When Tyson Petrified Michael Spinks

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  • @kevinvandorst
    @kevinvandorst Год назад +488

    There will never be a fighter like Mike Tyson again. Legend.

    • @brucescott4261
      @brucescott4261 Год назад +2

      @kevinvandorst ...Thank God!

    • @BENEATH_THE_SEWERS
      @BENEATH_THE_SEWERS Год назад +8

      Lmao. Seeing mike tyson in his prime is like WTF, are you joking.

    • @maxxxmodelz4061
      @maxxxmodelz4061 Год назад +17

      There are no fighters as elusive and defensive as Mike was in his prime while still being aggressive and explosive in power. He had the perfect combination of skills. I believe he could have defeated any of the greats in his prime.

    • @easterbuny2226
      @easterbuny2226 Год назад +3

      overrated

    • @dustinf49
      @dustinf49 Год назад +4

      @@easterbuny2226 In who's book? Edit": Obviously yours

  • @dannygrizz4358
    @dannygrizz4358 Год назад +1333

    “A typical day of training for Tyson starts at 4am. No alarm clock. His body just knows.” wtf i need that circadian rhythm 😭😂

    • @DepressionShaman
      @DepressionShaman Год назад +117

      Oh you get used to getting up early. Even 13 years after getting out of the military, getting up at 5 am still seems normal.

    • @KillyJoe
      @KillyJoe Год назад +75

      No kidding I work at 3am everyday and it’s amazing how often I just randomly wake up two minutes before my alarm goes off. I’d say more often than not I do

    • @GorGob
      @GorGob Год назад +10

      There were no phones in that training camp distracting.

    • @Ellis_B
      @Ellis_B Год назад +9

      ​@C yr a warrior

    • @patrickoleary2247
      @patrickoleary2247 Год назад +1

      😂😂😂😂

  • @codyfezatte5130
    @codyfezatte5130 Год назад +781

    " The most difficult part of fighting ,believe it or not is the training . The fighting is the easy part " . Mike Tyson .

    • @OtomoTenzi
      @OtomoTenzi Год назад +31

      Easy for HIM to say... Cuz Iron Mike was knockin' people out left and right, during his prime! 🥊

    • @codyfezatte5130
      @codyfezatte5130 Год назад +1

      @@OtomoTenzi lol !

    • @AndriesOlckers-gd2uz
      @AndriesOlckers-gd2uz Год назад +8

      Discipline!

    • @spar2anl546
      @spar2anl546 Год назад +23

      bro loves the space bar

    • @PinkoKane
      @PinkoKane Год назад +2

      That's why I've trained daily and have always been ready since I was 13. Ask my 6'2" brother when he was 16.

  • @alexthomas6922
    @alexthomas6922 Год назад +1543

    Respect to anyone who never backed down from going into the ring with Mike Tyson in his prime!!

    • @hoopdreams468
      @hoopdreams468 Год назад +16

      Fact's

    • @fatkhabib7440
      @fatkhabib7440 Год назад +28

      Anyone with a brain would have done it, Leon got paid 29 million for that fight

    • @patrickvuorela2138
      @patrickvuorela2138 Год назад +3

      Agreed

    • @AgentGibbs
      @AgentGibbs Год назад +8

      Mike Tyson was just too fast and powerful for Spinks. You can see Spinks couldn't maneuver around or even block Tyson punches on time because they were so hard and quick with accuracy.

    • @gen-x-zeke8446
      @gen-x-zeke8446 Год назад +1

      I used to play a game at work called "Would You?" and it was about what we would do for a certain amount of money, such as, "I just shat in my panties".

  • @stevesmith9447
    @stevesmith9447 Год назад +523

    I remember watching this live with my dad when I was ten years old. Two hours scheduled for the fight and just boom, down. We loved it!

    • @MAGACOPP
      @MAGACOPP Год назад

      Dam U old
      😵

    • @LiquidNorris
      @LiquidNorris Год назад +30

      I remember playing Mike Tyson's Punch Out for the NES that same day.

    • @GordonGEICO
      @GordonGEICO Год назад +25

      I was 8 when this fight happened. My older brother got my dad tickets to watch the fight on the big screen at the Superdome a couple hours away in New Orleans. I still remember my dad talking about how he missed the whole fight: reached to pick up his beer and missed the first knockdown, reached to put his beer down and missed the second knockdown.

    • @murphyslawNYC4103
      @murphyslawNYC4103 Год назад +5

      I have pretty much the same story except I was 7 I just remember shortly after that fight is when pay per view started charging by the round no longer 59.99 flat rate because Tyson just kept destroying these guys in the first round lol

    • @jackson5116
      @jackson5116 Год назад

      @@LiquidNorris rumor has it so did Spinks, just so he had an actual chance to beat Tyson.

