tyson would have been the greatest if cus was still alive and kept him disciplined. better then ali by miles, the footwork, speed, agility, power, head movement NO OTHER BOXER in history moved like tyson at his peak and prime. anyone who just says ali are just casuals who just go with the trendy media.
@@pasonitaafaki holyfield beat tyson 2x, foreman beat holyfield , ali beat foreman . ali could take foreman/shaviers/liston punches. could last 12 rounds. tyson is so explosive that causes him get tired faster, ali would have endured 10+ rounds and would win both in their prime.
@@RosvStudiosif you box you know sparring is harder than the real fight. No ref to save you and you both can hit as hard as you want basically do anything you want and no one will save you. This is my own experience boxing. Step into a gym and you'll learn the hard way. Alot of undefeated fighters because the guys they fight don't take spar serious.
@@sky-oq5mrI spar in kickboxing. The problem I have is with people who are going hard and they are beginners. I literally remember when I first started and idiots were throwing bombs at me which didn't do shit for me because I was forgetting my technique all the time. Now I throw bombs only when someone throw bombs, otherwise I spar lightly because I don't want to have fried brain from all the hard sparring.
@@RosvStudios bruh, you have to adapt fast. In a real fight they don't care if you are a beginner or not. I got the same treatment and now after 2 years I compete the the best in the gym easily. Technique did go out the window and it will in a real fight as well just as easy unless you deal with that scenario enough to where you don't panic. Look at fighters today. They get stunned once and it's over because of that light sparring. Even Spence he gets stunned and turns away, fight hard.
@@sky-oq5mr Sparring is not a real fight, get it straight. Amazing, you compete in a gym. A fighter should go only hard spar when they compete and they have technique down, otherwise you are getting your ass beat and you ain't learning shit. I don't know what you are talking about with fighters being stunned, lol. Hard sparrings should be down but in low doses by pro / amateurs fighters. if you want to go the CTE route like a lot of boxers like to go to, then go ahead.
The way Tyson carries himself in the ring displaying that speed and power is why he was such a dangerous boxer. Not even your best defense couldn't hold a man like that back from hurting you.
@@gianpalacio5635 holyfields defence was to hold mike everytime they got close and tied tyson up so he couldnt in-fight! (rd 5 holyfield forgot to clinch tyson in close and paid for it with vicious body shot and uppercuts!).....not to mention the repetitive intentional head butts and PED abuse!....Holyfield was always a dirty fighter! But a GREAT "dirty" fighter! Holyfield use to train on a heavybag with a tire around it @ head height, which is how he got so good @ using his head while making the butts look accidental!
We never got to see the best mike Tyson. He was still improving with Rooney and he hadn't peaked yet in his skills. All the progress stopped when Rooney got fired. Just imagine what he could have been
@@williamljonesjr6695 he never got to reach his peak , ur just going off his best fights but that wasn't even his real peak , he had a lot more in him & he still did it on his own for awhile after the 80's but he didn't have his OG team anymore so he could only get so far especially when all the new ppl just wanted his money!!!!
Growing up with a Father who was a boxing promoter in the late 70's thru 2000 I remember most that when Tyson was only 18 he was the talk because NOBODY alive that could stop this Dynamic kid who had a style that seemed beatable when he stood in front of a guy with both hands at his chin. seemed amateurish ,,,,,, but then hell broke loose and it was time to call the EMT. To this day I have to say that feeling of something special,,, a once in a lifetime fighter does not exist today. I do not care about anything he did outside of the ring because he is human. In the ring for a long time he truly was SUPERMAN !
@@hi-dl4kw hi hi🙂 haha like your name. 1988-06-27 was tyson last fight with rooney (Michael Spinks), then he kicked him out, all other fights was without rooney 🙂i was wrong about the statemant that he was still under rooney after prison. but i believe he was never the same anymore, rooney was trained by coz damato with the peek a boo style.
I remember when I was in Coxsackie , and the Co's used to talk about Mike being up in the Catskills training, since we were in Greene County, and we got to see him beat Trevor Berbick for the Title when he was 20. Back then ESPN has most of his fights we could watch him working up the ranks , he used to fight like once a month, where like nowadays you'd be lucky to see your favorite fighter go at it once a year. I loved his Peek a Boo style that Cus ingrained in his psyche, like Floyd Patterson,and Jose Torres, only Mike PERFECTED IT. I loved the Team that was built around Mike so sad when Cus passed , Jacobs passed, rooney was pushed out by Don King ,and the rest was History.
