Damn, Deontay Wilder.

[JohnnyV13]

Originally Posted by Chiefshrink

Respectfully disagree. Tyson was never a boxer and never had to be a boxer because of his nuclear punching ability. But that was Tyson's big weakness was that he never learned to box when it mattered most a la Douglas/Holyfield exposing him. Yes Tyson had many distractions along the way as you mentioned that didn't help but Tyson never learned to truly box when he needed to against the great fighters like Holyfield.

Demonstrably wrong.

Early Tyson had SERIOUS boxing skills. He set up his vicious uppercuts by making people miss.

Young Tyson was very hard to hit, and when he made you miss, he responded with devastating combinations. That's boxing skills.

Watch for yourself: