If Tyson won the Olympic Trials

[VG_Addict]

What if Tyson was declared the winner in the Trials finals against Tillman? How far would he have gone in the Olympics?

[ShoulderRoll]

Tillman won the Olympic gold medal. If Mike would have been good enough to beat him then you'd have to think he would have a great chance of going all the way.

[rightsideup]

the silver medalist was willie dewitt who i believe beat henry twice once knocking him cold. i think mike would have won although anything is possible.

[BKM-]

the silver medalist was willie dewitt who i believe beat henry twice once knocking him cold. i think mike would have won although anything is possible.

Is there footage of this?

[Eff Pandas]

I think he woulda won, but lets not act like there isn't intangibles with Tyson. Like I think there is probably a 20% chance he woulda got kicked off the Olympic squad for showing his **** to one of those 15 year old gymnasts.

[rightsideup]

Is there footage of this?

i had it on vhs but accidentally erased it but remember it well henry was flurrying off the ropes and willie hit him with a short right and he fell hard and took awhile to be revived.

[BKM-]

i had it on vhs but accidentally erased it but remember it well henry was flurrying off the ropes and willie hit him with a short right and he fell hard and took awhile to be revived.

Did it go something like this?


lol deja vu.

[rightsideup]

willie was involved in one of the more bizarre amateur fights

[Ray Corso]

By the time Tyson was eligible for Open Class Trails I had already relinquished
my position in amateur boxing. However when I was Tyson's Region 1 team coach there was already discussions about his style lending to warnings and possible DQ's. Cus would have liked him to be able to succeed but it was not a major concern in Mikes development.

Having your head positioned in front of your gloves is not a favored style. Also lowering the head below your opponents waist could possibly be a problem in international competition. Olympic boxing, after the '76 games set a presidence
on style & form. Prior to those games most of the amateur styling was from the iron block countries and the AAU in the States and it resembled the pros!

Ray.

[ShoulderRoll]

By the time Tyson was eligible for Open Class Trails I had already relinquished
my position in amateur boxing. However when I was Tyson's Region 1 team coach there was already discussions about his style lending to warnings and possible DQ's. Cus would have liked him to be able to succeed but it was not a major concern in Mikes development.

Having your head positioned in front of your gloves is not a favored style. Also lowering the head below your opponents waist could possibly be a problem in international competition. Olympic boxing, after the '76 games set a presidence
on style & form. Prior to those games most of the amateur styling was from the iron block countries and the AAU in the States and it resembled the pros!

Ray.

Wow, very thoughtful answer Ray. I can see how Tyson's style would maybe not be a good fit for the amateurs.