R.I.P. Cus D' Amato, I've watched all of Mike Tyson's fights, Including the 3 part, before & after fighting Mike comments, his opponent's said some interesting and some BS replies, Eddie Richardson was asked after being KOd if he had ever been beaten as hard as Tyson beat him, and his reply was "Yes, about a year ago, I was hit by a truck" The opponent for whom I have the greatest respect for, not making up excuses and telling the truth was Lorenzo Boyd, when asked by Larry Merchant if Tyson could beat anyone in heavyweight boxing right now, Lorenzo said "Yes, He'll Go All The Way" And when Tyson fought Pinklon Thomas, I've never seen a man take as many brutal punches to the face and head as he did, and Tyson said "I hit him with everything I had, and didn't care if he died" of course he changed that later down the road. Thanks S.V. Great Channel. 👍 🇺🇸
Kevin Rooney trained Mike to fight the way HE (Kevin Rooney) fought! Watch the Kevin Rooney V. Alexis Arguello fight, and see if the fighting styles aren't EERILY similar. Even the the way Rooney gets KO'd, the combination he ate, looks like the same combination that Mike lost on to Lennox Lewis. Check it out. Mike Tyson is my FAVORITE ATHLETE OF ALL TIME, but Cus D'amato's death left Mike in the hands of a trainer who tried to clone himself in a Heavyweight. He basically kept the "philosophy" of Cus intact, but adjusted the method.
Never beat anyone except an old, rusty Holmes and a terrified Spinks and if you tried to actually win he fell apart, even Tillis was within a round of getting a draw. Holyfield and Lewis faced and beat far better competition and achieved far more their whole careers.
Youngest ever champion an unified the belts this guy earned his rep he was fantastic in his prime an the most exciting boxer around . Lewis Holyfield didn’t have the impact or iconic status in boxing to this day .
@red flag They may not of had the charisma but they achieved far more, fact. I'm wondering if you were around in the mid 80s because he was enormously hyped and his style was very exciting but he was one dimensional and never had a plan B, never showed he could come through adversity, got spooked when an opponent wasn't and had a very short prime. I'm a Tyson fan and even spent 2 months with Rooney in the Catskills in 92 but . . . . .
Excellent video. Thanks for making this! It's fitting that Mike is such a historian of boxing, studying the greats, and now he joins them, there for us to study along with the best of all time. In my opinion Iron Mike is at the top of that list.
Mr Gus loved Mr Tyson he saw the greatness in little Mike an unlocked it may God bless Mr Gus in heaven an Mike here on earth he's had a hard journey I'm older but always admired you Mr Mike. Carry on
Post prison he just completely abandoned his jab almost like he forgot how to throw it and his head movement started to slack which was probably attributed to softer camps and less conditioning after Rooney
He fired the last Trainer Connected to Cus in 1989(Kevin Rooney), after that he started digressing. Kevin Rooney kept Mike disciplined and wasn't a "Yes Man". After 1989, Mike surrounded himself with "Yes Men", who never told him No you shouldn't do that Mike you have a fight coming up.
One week ago i had a sparring match against someone 70lbs bigger than me who fought serious with hard punches,i was lucky enough to block most critical punches but even then they shooked me,cant imagine going into the ring with someone like mike who is 10 times worse,he would kill me
What a treat to watch! Thank you for making these videos. Mike Tyson was great in the ring, because he was great in the gym: to be great in the ring, you must be first great in the gym.
@@primesuspect8198 not in the early to late 80s he wasnt!...you thinking of post rooney tyson...ala don king managed tyson high as kite on coke and partying
@@stavros693000 Exactly. The younger fans often get Tysons life and career timelines completely mixed up. They don’t realise Tyson was like 3 different people with 3 different career paths and agendas over the course of 20 something years.
If Tyson stayed training under Kevin Rooney and stayed away from Don King then he would be a top three heavyweight champion under Ali, Louis and Holmes. Don King, sniffing Cocaine, too much money, partying and being with the wrong crowd killed his passion for boxing and his career. Mike's true prime lasted until 1988 with his Michael Spinks fight with trainer Kevin Rooney. He was good when he fought Ruddock and other guys in the 1990s. But by then he was no longer moving his head, throwing combinations and looking for one big punch. His passion was never the same once Rooney left.
@@ikhlas8135 I agree. You fight like you train he went all out in every drill, every minute on the bag, in sparring he never did nothing low intensity. All his clips he goes all out. A bad man. None of these heavyweights these days are like the old ones.💯
I'm 45 and grew up watching Tyson. a lot of fighters, we watch and see as they get older, if they last, you can see them all lose something. That thing that Tyson had, he still hasn't lost it, I don't believe he ever will. he's still fukin great .
@@fdevaa you must be young , I've been boxing since I was 12 ,I'm 50 now.and still train twice a week...head gear is used to protect your head and face from damage. If your smart , you will protect yourself f what your coach said...,cus was the only trainer doing that
@@nothaviniteither yeah i've only been boxing for several months now. as for me it depends on who my opponent is, if its someone I know who has power in their hands, i'd wear a headgear lol. but for the most part i prefer sparring without headgear. But yeah in Mike's case its crazy, he was only 14 then and his opponent was 25.