  • @amit_patel654
    @amit_patel654 Год назад +299

    "The moment you contemplate retirement, you're finished." I got chills from that.

    • @jodycwilliams
      @jodycwilliams Год назад +9

      Tyson Fury didn't get this memo, neither did Big George Foreman.

    • @joebot9309
      @joebot9309 5 месяцев назад +1

      At 57 and still trying to powerlift, its a thought that crosses my mind more often now lol

  • @DreamWindX
    @DreamWindX Год назад +505

    Tyson's training routine was absolutely nuts. Wow.

    • @timfoote6919
      @timfoote6919 Год назад

      Tyson was NUTS!!! not mentally....not really....seems like a nice guy actually. But what he had....no one else did. His signature combo, he'd sneak up hit you about 5 times with what sounded like gunshots, and then he was gone. It's why some many fights started and ended so fast. Only a few looked like they knew what to do with him. he was smaller, faster, stronger by a mile and his technique didn't let you throw power at him. It was a marvel to watch and I doubt in my time I'll see the likes of Mike Tyson or Michael Jordan again! It is hard to tell my kids what a monster he was. SO FAST,,,and man....hit like THANOS!!

    • @mikeluc9916
      @mikeluc9916 Год назад +17

      That’s why he was the best.

    • @b_f_d_d
      @b_f_d_d Год назад +17

      That's why he's arguably the greatest ever

    • @elasmojones
      @elasmojones Год назад +1

      heh, I thought they all did that...

    • @sfprivateer
      @sfprivateer Год назад +4

      Indeed. Mike woke up and had a glass of coke. He then ate a brick of cocaine for breakfast. Then two hours working out, followed by a snort of coke for post workout. Then after recovery from the training, another glass of coke to wash everything down.
      Repeating that routine day after day is indeed amazing!

  • @B_GNation
    @B_GNation Год назад +448

    This version of Mike Tyson that you're watching against Michael Spinks, is Mike Tyson at his very peak. From the opening when bounces out from the corner, he was absolutely flawless in this fight.

    • @OtomoTenzi
      @OtomoTenzi Год назад +9

      100% TRUTH!!!

    • @HunteR1199
      @HunteR1199 Год назад +12

      well the Tyson that fought Frazier was insane

    • @jackson5116
      @jackson5116 Год назад +8

      Thanks to all that Cus had instilled in him prior to his death. Without Cus, Tyson never winds up winning, and is probably in prison his entire adult life.

    • @perpetualmotion357
      @perpetualmotion357 Год назад +8

      @@HunteR1199 Yeah, I consider the 86' Tyson on his way to the title to be his absolute peak. He was feeling it in some fights more than others, but he was an animal during his Frazier bout.

    • @kimmolaine8069
      @kimmolaine8069 Год назад +7

      This was also his last fight at his peak. He started to cut corners after this. Michael Spinks fight was the last one with Kevin in his corner. No one could reach Mike anymore for the rest of his career.

  • @zorlac303
    @zorlac303 Год назад +697

    I'm most impressed by his neck size and neck training. Beast.

    • @orfeas-konstantinossotirio1253
      @orfeas-konstantinossotirio1253 Год назад +52

      It is common for Greco-Roman wrestlers. Tyson took this from another sport and included into his marvelous training!!

    • @scottbergt1872
      @scottbergt1872 Год назад +59

      You damn right; dude was supreme conditioned pit bull. You don’t see that neck on most linebackers.

    • @user-03-gsa3
      @user-03-gsa3 Год назад +27

      he regretted his neck training years later

    • @spartanstark8908
      @spartanstark8908 Год назад +12

      Thats cause him back problems too

    • @Carlitonsp1
      @Carlitonsp1 Год назад +19

      @@user-03-gsa3 Modern Wrestlers (and Nascar drivers) train their neck differently to avoid the problems the older roman techniques caused. Currently they have use bands wrapped around the side of their heads.

  • @jaredbeckwith
    @jaredbeckwith Год назад +607

    Tyson punching holes in the wall before the fight must have been the scariest thing ever 😅

    • @brucescott4261
      @brucescott4261 Год назад +5

      Jesse Beckwith ...Plywood.

    • @jackson5116
      @jackson5116 Год назад +18

      nah, just the usual firing up the animal before the fight!

    • @brucescott4261
      @brucescott4261 Год назад

      @@jackson5116 ...According to you.

    • @eatblueshell
      @eatblueshell Год назад +4

      @@brucescott4261 Ever try to punch through plywood?

    • @JashXD
      @JashXD Год назад +3

      how is that even allowed like who has to pay for that

  • @flameguy3416
    @flameguy3416 Год назад +1943

    If Mike Tyson never went to prison and struggled with drug addiction afterwards he wouldn't lose his motivation and would most likely retire undefeated. A big what if.

    • @eastsiderunn
      @eastsiderunn Год назад +259

      I personally believe he would have been untouchable at least until the late 90s…don king and that coke ruined what should have been the greatest career of all time

    • @67L48
      @67L48 Год назад +214

      If Cus D'Amato had only been 12-15 years younger and had been able to train/manage Tyson throughout his career, he'd have finished 60-0 (unless he ended up trying to hang on too long and absorbing some losses when he was way past his prime).

    • @TheDudeWithNoName
      @TheDudeWithNoName Год назад +124

      Also don't forget that by the insistence of Don King, Mike fired Kevin Rooney, a man that had been a great part of Mike's success and someone who had been trained under Cus, i think if Kevin Rooney had been with Mike his career would've been much brighter, but Don King had to ruin it for everyone.

    • @travzimmerman1340
      @travzimmerman1340 Год назад +48

      Most likely not. He was obliterated @ the age of 23 in 1990 prior to going to prison. It was only a matter of time before Holyfield and Lewis. Mike's legacy is tarnished a bit not having faced Ike Bowe Tua Foreman Mercer McCall Moorer Morrison Cooper or even Toney towards the very end.

    • @MaccaveliPL
      @MaccaveliPL Год назад +28

      All these what ifs and excuses are getting rudiculous.

  • @TheWhatMan80
    @TheWhatMan80 Год назад +146

    This was the first Tyson fight I ever saw. I was 7 years old and I can still remember the adults around getting pissed the fight ended so soon

    • @poindextertunes
      @poindextertunes Год назад +24

      My uncle got up to grab a beer and when he returned the fight was over 😂

    • @KillyJoe
      @KillyJoe Год назад +4

      That’s how i remember feeling during Tyson’s last win when I was around the same age you were for this fight lol

  • @suhaybyare1238
    @suhaybyare1238 Год назад +54

    I will never get tired of watching iron mike

  • @premiumdry
    @premiumdry Год назад +454

    this channel has quickly become one of my favorite. this channel is able to recap the career of mike tyson in such an entertaining and informative fashion ; not just about tyson but also about his opponents and how their carrers play out afterwards. great content! 🔔✅

    • @potatoes9502
      @potatoes9502 Год назад +3

      Same I get so into every single one of these that keep coming out. top tier videos

    • @Weez23
      @Weez23 Год назад +2

    • @ericperkins971
      @ericperkins971 Год назад +2

      Agreed

    • @jimmyperales2179
      @jimmyperales2179 Год назад +1

      this channel was so good before I think youtube started messing with the content creator. Either way this channel is definitely top tier.

    • @raynation2k
      @raynation2k Год назад

      His original channel has way more content but my man got screwed up by copyright claims.

  • @showmeboxing
    @showmeboxing Год назад +340

    By the way, Spinks considered endurance his main weapon against Tyson. That's why before the fight he actively insisted on 15 rounds instead of the standard 12.

    • @ruledtrendy5066
      @ruledtrendy5066 Год назад +27

      I'm sure 15 rounds was common for champions fights back then. I seem to remember it getting cut to 12 rounds in the nineties.
      Though I'm far from an expert on boxing history

    • @rileyhayden6268
      @rileyhayden6268 Год назад +25

      Spinks should have been preparing to box not play basketball, I bet he didn't spar or weight train enough.

    • @owencampbell8799
      @owencampbell8799 Год назад +33

      It was a 12 round fight.
      Lasted 91 seconds.
      The last heavyweight 15-rounder title fight was on October 16, 1987 between Mike Tyson and Tyrell Biggs.

    • @ruledtrendy5066
      @ruledtrendy5066 Год назад +5

      @@owencampbell8799 cheers dude

    • @generalkayoss7347
      @generalkayoss7347 Год назад +10

      @@ruledtrendy5066 Yeah, the 15 round fights faded out in the late 70's and early 80's after several deaths. I think the last 15 round fight at all was in 1987.

  • @ZBOXINGTALK
    @ZBOXINGTALK Год назад +250

    Regardless of what fans say nowadays, this fight was the biggest event in boxing since the Thrilla in Manila. Both undefeated and had a claim to the heavyweight title.

    • @BAMA-2019
      @BAMA-2019 Год назад

      Bullcrap...you watched another video where the said this was the FIGHT OF THE YEAR....u trying to sound smart but I caught that ass

    • @phantomstratocaster
      @phantomstratocaster Год назад +2

      sprinks was the champion

    • @drummersinger5324
      @drummersinger5324 Год назад +2

      Michael Spinks might as well been a 12 year old boy in there. He was always over rated IMO.

    • @crabb9966
      @crabb9966 Год назад +16

      @@drummersinger5324 underrated. The guy was a light heavyweight beating all time great Larry aholmes

    • @drummersinger5324
      @drummersinger5324 Год назад

      @@crabb9966 What's his heavyweight ring record? You must admit he was a lunatic thinking he could beat Tyson? Fool in that he might have had brain damage?

  • @josephpacchetti5997
    @josephpacchetti5997 Год назад +35

    When Tyson fought Eddie Richardson and knocked him out in the first round, an announcer asked Richardson if he had ever been beaten harder than Tyson beat him, he said "Yes, about a year ago, I was hit by a truck" That pretty much sums It up, THX BLTV. 🥊 👍 Subbed.

  • @dannygrizz4358
    @dannygrizz4358 Год назад +54

    i’ll always love Mike’s lil run up at the beginning of this fight 😂

  • @mrmzau7592
    @mrmzau7592 Год назад +94

    I feel like Cus/Rooney Mike was the ultimate boxing specimen. Perfect mix of natural talent, physical gifts, killer instinct and a work ethic and dedication to match, plus that intimidation factor. In his prime he showed that the best heavyweight boxers of the era couldn't even stand up to him, some by a long margin. Had he remained focused I believe he would've been the top dog for a very long time

    • @alext399
      @alext399 Год назад +1

      Cap. What do you mean top heavyweights? Tyson only beat 2 top heavyweights of his era

    • @alext399
      @alext399 Год назад +1

      @C Coaches usually say a lot to hype up their fighters and Tyson fought a lot of bums so that summarizes it.

    • @TheOtherBradBird
      @TheOtherBradBird Год назад +2

      There was no greater luxury in Mike Tyson's early life than men he respected who were brave enough to tell him "no". Hard to come by those when you can beat the living shit out of any man on the planet.

    • @saulkorzenecki
      @saulkorzenecki Год назад

      More like steroid city: it was in the earliest era where there were no tests but stuff would have become available, especially to a mad scientists like Cus and you see Tyson looking like a 30 year old at age 18. Dude was on the gear for sure

    • @MatewanMassacre
      @MatewanMassacre Год назад

      All of the guys that he fought, early in his career, from 1986, when he won the WBC title against Trevor Berbick, until February 1990, when he was knocked out by Buster Douglas, were a group of mediocre ex-champions, overhyped fringe contenders, and fighters who never fulfilled what little promise they had. i.e. Tyrell Biggs and Carl Williams
      I'm sorry, but knockouts of Trevor Berbick, Pinklon Thomas, Tony Tubbs, and little Michael Spinks just aren't that impressive.

  • @qwertz7430
    @qwertz7430 Год назад +38

    Mike truly is one of the all-time-greats

  • @bamboosho0t
    @bamboosho0t Год назад +76

    I still have this fight on a JVC VHS cassette from June 1988. I’ve watched it over and over so many times. I still remember Michael Spinks arriving in the ring to Kenny Loggins song, *_”This is it!”_* How sadly prophetic it proved to be.

    • @Kimble81
      @Kimble81 Год назад +4

      Tyson's "music" when he came to the ring on the other hand... the best ever!

    • @MrT67
      @MrT67 Год назад +4

      Get it saved in a USB dude. That vhs won't last forever 👍

    • @megami215
      @megami215 Год назад

      You keep videos of rapists? That's weird

    • @theveryproudmoroccan2834
      @theveryproudmoroccan2834 Год назад

      ​@@megami215he did nothing you clown.

    • @indigo478
      @indigo478 Год назад +1

      @@megami215you actively sought out this video went to the comments just to reply to it with this?

  • @stillshot2
    @stillshot2 Год назад +17

    Never really was into boxing or Mike Tyson for that matter but this channel has made me a fan. These videos are put together so well. Keep em coming!

    • @casedistorted
      @casedistorted Месяц назад

      If you grew up in the era of Tyson like I did (was born in 86) basically everyone was a fan, Tyson, Jordan, Jackson, the 3 most famous Mikes.

  • @thegoat6116
    @thegoat6116 Год назад +58

    this fight was arguably mike tyson's best preformance, this was mike in his absolute prime🔥

    • @TOCC50
      @TOCC50 9 месяцев назад +1

      He didn’t break a sweat

  • @kevinprather1270
    @kevinprather1270 Год назад +43

    Never will forget this fight, particularly the way you could tell the fight was over before it began. Tyson truly was living rent free in Spinks' head

    • @Bestrapperalive_
      @Bestrapperalive_ Год назад +6

      Spinks did everything in his power to avoid this fight

    • @thirteen28
      @thirteen28 Год назад +1

      @@Bestrapperalive_ Yep. He never wanted to fight Tyson, and when the fight was finally made, it was over before it even began.

    • @Bestrapperalive_
      @Bestrapperalive_ Год назад +2

      @@thirteen28 yep he even avoided tony tucker and tucker imo would’ve knocked spinks out making the Tyson fight bigger

  • @jimd4322
    @jimd4322 Год назад +71

    Young folks today don't know how terrifying Mike Tyson was. There has been no one in my lifetime that I can compare to him.

    • @MatewanMassacre
      @MatewanMassacre Год назад +6

      I dunno. I was 12 when he first won the title, and I was there for all of the hype around him. But let's be honest, when he was young and knocking all of those guys out, who did he really fight, and beat?? I can list them off for you - Trevor Berbick, Bonecrusher Smith, Pinklon Thomas, Tony Tucker, Tyrell Biggs, a 38-year-old Larry Holmes, Tony Tubbs, Michael Spinks, Frank Bruno, and Carl Williams. Besides old man Holmes, all of those guys were Has Beens or Never Wases. They were what we might call 'Also Rans.'
      And finally, when Tyson began fighting again, at the age of 29 - hardly past his prime, as people like to insinuate - the heavyweight division was full of excellent young fighters, and guys who were on the cusp when Tyson went to prison. Even though his fans say he was past his prime, in the 90s, that's when he finally fought and beat his most impressive opponents, such as Bruce Seldon, Shannon Briggs, Andrew Golota, Francois Botha, etc. But, when the money was finally on the table for Tyson, and he had to go up against fighters who were of his caliber, or better, he got knocked out. Evander Holyfield took all that Tyson could dish out, for 10 rounds, and finally put Tyson's lights out, with a straight right hand, in the 11th round. And then there was the fight with Lennox Lewis, in 2002. I remember all of the fanboys saying that Tyson was going to destroy him; but at the time, I knew that Tyson didn't stand a chance. Lennox Lewis was 6'5," weighed 235+ and had a right cross that could knock opponents into next week. He's the hardest puncher that I ever saw, and I knew that he was going to embarass Tyson, prior to that fight. It was like George Foreman versus Joe Frazier all over again.
      Tysons fans like to say that Lewis ducked Tyson, until Tyson was past his prime - neither argument carries any weight - because Lewis was busy fighting everyone who was around, at the time (he literally fought them all, except Bowe, who was terrified of him), and when Lewis and Tyson finally did meet, Lewis was 37, and Tyson was 36. So, it could just as easily be said that Tyson ducked Lewis, until Lewis was almost 40. Both assertions are nonsense.

    • @bryanlongshore6198
      @bryanlongshore6198 Год назад +3

      I used to watch his fights and I didn't have time to get to my second beer before it was over...

    • @eddiedevereoxford4995
      @eddiedevereoxford4995 Год назад +3

      You're spot on. He never beat a top-tier boxer. Spinks was a lightheavy who wasn't up for it. Holmes was a fat old man. Tyson only fought journeymen and second-raters. He dodged Lewis and Bowe in the 90s and only fought Holyfield bc he was more his size as an ex-LH/cruiserweight (and lost twice). And that's all before anabolic steroids are mentioned: see Ben Johnson's explosiveness. He eventually fought Lewis but that was bc he'd been cleaned out by King - and then he got humiliated in the ring@@MatewanMassacre

    • @jaysonrubis7388
      @jaysonrubis7388 Год назад +1

      And it's funny that all they know is Deontay Wilder.

    • @jimd4322
      @jimd4322 Год назад

      wtf are you talking about???@@eddiedevereoxford4995

  • @wyswygsommer2769
    @wyswygsommer2769 Год назад +16

    They both earned my respect. No one can be a world champion by coincidence. Its a result of hardwork and dicipline.

  • @KidDynamite6
    @KidDynamite6 Год назад +30

    he looked fucking RIGHTFULLY terrified walking in there his body language screamed get me the f out of here but..he still went in there so respect ..i love this channel mike is my idol i got to talk w him 4-17-12 for 30 whole minutes it was awesome even got to show him my peekaboo and d-shift ability and he said you must of practiced along time then tightened me up a bit..it was absolutely AWESOME most humble figure i ever met

  • @timstephens7347
    @timstephens7347 Год назад +16

    I truly believe that the Mike Tyson who showed up on this night, full of focused rage at the peak of this power, would have beaten any heavyweight who ever lived or who was ever going to live. Too bad we never saw that guy again.

  • @iamzebra7025
    @iamzebra7025 Год назад +22

    That night Tyson was the best HW ever. No one would have stopped him. NO ONE. All those years of relentless training and sacrifice culminated that one night. Unbelievable.

  • @jbkhan1135
    @jbkhan1135 Год назад +38

    I remember watching this as a kid. My dad and his friend bought a Pay-Per-View for this and it was over in no time. He was so mad lol, but man, what a moment in history to witness.

