manny pacquiao is better than mike tyson in history...

[Benny Leonard]

He struggled with Ruddock twice. In Tyson's own words his career ended in 1990 when he lost to Buster Douglas. Prison or not, he probably would not have had a greater career than he did because he simply did not care about boxing anymore.

Tyson lost interest after beating Spinks because he had achieved all that he ever wanted to achieve at that point. His life outside of the ring had also become chaos.

OK, on that note and going by that way of thinking, YES; Manny is better. Manny came back from two devastating KO's and got himself together through a strong mind and is now on top of the P4P list.


Tyson became more vulnerable after Spinks and without Rooney. How well he would have done if he stayed motivated and with Rooney...who knows.

The best thing for him would have been Cus being a lot younger and him being alive to manage things for him.

But that is the way life can be...


And I agree: He beat Ruddok but he wasn't impressive except for being able to take the shots he took.

[TheGreatA]

it still does not change the fact that mike tyson will be remmemberd far more then pacquio. pacs the better fighter, and has the better resume, but mike was 19 knocking people da **** out in an era where boxing was famous. wheather mike is an ATG or not, he had a huge impact on boxing, and pop culture.

No one would disagree with you but that was not the question. Tyson is more popular but this doesn't make him greater than Pacquiao as a boxer.

[portuge puncher]

No one would disagree with you but that was not the question. Tyson is more popular but this doesn't make him greater than Pacquiao as a boxer.

i dont know, if there was a guy as small as pac but was the exact same way pound 4 pound as tyson, idk who would win.