@@fdevaa cus didn't want mike to wear headgear because he wanted him to know what real heavyweight power felt like...we are not mike and our trainers are not cus...so f that protect yourself at ALL times ie wear your headgear ..
Thank you very much for these great videos of Tyson really thank you wish you millions of subscribers. See you soon for more videos I hope we all Peek a boo style Tyson fans.🙏🏻❤️
Not enough attention and respect is given to Cus. He made world champions, he was all about the mental aspects of a man and the war within yourself to push yourself. "Cus believe a fighter must train often and hard" you could say that about any endeavor. IF cuz was alive today half the world would be trying to get him on ted tlks and pod casts and the man would have none of it. He had no interest in foolish things, attention, only being your best at whatever it is you want in your life.
Tyson was only 18 or 19 here what a beast every punch he threw he wanted to take your head of look at his movement always moving his head from side to side and ducking down avoiding anything that was coming his way this is a time when he had Gus
People always obsess over these 'mike tyson combos' invariably involving upper cuts, hook... 90% of what he effectively did was with a hard jab from a few different angles.
Man!!! If cus was 10 more year with Mike, he would have been THE GOAT!!!! Don't get me wrong, he is still one of the greatest but with cus, he would have reached levels that no other boxer would have achieved.
The sign of a true boxing casual is when they point out the limited talent available during the era Tyson fought in, or how Tyson wilted whenever he faced tougher opponents. They never acknowledge his freak work ethic and what that would have carried him to if Cus had been 20 years younger and Rooney had remained his trainer. It seems crazy to think he wouldn't have gone down as the greatest boxer of all time.
After rooney he stopped moving his head didn't use angles an foot work to position his opponent where he wanted them after rooney he would kinda just walk forward at you take a couple hits in the face an then try to throw a heavy punch cuz he know all he had to do was connect with one clean shot an it was lights out
No hype no music in the gym. This is a true blue good ol self motivated discipline! Humanity's hardness gets softer with time, unless WW3 or some global plague hits us again which is unlikely, at least not to the degree of back then.. so its sad we will never see true warriors again! The irony is ppl need to watch this kinda video to be motivated and thats already soft.
A kid obsessed with Tate and smashing his underdeveloped head on boxing gloves oh boy. this won’t end well lmao. Let me tell you something. I went through a similar phase like you (12-16) I sparred hard everyday and had five amateur bouts. And just with that I already have some CTE. I got a stutter, my thinking speed has slowed down too. I only joined boxing I wanted to become the best fighter at my school lol. In the end I got that but it meant nothinf With this CTE, I can’t run a gang, I can’t roast people, I can’t talk shit, I can’t talk to girls, I can barely crack jokes anymore. Without my old speaking and thinking speed, life is just dogshit man. Everyday is hell. It only Happened to me because I sparred heavily daily. But i still wish I just never entered boxing
@@maalikserebryakov I'm sorry to hear about your undeveloped speech and things bro and I'll take your advice on board but fighting is my passion and I love it so I will not stop it...
What am I missing here. I mean I don't understand his build. I have yet to see him do weighted squats or bench presses. How the f' can you be built like that without those excercises. Did he do those? Can someone clear this up for me. He did do those things correct?
I know all the glory at that time was at Heavyweight, but Tyson would have been even MORE destructive in the next weight class down. I know he weighed in the 220s for most of his career, but he often seemed so much naturally smaller than his opponents. You regularly see boxers and MMA fighters cut well over 25lbs to make a lower weight class, which Tyson easily could have done. Trust me, I very much enjoyed seeing Tyson as a Heavyweight, and he was obviously very dominant at that weight class, but when he started fighting the "big" heavyweights like Lennox Lewis he was obviously at major disadvantage. When you see Tyson today being interviewed, he often looks smaller than the interviewer or people around him. Crazy to know that he was the baddest man on earth even though he wasn't naturally huge. Same goes for Fedor in MMA for that matter.
He had fought guys as big as lennox when he was younger, When he had got to Lennox he had lost a step "speed" wise. Also, at that time he was relying solely on power punching, I think 20-23 Mike who relied more on movement would have fared better with Lennox.
I believe the real reason Mike did so well because he truly LOVED CUS ! And Mike would have done ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING for him ! And cus SIMPLY ADORED MIKE LIKE ONE OF HIS OWN KIDS ! PROBABLY EVEN MORE !!! and it shows!!!
This footage is nuts incredible amazing when he was with Rooney , you see the change automatically all the hangers ons vultures if he just been left alone with his original team , But mike decided the change that cost him his fate that is number one rule in boxing DISCIPLINE .What an absolute machine if only he was in condition to properly fight Lennox & Evander that would of been something instead of a shot Mike ,instead of 220 oiled greased up killing machine .