  • @MrBuddy-r8w
    @MrBuddy-r8w Год назад +9

    Mike Tyson is a legend. Not just as the toughest man to enter into the ring, but for all the mental turmoil he had to fight before ever entering the ring. 100% Respect!

  • @kevind7396
    @kevind7396 Год назад +16

    Tyson was on the top of the world after this win--but then came the long layoff of eight months till he fought Bruno. Remember, this was his third fight in 1988 after four fights in 1987.

  • @alwayssomething8344
    @alwayssomething8344 9 месяцев назад +3

    I love that man for taking Mike into his family and doing everything he did for Mike. If the rest of the world was like him I can only imagine how much better this world would be. He was a good person ❤

  • @QuintBlitz
    @QuintBlitz Год назад +16

    6:45 You can hear the despair in his voice, that guy was more defeated than Spinks himself!

  • @jeepamir508
    @jeepamir508 Год назад +58

    This was the absolute highlight of Tyson's career. Everything that made Tyson himself was shown in this fight. Speed, technique, combos, intimitadion. Spinks really had no chance to win.

    • @MatewanMassacre
      @MatewanMassacre Год назад

      None at all. At the time this was hyped as "SuperFight "88."
      It's hard, now, to believe that any serious boxing fan ever fell for that hype.
      That fight was over when Tyson hit him with the body shot. As far that the ghost right hand that knocked Spinks out, I think he took a dive at that point. He didn't want any more.

    • @richard-ij2fm
      @richard-ij2fm Год назад

      Spinks was and awesome fighter. His demolition of Gerry Cooney and wins over Larry Holmes proved that. For Tyson to win in such a way was a great victory

  • @j-bonemcswiggans4597
    @j-bonemcswiggans4597 Год назад +66

    Man I'm excited to see what this Tyson guy does next, looks like a real prospect.

    • @megasmashxD
      @megasmashxD Год назад +15

      I think he's about to retire. He's considering a professional pigeon racing career instead

    • @j-bonemcswiggans4597
      @j-bonemcswiggans4597 Год назад +9

      @@megasmashxD Well damn, what a waste of potential

    • @bielielielie5704
      @bielielielie5704 Год назад +13

      What a great conversation you guys had here 😂😂

    • @johnrockyryan
      @johnrockyryan Год назад

      ​@@j-bonemcswiggans4597 What can I say dude loves his pigeons

  • @harrycallahan9143
    @harrycallahan9143 Год назад +7

    8:27 Always loved Mike's neck roll after knocking Spinks on his backside lol

  • @TheSpanishzombie
    @TheSpanishzombie Год назад +6

    Big thanks for all these videos, always incredible, big props !

  • @gavinkrieger2248
    @gavinkrieger2248 Год назад +9

    In the world today where the heavyweights are ducking each other it's always good to see the true GOAT of the heavyweights.

  • @dmoore0079
    @dmoore0079 Год назад +9

    A lot of people were thinking Spinks had a shot. He was unbeaten up to that point, and had wins against Larry Holmes, Dwight Qawi, and Gerry Cooney. Spinks was a good fighter, but I don't know how anyone would have survived what Tyson unleashed on him.

  • @manygarcia1
    @manygarcia1 Год назад +4

    Keep doing this amazing work!! Love this channel, I’ve learn so much and it’s so enjoyable. Thank you so much!

  • @jiovanysoltero923
    @jiovanysoltero923 Год назад +9

    That’s!!! His training regiment, holy smokes!!!

  • @RizzaholicsAnonymous
    @RizzaholicsAnonymous Год назад +16

    Currently doing my casual 2 hour jump rope session & was losing motivation.....THANK U :)

  • @kumarj4693
    @kumarj4693 Год назад +10

    Spinks was shyte scared of Tyson as a boxer and as a person. But big kudos to him, he faced a prime Mike Tyson in spite of it. Many pro boxers waited for a vulnerable, burnt out Mike Tyson before facing him. Anyone who went into the ring against Iron Mike during his prime, has my utmost respect.

    • @anz2441
      @anz2441 Год назад +1

      Indeed, Holyfield beat a Tyson that was a ghost of himself without questioned...Holyfield would not of handled a prime Tyson.

    • @limaalphacharlie
      @limaalphacharlie Год назад +1

      Spinks didn’t want that heat. He was afraid. But he went into the ring knowing what could happen. The personification of “come back with your shield, or on it.” Respect to anyone who faces Mike Tyson.

  • @me19276
    @me19276 8 месяцев назад +1

    This man is an inspiration to any young sportsman aiming for the top of their sport. Hardwork and dedication pays off.

