers? They are much more powerful punchers than Tyson. But you see they haven't made it to the list. While Shvers wasn't good technically, Foreman could make it to the list had his fight against Ali went in his favour.

0 sats \ 5 replies \ @grayruby 16 Nov

I think there is an argument for Foreman being on the list as well.

I like this analysis on a comparison between Foreman and Tyson.

“Foreman is more heavy-handed, Tyson is more explosive. Foreman is more consistently strong with his punches but Tyson is able to generate harder punches as long as he’s not tired and his form is not compromised. In other words, Tyson's best punches hit harder than Foreman's best punches but Foreman's mediocre punches hit harder than Tyson's mediocre punches. Fighting Foreman would be like getting repeatedly hit by sledgehammers. Fighting Tyson would be like having dynamite explode in your face every now and then.”

30 sats \ 4 replies \ @grayruby 16 Nov

I think you have a good argument about Shavers being a more powerful puncher but he never won a title so he can’t be in the top 10.

40 sats \ 3 replies \ @Coinsreporter OP 16 Nov

That's why he's not. Foreman isn't there as well but they both are more powerful a puncher than Tyson. Tyson can be at 11 but not in the Top 10, though I accept it's subjective and we may have differences. Will you please give me your list of top 10?

20 sats \ 2 replies \ @grayruby 16 Nov

Shavers can't be top 10 because he didn't win a title but Tyson held the title multiple times and so did Foreman. I would probably put both in the top 10.

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BTCExecutor 16 Nov

Roy Jones Jr

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Msd0457890 16 Nov

It was a surprising fight, in truth sometimes youth is stronger than experience.