I'm 5ft8, I sparred with someone who was 6ft4 and over 45kg more than me, i got whooped, but i managed to block and dodge hard hits. It hurt, but aftef a couple of days I felt fine. I think if I got into a ring with Mike tyson, I genuinely would be terrified and most likely just die 😅. It's good to overcome fear, but sometimes you're just an idiot if you don't acknowledge it at all...
Fun being a sparring(?) partner when you are all alone you have not only Mike trying to take your head off but he is being coached and praised if he lands a hard punch, lol geez!
Wow, you know cus was like a dad to Mike, but Kevin Rooney was like his older brother. Mike even talks like how Kevin talks earlier in this video. The cadence of speaking and words used are very similar to the way Mike talks, especially back when he was in his early 20s
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tyson would have been the greatest if cus was still alive and kept him disciplined. better then ali by miles, the footwork, speed, agility, power, head movement NO OTHER BOXER in history moved like tyson at his peak and prime. anyone who just says ali are just casuals who just go with the trendy media.
im not so sure he wasnt the greatest.
@@builderman912 name a better boxer
@@pasonitaafaki cant, thats why i said what i said.
@@pasonitaafaki holyfield beat tyson 2x, foreman beat holyfield , ali beat foreman . ali could take foreman/shaviers/liston punches. could last 12 rounds. tyson is so explosive that causes him get tired faster, ali would have endured 10+ rounds and would win both in their prime.
@@aatalay1881 holyfield beat foreman
Imagine beeing 14 years old, fighting and dominating a bigger 25 years old semi-pro boxer. That's insane
imagine saying dominating and sparring, imagine that.
@@RosvStudiosif you box you know sparring is harder than the real fight. No ref to save you and you both can hit as hard as you want basically do anything you want and no one will save you. This is my own experience boxing. Step into a gym and you'll learn the hard way. Alot of undefeated fighters because the guys they fight don't take spar serious.
@@sky-oq5mrI spar in kickboxing. The problem I have is with people who are going hard and they are beginners. I literally remember when I first started and idiots were throwing bombs at me which didn't do shit for me because I was forgetting my technique all the time. Now I throw bombs only when someone throw bombs, otherwise I spar lightly because I don't want to have fried brain from all the hard sparring.
@@RosvStudios bruh, you have to adapt fast. In a real fight they don't care if you are a beginner or not. I got the same treatment and now after 2 years I compete the the best in the gym easily. Technique did go out the window and it will in a real fight as well just as easy unless you deal with that scenario enough to where you don't panic. Look at fighters today. They get stunned once and it's over because of that light sparring. Even Spence he gets stunned and turns away, fight hard.
@@sky-oq5mr Sparring is not a real fight, get it straight. Amazing, you compete in a gym. A fighter should go only hard spar when they compete and they have technique down, otherwise you are getting your ass beat and you ain't learning shit. I don't know what you are talking about with fighters being stunned, lol. Hard sparrings should be down but in low doses by pro / amateurs fighters. if you want to go the CTE route like a lot of boxers like to go to, then go ahead.
Much respect to the sparring partners. Some may still be injured.
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The way Tyson carries himself in the ring displaying that speed and power is why he was such a dangerous boxer. Not even your best defense couldn't hold a man like that back from hurting you.
Cose he moved,jumped and bounced like a freaking animal,he is not a man he is a panther/gorilla XD
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How about Evander Holyfields defense?
@@gianpalacio5635 What about him headbutting?
@@gianpalacio5635 holyfields defence was to hold mike everytime they got close and tied tyson up so he couldnt in-fight! (rd 5 holyfield forgot to clinch tyson in close and paid for it with vicious body shot and uppercuts!).....not to mention the repetitive intentional head butts and PED abuse!....Holyfield was always a dirty fighter! But a GREAT "dirty" fighter!
Holyfield use to train on a heavybag with a tire around it @ head height, which is how he got so good @ using his head while making the butts look accidental!
💯These TYSON 👊🏾Spars 👊🏾Are More Aggressive Than Today’s Current Heavyweight Bouts 💯
80 90s never coming back
@@rafaelmartinmeuldijk6030 Hopefully it does soon. The lighter weight classes are still very good.
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"Who fights in those weight classes?
Bad mudaffkas , Monsters, that's who"
-Tyson, on lower weight classes
Sparing is so important it really prepares you for a real fight you can hit the bag and pads all day but they don't hit back
I sparred with my grandma but she didnt hit back for some reason
brick not hit back
@@MsJooy from blood sport?
Both are great, but def sparring is better!
@@MsJooy "Very good, BUT BRICK NOT HOT BACK"!...Chong li? lol
Respect to these men for taking on a monster.
