Resume...Tyson v mayweather

[M Bison]

As much I dislike Mayweather and love Tyson, Mayweather has the greater resume. And it's not really that close when you think about it. Holyfield and Lewis's resumes vs. Floyd's would be a better a debate.

Tyson left no question in doubt about who he fought he fought better level of opponents and at the right time not at a cherry picked time, no stipulations and he even was willing to fight abroad.

Lets compare prime Vs. prime opponents

Tyson
Evander Holyfield
Lennox Lewis
Frank Bruno

Mayweather
Diego Corralles
Ricky Hatton
Victor Ortiz

It really doesn't compare, like the great Muhammad Ali said
No great fighter goes undefeated If he is fighting everyone he is meant to be fighting, Tyson followed that same idea.

Just honestly for a second Tyson and Floyd they're two completely different type of people old school who wanted to fight the best Vs. the new school who wanted to talk about business, making money and manipulating what he does so he can make himself more marketable and ask yourself this is losing marketable?
Floyd didn't test himself to the fullest that is undoubtable we can't say the same about Tyson hence why Tyson has lost and Floyd hasn't (well he did lose to Maidana and Castillo but he got gifts by the judges).

[juggernaut666]

Red Cyclone says Buster Douglass is greater then Castillo and Maidana

Douglas when on point was as good a HW technical boxer as ive seen. He lost early in career and when overweight ,his only real losses in shape and when he was no longer a rookie was to Ferguson and Tucker (a fight he couldve won ) .Between 86 and 90 he was real good ,he only lacked desire which is crucial to succeed and be a champion . Hes also the only guy i saw knock down a guy 3 times with a jab ,which was one of the best ever ,take away popularity and actually watch him fight he couldve had a shot to beat anyone but he was mentally weak and that 6'4 body with 83 inches of reach got about to 80% of his actual potential .

[boliodogs]

For me it's Mayweather by a wide margin. Mayweather was a reigning champion most of the time from the age of 21 until he retired age 38. He beat many champions and top contenders and he never lost a fight or had a draw. He was never cleanly knocked down in spite of fighting many punchers and boxers bigger than himself. Tyson got off to a good start but later he suffered numerous loses and KO defeats. At age 38 he was not very good anymore. If you could make a prime Tyson and a prime Mayweather exactly the same size I think Mayweather would beat easily beat Tyson.

[BoxingFan85]

Mayweather and it's not even up for debate.. Somebody pointed it out right.. Mayweather vs Lennox is probably a great debate..

[Larry the boss]

Tyson left no question in doubt about who he fought he fought better level of opponents and at the right time not at a cherry picked time, no stipulations and he even was willing to fight abroad.

Lets compare prime Vs. prime opponents

Tyson
Evander Holyfield
Lennox Lewis
Frank Bruno

Mayweather
Diego Corralles
Ricky Hatton
Victor Ortiz

It really doesn't compare, like the great Muhammad Ali said
No great fighter goes undefeated If he is fighting everyone he is meant to be fighting, Tyson followed that same idea.

Just honestly for a second Tyson and Floyd they're two completely different type of people old school who wanted to fight the best Vs. the new school who wanted to talk about business, making money and manipulating what he does so he can make himself more marketable and ask yourself this is losing marketable?
Floyd didn't test himself to the fullest that is undoubtable we can't say the same about Tyson hence why Tyson has lost and Floyd hasn't (well he did lose to Maidana and Castillo but he got gifts by the judges).

Tyson lost to Holyfield who had a damn heart issue and was supposed to retired years earlier..and he also lost to Lennox..LIST WHO HE BEAT!!!

[John Locke]

Floyd's resume is a LOT better

[Willy Wanker]

Tyson left no question in doubt about who he fought he fought better level of opponents and at the right time not at a cherry picked time, no stipulations and he even was willing to fight abroad.

Lets compare prime Vs. prime opponents

Tyson
Evander Holyfield
Lennox Lewis
Frank Bruno

Mayweather
Diego Corralles
Ricky Hatton
Victor Ortiz

It really doesn't compare, like the great Muhammad Ali said
No great fighter goes undefeated If he is fighting everyone he is meant to be fighting, Tyson followed that same idea.

Just honestly for a second Tyson and Floyd they're two completely different type of people old school who wanted to fight the best Vs. the new school who wanted to talk about business, making money and manipulating what he does so he can make himself more marketable and ask yourself this is losing marketable?
Floyd didn't test himself to the fullest that is undoubtable we can't say the same about Tyson hence why Tyson has lost and Floyd hasn't (well he did lose to Maidana and Castillo but he got gifts by the judges).

Tyson went 2-3 against the guys you mentioned. I know the 2nd Holyfield fight was a DQ, but Tyson still didn't win. Holyfield wasn't exactly prime at the time either and Lewis was a little past it as well. Actually, Holyfield was viewed as a cherrypick gone wrong.

I won't argue that Floyd didn't test himself to the fullest when he retired in 08 instead of fighting Cotto or Margarito and fighting an older Pacquiao, but Cotto and Pac still had a lot left in the tank when he beat them. Floyd never lost to a Buster Douglas type of opponent in his prime.

I've criticized Floyd's resume for years, but he still has a better one. His resume at 130-135 is pretty solid.

Even if Floyd's resume could have much better without the cherrypicking in the second half of his career, it still has some great wins. He could have lost on the scorecards to Castillo and Maidana, but Floyd did give them rematches and beat them both decisively. He deserves credit for that and his resume would have been much worse if he didn't fight them again. Top fighters like Garcia or Canelo didn't give rematches to guys who arguably beat them.

[Larry the boss]

And are we going to ignore the fact that Tyson dropped his WBC belt to not fight Lennox Lewis IN 1996??

[Sugar Adam Ali]

Mayweather by far...

Tyson's best wins are
Berbick
Old holmes
Old Spinks
Bruno
Ruddock
Tucker

Floyd got
Corrales
Hatton
Manny
Cotto
Canelo
Marquez
Maidana
Castillo

Plus floyd never lost to journeymen like buster douglas

[Larry the boss]

at 38 Floyd was p4p #1 and beating the p4p #2 Manny Pacquiao who himself is an ATG..

at 38 Tyson was getting knocked out by ****ing Kevin McBride