Mike Tyson returns to the Ring at 53.

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Originally Posted by Vic79

He’s not any worse then most professional athletes, actors, politicians, or extremely wealthy people. Really most people in general. He’s been pretty open about saying that he doesn’t like who he was back in the day.

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He's worse than a lot of "professional athletes, actors, politicians, or extremely wealthy people." He started out as a gang banging piece of shit and then somebody gave him a lot of money and that didn't make him any better.

The fact that there are other bad people out there changes nothing. The discussion is Mike Tyson and he is a reprehensible piece of dog shit. He's no "OJ bad" but he's still a real piece of shit.

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Originally Posted by ABNAK

He's definitely dropped weight. His speed with the punches is still impressive, but that footwork and body juking/ducking makes my head spin! Do his knees not hurt at 53? Lower back?

He'd make a helluva boxing coach. Looks like he has taken a shine to it with the instruction he was giving some of those younger guys.

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All of that juking is a shuffle to load a punch, that's going to really hurt on the receiving side.
I sparred Ray Mercer back when he was a Spc 4/E5 in the Army in Wursberg. He did a little shuffle like that and hit me in the right side so hard I almost passed out.
At that level, it's no joke and you're not getting out un scarred, I've got a 35K nose.

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Originally Posted by SteyrAUG

He's worse than a lot of "professional athletes, actors, politicians, or extremely wealthy people." He started out as a gang banging piece of shit and then somebody gave him a lot of money and that didn't make him any better.

The fact that there are other bad people out there changes nothing. The discussion is Mike Tyson and he is a reprehensible piece of dog shit. He's no "OJ bad" but he's still a real piece of shit.

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Nobody gave him anything. The dude worked his ass off to become the youngest heavyweight champion ever. I don’t think they just handed the title over to him. I will standby he is no worse than most.
Edit. I forgot to add he’s probably better than most musicians/bands as well.

MMA folks are where its at if you want serious toughness boxing is a sport with to many rules ? but I do reckon he will do OK with proper picks of who he fights but against the best in prime I think he will gas himself

Is he really intending to come back and fight? If so, he is going to get crushed if he fights a younger fighter. I hate to see that kind of fighting, like when Chuck Liddell came back to fight Tito. That was awful and sad.

Maybe we'll a Evander Holyfield vs Mike Tyson 3?

https://www.essentiallysports.com/im...r-boxing-news/

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Originally Posted by Vic79

Even at 53 the man is terrifying. It’s probably a bit of a mix of God-given strength and speed, a hella amount of hard work. And advances in testosterone replacement and anti-aging therapies in men.

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I need to take what he does..lol. That speed is scary, but the question is would he last 10 rounds...

Ali came out of retirement and got his ass handed to him by Holmes.

Holmes came out of retirement and got his ass handed to him by Tyson.

Tyson comes out of retirement and gets his ass handed to him by ?

Like most of the lessons Tyson has learned in life, he’s going to learn the hard way that age is not on his side, and although he is one tough SOB, a younger man will be the victor and bring some pain.

At 53, recovery from a fight, even one you win- cannot be a fun thing.

I’m only 38 and I cannot even imagine trying to fight the 20 year old me and “winning” anything.

I feel kind of sorry for these guys that can’t let go and try to resurrect their former greatness. It never goes the way they’d like.

Plus, he’s a major piece of shit and should just go away already. Take that token Hollywood acting role now and again, train some other boxers, attone for the wrongs you’ve done and live out your life in a relaxed fashion.

Good luck, Mike, you’re gonna need it!

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Originally Posted by utahjeepr

Ali came out of retirement and got his ass handed to him by Holmes.

Holmes came out of retirement and got his ass handed to him by Tyson.

Tyson comes out of retirement and gets his ass handed to him by ?

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That’s not really even apples to oranges comparison thats chicken salad to a banana.
When Ali fought Holmes he was already showing signs of Parkinson’s disease and just looked physically out of shape and unprepared. It was surprising he even got medically cleared.
After Holmes got beat by Tyson he went on to have a pretty decent final stretch. Hell he fought Holyfield for the title.

Don’t forget George foreman came back and won a share of the title, he looked old, slow, and fat as F!