We never got to see the best mike Tyson. He was still improving with Rooney and he hadn't peaked yet in his skills. All the progress stopped when Rooney got fired. Just imagine what he could have been
I and many believe that 1987-88 ( especially the fight with Spinks) was Tyson’s peak
Interesting thoughts
@@williamljonesjr6695Mike's best was during his run with Kevin, from 85 to 88. After that it was downhill.
@@inquebravel1570 yes that’s correct but we are talking about his absolute peak was 1987-88
@@williamljonesjr6695 he never got to reach his peak , ur just going off his best fights but that wasn't even his real peak , he had a lot more in him & he still did it on his own for awhile after the 80's but he didn't have his OG team anymore so he could only get so far especially when all the new ppl just wanted his money!!!!
Growing up with a Father who was a boxing promoter in the late 70's thru 2000 I remember most that when Tyson was only 18 he was the talk because NOBODY alive that could stop this Dynamic kid who had a style that seemed beatable when he stood in front of a guy with both hands at his chin. seemed amateurish ,,,,,, but then hell broke loose and it was time to call the EMT. To this day I have to say that feeling of something special,,, a once in a lifetime fighter does not exist today. I do not care about anything he did outside of the ring because he is human. In the ring for a long time he truly was SUPERMAN !
Brother can you share anything else I'm the 90s I love Mike and fighting too anything I can learn from you
He believed he was the Best that’s why he was and became the best. It’s part mental and part physical. He was great wasn’t he!
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Man, this is some hard sparring!
After Rooney he was never the same
100% agree. His fire was near gone and he stopped moving his head.
He stopped jabbing too.
@@hi-dl4kw he was still under kevin rooney after the prison
@@hans3216 no he was not, Rooney was fired prior to spinks fight If I remember correctly
@@hi-dl4kw hi hi🙂 haha like your name. 1988-06-27 was tyson last fight with rooney (Michael Spinks), then he kicked him out, all other fights was without rooney 🙂i was wrong about the statemant that he was still under rooney after prison. but i believe he was never the same anymore, rooney was trained by coz damato with the peek a boo style.
Back then, Mike didn't see a difference in "big" or "small", he only saw lunchmeat.
I remember when I was in Coxsackie , and the Co's used to talk about Mike being up in the Catskills training, since we were in Greene County, and we got to see him beat Trevor Berbick for the Title when he was 20. Back then ESPN has most of his fights we could watch him working up the ranks , he used to fight like once a month, where like nowadays you'd be lucky to see your favorite fighter go at it once a year. I loved his Peek a Boo style that Cus ingrained in his psyche, like Floyd Patterson,and Jose Torres, only Mike PERFECTED IT. I loved the Team that was built around Mike so sad when Cus passed , Jacobs passed, rooney was pushed out by Don King ,and the rest was History.
Well said
R.I.P. Cus D' Amato, I've watched all of Mike Tyson's fights, Including the 3 part, before & after fighting Mike comments, his opponent's said some interesting and some BS replies, Eddie Richardson was asked after being KOd if he had ever been beaten as hard as Tyson beat him, and his reply was "Yes, about a year ago, I was hit by a truck" The opponent for whom I have the greatest respect for, not making up excuses and telling the truth was Lorenzo Boyd, when asked by Larry Merchant if Tyson could beat anyone in heavyweight boxing right now, Lorenzo said "Yes, He'll Go All The Way" And when Tyson fought Pinklon Thomas, I've never seen a man take as many brutal punches to the face and head as he did, and Tyson said "I hit him with everything I had, and didn't care if he died" of course he changed that later down the road. Thanks S.V. Great Channel. 👍 🇺🇸
Kevin Rooney trained Mike to fight the way HE (Kevin Rooney) fought! Watch the Kevin Rooney V. Alexis Arguello fight, and see if the fighting styles aren't EERILY similar. Even the the way Rooney gets KO'd, the combination he ate, looks like the same combination that Mike lost on to Lennox Lewis. Check it out. Mike Tyson is my FAVORITE ATHLETE OF ALL TIME, but Cus D'amato's death left Mike in the hands of a trainer who tried to clone himself in a Heavyweight. He basically kept the "philosophy" of Cus intact, but adjusted the method.
Never beat anyone except an old, rusty Holmes and a terrified Spinks and if you tried to actually win he fell apart, even Tillis was within a round of getting a draw.
Holyfield and Lewis faced and beat far better competition and achieved far more their whole careers.
Youngest ever champion an unified the belts this guy earned his rep he was fantastic in his prime an the most exciting boxer around . Lewis Holyfield didn’t have the impact or iconic status in boxing to this day .
@red flag They may not of had the charisma but they achieved far more, fact.
I'm wondering if you were around in the mid 80s because he was enormously hyped and his style was very exciting but he was one dimensional and never had a plan B, never showed he could come through adversity, got spooked when an opponent wasn't and had a very short prime.
I'm a Tyson fan and even spent 2 months with Rooney in the Catskills in 92 but . . . . .
