Originally posted by GRUSTLER
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As far as Atlas and D'Amato are concerned. If I remember correctly Gus had died long before Tyson had even won the WBC strap from Berbick in 1986. And Atlas was not as involved with Tyson's career as much as some fans like to believe. And he was long gone before Mike had even turned pro. Now, if you would have said Kevin Rooney that would have made sense. However, if Rooney was such a good trainer, and I do believe that he is still in the business, what has he done since?
And as far as Tyson not being trained and spending to much time with to many Asian hookers. The way I see it is that Tyson was no novice. He already had what ten title fights and fought the same way in all of them. In other words you can't teach old dogs new tricks. He had annihilated Carl Williams in his previous fight. And for you all that don't remember Carl gave Larry Holmes all he could handle a couple of years earlier. And I personally believe that "The Truth" had actually beaten Holmes. And in the end Tyson came into the Blubber fight in fighting shape. And fought the same fight as he did against everyone else he had fought. Mike just had the misfortune of going up against a fighter who was not afraid of him and was going through a tragic time in his life. And for one night all the planets were aligned and he was able to put it all together and whooped Tyson's a$$.
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