  • @stanley-fghijk441
    @stanley-fghijk441 Год назад +4

    I remember watching this live as a teenager. Tyson was a superhero. I can recall with perfect clarity, even at that age, recognizing the sheer terror pouring off Spinks minutes before the bell even rang. He was terrified. Never seen anything like that since.

  • @nixon2007
    @nixon2007 Год назад +5

    This channel will always be goated

  • @presence5426
    @presence5426 Год назад +20

    Actually, Tyson's success did "boil down" to natural talent. This guy was 190 lbs of muscle at 13 years old! Reportedly he could bench press 225 lbs many times too. He also had natural reflexes and strength.
    This doesn't diminish his career AT ALL. It means he was a supremely gifted natural athlete AND also had the dedication, training, mindset, and mentoring to become one of the greats. But let's be clear: a fighter can have every advantage Tyson did, MINUS the natural talent... and you've never heard of them. If you make a list of great heavyweights, there isn't one without high-level natural talent. You cannot compete without elite toughness, athleticism, and strength. You'll just get blown out.

    • @stringtheoryguitars4952
      @stringtheoryguitars4952 Год назад +6

      In a demanding sport like boxing, you absolutely must have BOTH: natural ability plus crazy work ethic

  • @taka4222
    @taka4222 Год назад +2

    Every time you upload I get new motivation to push through with my boxing career

  • @BigBoyWoogie
    @BigBoyWoogie Год назад +7

    I remember watching this live. He was such a force at that time that the biggest question was always whether the opponent could get through the first round.

  • @shaundavenport621
    @shaundavenport621 Год назад +2

    I remember staying up until 3am to watch hìs fights back then!He was a force of nature!A boxing God!

  • @keithknox5829
    @keithknox5829 Год назад +7

    You can't help but to admire and respect these guys. They do the thing most of us can only dream of. Fighters are both a breed apart, and a breed unto themselves. Big Props!!! What say to that America? Peace and blessings to ALL!!!

  • @abudujana13
    @abudujana13 Год назад +2

    Thanks for the video, BLTV CLASSIC

  • @IrishTechnicalThinker
    @IrishTechnicalThinker Год назад +9

    Getting into the ring with Mike Tyson then was like stepping into a room with a nuclear reactor, feels like at any moment it will explode and wipe out everyone.

  • @bamboosho0t
    @bamboosho0t Год назад +8

    2:03 That’s the EXACT move Tyson used to knock down Jose Ribalta in RD 10. Jose slipped the right hook, and Tyson countered with a stronger but more compact left hook.

  • @KoH4711
    @KoH4711 Год назад +7

    lmao @ 6:57 "This guy's getting ready to fight my guy! my little guy! And he's punching HOLES in the WALL BEFORE the FIGHT?? Oooh noo...."

    • @SquireVorak
      @SquireVorak Год назад

      Not sure if that was my favorite part. or the end where Spinks was asked if he wanted revenge for that fight... "uh, no" lololol

  • @johnrundle2902
    @johnrundle2902 Год назад +8

    19/20 year old Tyson was probably the best boxer there has even been.. past and present..

  • @HipsterBlackMetalOfficial
    @HipsterBlackMetalOfficial Год назад +3

    Forgot to mention that epic entrance with the dark ambient music.

  • @raculpeper
    @raculpeper Год назад +15

    Respect to both legends…but the difference in their training and media tone leading up the the fight was night and day.

  • @doocies
    @doocies Год назад +2

    The sound of that knockout punch was crazy!

  • @GhostDrummer
    @GhostDrummer Год назад +3

    I was at a Boy Scout’s camp when this fight happened. The camp allowed us to all stay up late to listen to it on the radio.

  • @smoozerish
    @smoozerish Год назад +13

    the size of his neck....good lord

  • @stuartharper3968
    @stuartharper3968 Год назад +5

    I remember that night as if if happened yesterday. I paid big bucks to watch at a sports bar. I took a sip of beer and it was over, just that fast. I had to see it on replay.

  • @gadget00
    @gadget00 Год назад +2

    It's so fascinating to better understand Tyson's opponents of back in the day. I was just a baby in the 80s when he was knocking guys left and right, and the BLTV videos have helped me better understand who they were and how many were actually great fighters with amazing careers until they went against Tyson and he made them go down in history as just another victim. The case of Ruddock, Spinks, and many others that Tyson demolished, actually were "good/great" boxers of an earlier era.
    I'll be waiting for that Michael Spinks video; keep up the good work!

  • @dd212NYC
    @dd212NYC Год назад +8

    You can literally see the fear in Spinks’s eyes. He looks absolutely terrified.

    • @MaccaveliPL
      @MaccaveliPL Год назад +3

      To be fair, he always looked like this.