@@bigdaddy4069 ye I was around an imo he was fantastic an the division was a high standard
They wouldn't come against you until you 💯 had problems 💯
Excellent video. Thanks for making this!
It's fitting that Mike is such a historian of boxing, studying the greats, and now he joins them, there for us to study along with the best of all time. In my opinion Iron Mike is at the top of that list.
Mr Gus loved Mr Tyson he saw the greatness in little Mike an unlocked it may God bless Mr Gus in heaven an Mike here on earth he's had a hard journey I'm older but always admired you Mr Mike. Carry on
You put that really nicely.
Post prison he just completely abandoned his jab almost like he forgot how to throw it and his head movement started to slack which was probably attributed to softer camps and less conditioning after Rooney
also the peek a boo style was so scarce at the time that none of the other camps really know how to sharpen or enhance Mike's style.
@@wasabi5338plus he was just so muscle bound and it made him tire quick
100% agree
He fired the last Trainer Connected to Cus in 1989(Kevin Rooney), after that he started digressing. Kevin Rooney kept Mike disciplined and wasn't a "Yes Man".
After 1989, Mike surrounded himself with "Yes Men", who never told him No you shouldn't do that Mike you have a fight coming up.
Iron Mike was tough as hell for being so small as a heavyweight. Kinda reminds me of rocky Marciano the way he dips to inside throwing combos
9:50 😅
One week ago i had a sparring match against someone 70lbs bigger than me who fought serious with hard punches,i was lucky enough to block most critical punches but even then they shooked me,cant imagine going into the ring with someone like mike who is 10 times worse,he would kill me
Big guy was a pussy to fight smaller dude.
Get better kid. IF you can't last sparring with mike you're in the wrong sport!
@@TexterEX bro what
@@TexterEX actually if he could last with Tyson sparring then hes in the right sport
@@KD400_ he obviously meant can't
dude, your video is on top! this is godamn great, man
This is an amazing video! So many clips I’ve never seen before, and I would’ve swore that I’ve seen everything out there from Mike. Thank you!
Fighters like Mike are very rare god bless him…cus was a great teacher
What a treat to watch! Thank you for making these videos. Mike Tyson was great in the ring, because he was great in the gym: to be great in the ring, you must be first great in the gym.
He was Not much in the Gym when He was Not great. He was partying
@@primesuspect8198 not in the early to late 80s he wasnt!...you thinking of post rooney tyson...ala don king managed tyson high as kite on coke and partying
@@stavros693000 Exactly. The younger fans often get Tysons life and career timelines completely mixed up. They don’t realise Tyson was like 3 different people with 3 different career paths and agendas over the course of 20 something years.
Old tyson clips are like a "How it's Made" episode of making an elite pounding machine.
If Tyson stayed training under Kevin Rooney and stayed away from Don King then he would be a top three heavyweight champion under Ali, Louis and Holmes. Don King, sniffing Cocaine, too much money, partying and being with the wrong crowd killed his passion for boxing and his career. Mike's true prime lasted until 1988 with his Michael Spinks fight with trainer Kevin Rooney. He was good when he fought Ruddock and other guys in the 1990s. But by then he was no longer moving his head, throwing combinations and looking for one big punch. His passion was never the same once Rooney left.
Don't forget his first wife had a hand in his demise.
Holmes? He above holmes
Tyson just hit way to hard in his days🔥 got dam that man threw lethal punches💯
I been training and sparring and the amount of energy it takes to move that fast at heavyweight is crazy. He was bad man one of a kind no duplicates
With all the muscle he used to carry & still move as fast as he did possessing the craziest knockout power he was just insane
@@ikhlas8135 I agree. You fight like you train he went all out in every drill, every minute on the bag, in sparring he never did nothing low intensity. All his clips he goes all out. A bad man. None of these heavyweights these days are like the old ones.💯
He lost to EVERY BIG CHAMPION. Wind up your bullshit...
I'm 45 and grew up watching Tyson. a lot of fighters, we watch and see as they get older, if they last, you can see them all lose something. That thing that Tyson had, he still hasn't lost it, I don't believe he ever will. he's still fukin great .
what a great video.
thanks so much.
What's crazy is mike didn't wear headgear but his sparring partners always did😂😂
headgears give a false sense of security, my coach said if you have an upcoming fight wearing a headgear is not recommended.
@@fdevaa you must be young , I've been boxing since I was 12 ,I'm 50 now.and still train twice a week...head gear is used to protect your head and face from damage. If your smart , you will protect yourself f what your coach said...,cus was the only trainer doing that
@@nothaviniteither yeah i've only been boxing for several months now. as for me it depends on who my opponent is, if its someone I know who has power in their hands, i'd wear a headgear lol. but for the most part i prefer sparring without headgear. But yeah in Mike's case its crazy, he was only 14 then and his opponent was 25.
