This columnist for NBC annoys me. He actually has the gall to call Mike Tyson a champion, on par with Ali.
This was amusing to read:
"And then there was Tyson, who remains the only heavyweight since Ali who will truly be remembered as a personality. Evander Holyfield, Larry Holmes and Lennox Lewis were all better fighters than Tyson, but none of them were better champions."
Ironic that right next to that paragraph was a link to this article:
Yeah, real champion eh Celizic? I don't recall Dempsey, Louis, Marciano, Ali, or Lewis ever biting their opponent's nipple. Correct that, opponents' nipples.
Tyson never had any personality, and is not a representation of any generation, least of all the last 20 years. He got set up beating up a lot of chumps. He was never the best of his generation, nor did he ever beat the best of his generation.
The only reason columnists like Celizic dredge him up over and over again is to sell copy.
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