@@fdevaa cus didn't want mike to wear headgear because he wanted him to know what real heavyweight power felt like...we are not mike and our trainers are not cus...so f that protect yourself at ALL times ie wear your headgear ..
He wears headgear in at least some of the clips here. It doesn’t prevent brain damage either. Just cuts.
Great video
Thank you very much for these great videos of Tyson really thank you wish you millions of subscribers. See you soon for more videos I hope we all Peek a boo style Tyson fans.🙏🏻❤️
Awesome!!! 25 minutes of constant bombardments from Iron Mike!!!! Thank you!
Amateur Mike not iron mike
@@shobhitgodara4682 what?
Mike went up against taller, heavier guys. He was just as scared as you. He was only 5’10 fighting heavyweights.
Not enough attention and respect is given to Cus. He made world champions, he was all about the mental aspects of a man and the war within yourself to push yourself. "Cus believe a fighter must train often and hard" you could say that about any endeavor. IF cuz was alive today half the world would be trying to get him on ted tlks and pod casts and the man would have none of it. He had no interest in foolish things, attention, only being your best at whatever it is you want in your life.
Those rapid-fire body shots are nasty. Let one of them catch you in between breaths.
Tyson was only 18 or 19 here what a beast every punch he threw he wanted to take your head of look at his movement always moving his head from side to side and ducking down avoiding anything that was coming his way this is a time when he had Gus
People always obsess over these 'mike tyson combos' invariably involving upper cuts, hook... 90% of what he effectively did was with a hard jab from a few different angles.
Great video. Thanks
Masterpiece ever. Great
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😂 the subtitles
oh!!! good video
Questa sì che era box grande 👍💪
he punchin the fuck outta a 14 year old…i know he mike but still hilarious 😂
He really trying to survive out there
Man!!! If cus was 10 more year with Mike, he would have been THE GOAT!!!! Don't get me wrong, he is still one of the greatest but with cus, he would have reached levels that no other boxer would have achieved.
"SPARRING" .... thats a legit fight. damn, those guys had no idea who this kid was going to be.
The captions call Cus D'amato: Custom Model and Custom Auto 😂
Love Mike, best boxer
Don't you love the way boxers usually secretly have respect for each other, if your good
Great footage
The sign of a true boxing casual is when they point out the limited talent available during the era Tyson fought in, or how Tyson wilted whenever he faced tougher opponents.
They never acknowledge his freak work ethic and what that would have carried him to if Cus had been 20 years younger and Rooney had remained his trainer.
It seems crazy to think he wouldn't have gone down as the greatest boxer of all time.
💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿
I wish Kevin Rooney would have remained Mike Tyson trainer
@@139fulton ??
@@usagi7100 I was acknowledging the statement is Cus was twenty years younger when he met Iron Mike Tyson
Back when well known people said complimentary things about each other.
I love you Mike Tyson your the greatest
Bro the thumbnail 😂
Thank you
this is excellent rare footage
After rooney he stopped moving his head didn't use angles an foot work to position his opponent where he wanted them after rooney he would kinda just walk forward at you take a couple hits in the face an then try to throw a heavy punch cuz he know all he had to do was connect with one clean shot an it was lights out
listening to his trainer i kind of understand where tyson's voice came from.
Just watching him shadow box is very motivational
You sparring with Mike, you had a big heart, for sure..
The most powerful punches in history, this Mike had for sure 🥊🥊🥊
or super broke, behind on alimony.
Nope, Rocky Marciano punched the hardest in history!!!!
Mike Tyson looks adorable in that face helmet in the thumbnail.
I'm sure boxers of today do not have this kind of experience guaranteed
Most people saw tyson as undersized until they seen him fight
Mike Tyson would have easily retired undefeated hadn’t he let his mind/inner demons get the best of him.
No hype no music in the gym. This is a true blue good ol self motivated discipline! Humanity's hardness gets softer with time, unless WW3 or some global plague hits us again which is unlikely, at least not to the degree of back then.. so its sad we will never see true warriors again! The irony is ppl need to watch this kinda video to be motivated and thats already soft.
14 pushing a 25 yr old is a underrated feat
Not to mention the size difference
Kevin Rooney's lesson on elusiveness seems to elude a lot of fighters and their trainers.
He a monster
His jab is so underrated
I'm 11 right now and training for my 4th amateur fight right now and this is my idol
A kid obsessed with Tate and smashing his underdeveloped head on boxing gloves
oh boy. this won’t end well lmao.
Let me tell you something. I went through a similar phase like you (12-16)
I sparred hard everyday and had five amateur bouts. And just with that
I already have some CTE. I got a stutter, my thinking speed has slowed down too.
I only joined boxing I wanted to become the best fighter at my school lol. In the end I got that but it meant nothinf
With this CTE, I can’t run a gang, I can’t roast people, I can’t talk shit, I can’t talk to girls, I can barely crack jokes anymore. Without my old speaking and thinking speed, life is just dogshit man.
Everyday is hell. It only
Happened to me because I sparred heavily daily.
But i still wish I just never entered boxing
@@maalikserebryakov I'm sorry to hear about your undeveloped speech and things bro and I'll take your advice on board but fighting is my passion and I love it so I will not stop it...
Beautiful
What am I missing here. I mean I don't understand his build. I have yet to see him do weighted squats or bench presses. How the f' can you be built like that without those excercises. Did he do those? Can someone clear this up for me. He did do those things correct?
He speed doing those shoe shines . Wow
Just cos of Mikes skill, one might think his sparring partners are mid
Très bonne vidéo je sais pas où ta chopé sa .
I know all the glory at that time was at Heavyweight, but Tyson would have been even MORE destructive in the next weight class down. I know he weighed in the 220s for most of his career, but he often seemed so much naturally smaller than his opponents. You regularly see boxers and MMA fighters cut well over 25lbs to make a lower weight class, which Tyson easily could have done.
Trust me, I very much enjoyed seeing Tyson as a Heavyweight, and he was obviously very dominant at that weight class, but when he started fighting the "big" heavyweights like Lennox Lewis he was obviously at major disadvantage. When you see Tyson today being interviewed, he often looks smaller than the interviewer or people around him. Crazy to know that he was the baddest man on earth even though he wasn't naturally huge. Same goes for Fedor in MMA for that matter.
He had fought guys as big as lennox when he was younger, When he had got to Lennox he had lost a step "speed" wise. Also, at that time he was relying solely on power punching, I think 20-23 Mike who relied more on movement would have fared better with Lennox.
his whole style relied on being smaller and quicker, more explosive.
@@blackhoodie4170peek a boo was perfect for Mike's build
Those punching sounds they make in the movies, they sampled them off of Mike.
His skill is terrifyingly talented!!
This is a wildly structured sentence.
R.I.P. to Rick Mellon
I believe the real reason Mike did so well because he truly LOVED CUS ! And Mike would have done ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING for him ! And cus SIMPLY ADORED MIKE LIKE ONE OF HIS OWN KIDS ! PROBABLY EVEN MORE !!! and it shows!!!
This footage is nuts incredible amazing when he was with Rooney , you see the change automatically all the hangers ons vultures if he just been left alone with his original team , But mike decided the change that cost him his fate that is number one rule in boxing DISCIPLINE .What an absolute machine if only he was in condition to properly fight Lennox & Evander that would of been something instead of a shot Mike ,instead of 220 oiled greased up killing machine .
Yes, Don King and his first wife messed this all up fammo.
I'm 5ft8, I sparred with someone who was 6ft4 and over 45kg more than me, i got whooped, but i managed to block and dodge hard hits. It hurt, but aftef a couple of days I felt fine. I think if I got into a ring with Mike tyson, I genuinely would be terrified and most likely just die 😅.
It's good to overcome fear, but sometimes you're just an idiot if you don't acknowledge it at all...
I got my ass whooped by someone 20 kgs lighter than me when i was a begginer
I thought boxing matches were according to weight? 45kg is a lottt of difference. Forget that life
Sparring only. Practice makes perfect
Proof size matters
Imagine in a real street fight you would be stomped
@3:30 "a man's natural fear can be used as an allie" Deep!!
Just insane how a 14 year old can be that big, fast and strong at the same time.
Title should say big sparring partners vs MIKE TYSON
Big george❤ what a Gentleman for me the best Champion
can you include the tape of kevin rooney and mike on the pads in tokyo 88’ in another video? cant find it
Bendito prodigio
Fun being a sparring(?) partner when you are all alone you have not only Mike trying to take your head off but he is being coached and praised if he lands a hard punch, lol geez!
Tyson 14 sparring with no headgear is insane 😮 Tyson was so quick and Powerful
Big Up All The Legends
CUS & MIKE FOREVER 👍👍👍
I LITERALLY CANT BELIEVE THAT LAST DUDE STAYED UP!!!
D’ Amato sounded just like Mike when he spoke
If cus didn't die and he kept his whole team. Mike Tyson probably would of retired undefeated.
"u hear him IT COULDDDD CREATTEEEE PROBLEMSSSSS FOR YOUUUUUUU" CONCUSIIONUCIOON
AFTER GETTING HIT BY TYSON
0:56 mike gets nailed
If he was never to meet Don King he would be the GOAT
Heavily Agree 👍
Wow, you know cus was like a dad to Mike, but Kevin Rooney was like his older brother. Mike even talks like how Kevin talks earlier in this video. The cadence of speaking and words used are very similar to the way Mike talks, especially back when he was in his early 20s
its the equivalent of you playing a video game with a child and getting your ass beat and going 'i guess i'm too old for video games'