  • @ruledtrendy5066
    @ruledtrendy5066 Год назад +20

    When I was a kid, sometimes on a Sunday morning live boxing would come on instead of the cartoons I was looking forward to.
    I used to love seeing Tyson come into the ring because I knew I wouldn't have to wait long to see the cartoons

  • @kdlittle88
    @kdlittle88 Год назад +4

    Seeing the look on Spinks face when he got knocked out reminds me of piston hurricane in the punch out arcade game when he gets stunned.

  • @Coolusername491
    @Coolusername491 Год назад +1

    The best boxing content on RUclips by far

  • @wheelchairmanjon
    @wheelchairmanjon Год назад +9

    At his best Mike Tyson speed and power The combination of both was unbelievable coupled with the technique and work ethic and what could’ve been if he had stayed fully dedicated to the sport of boxing

  • @mcnuggets4059
    @mcnuggets4059 9 месяцев назад +1

    That set up to bring his hands up before hitting the scariest body shot I’ve ever seen is crazy. It was so subtle and quick you wouldn’t notice if you blinked for even a second.

    • @thekongstocks
      @thekongstocks 6 месяцев назад

      I CONCUR but it was clearly possible after a pulverizing left-hook/uppercut LOL if he didn't land that vicious-left then the set-up a.k.a. readjustment back into a southpaw-stance to look for an opening to the body probably wouldn't work lololol's

  • @mickypoole9226
    @mickypoole9226 Год назад +10

    They are still out there. People saying that Tyson fought no one and when he did fight anyone of caliber he lost to them all . That fight there proved how dangerous an opponent he really was . 90 seconds to dispose of an unbeaten fighter in devastating style. In his prime he beats all but the very elite of boxing heavyweights. Ali, Foreman, Louis . But he gets by the Fraziers and Marcianos .......I think ;)

    • @XyberKING47-f4r
      @XyberKING47-f4r 2 месяца назад

      Thats the thing even if he had beaten holyfield in his prime people would’ve scraped that fight too like just another fight of mike ..

  • @jedibasschoke8909
    @jedibasschoke8909 11 месяцев назад +1

    Mikes gold toothed smile is absolutely terrifying. What an absolute legend!! Literally a living legend that will be talked about in 100yrs from now and more.

  • @JVenom97
    @JVenom97 Год назад +7

    I remember watching this when it happened... as a huge Tyson fan, I still felt bad for Spinx

  • @sirbrad4
    @sirbrad4 Год назад +2

    Even funnier is that Spinks was so terrified of Tyson that he did not actually face-off against him as shown in the beginning, Tyson had to talk to a mannequin and started laughing which can be seen on here in another video lol. Then they spliced the two videos together. Tyson was an unstoppable force in his prime and ran right through a terrified Spinks.

  • @chadcognac5626
    @chadcognac5626 Год назад +4

    I live in St. Louis.
    I feel like a lot of people here don’t remember or realize we had 3 world champions, all in the same family.
    That stat alone seems crazy.

  • @ZenTea
    @ZenTea Год назад

    Been watching a bunch of these Tyson retrospectives the last couple days, good shit man.

  • @zakash613
    @zakash613 Год назад +5

    Great video as always!

  • @Getliterature
    @Getliterature Год назад +2

    I cant wait for your video on his fight with Bruno!

  • @briantinch7580
    @briantinch7580 Год назад +3

    I watched Mike and Ali on late night t.v. and I remember it being a monumental moment even to me at 10 yrs old. Ali changed the way boxing was seen. He changed the way fighters were trained. He will forever be one of the absolute few elite human beings that forced the world to see through a clearer filter and made those who climbed in the ring to both be trained & rise to higher expectation, making the sport refine even the greats to a whole new level. And for it, you see one of the greatest side effects, "A BAD MAN", M.G.Tyson.

  • @J4sse
    @J4sse Год назад +4

    Only BLTV can talk about Tyson (someone's who tired and redundant) on RUclips and make it interesting 😎🔥.

  • @showmeboxing
    @showmeboxing Год назад +12

    But many believed that Spinks would give Tyson a good fight and could well win.

  • @mdtransmissionspecialties
    @mdtransmissionspecialties Год назад +6

    Thank you for all you do to shed light on Tyson. They sure as hell didn’t do it like this in the media. Please do a Spinks/Holmes id definitely like to see it.

  • @katerinaign2
    @katerinaign2 Год назад +5

    As always, amazing video!!! 🙌🙌

  • @cavemanarcade1577
    @cavemanarcade1577 Год назад +3

    Seems this guy wasn’t even naturally anything out of the ordinary . Guy just became a living training regime . Dedication is key

    • @SOLDOZER
      @SOLDOZER Год назад

      You know NOTHING.

    • @cavemanarcade1577
      @cavemanarcade1577 Год назад +1

      @@SOLDOZER hahahah sounds like someone’s got anger issues . Maybe u can be the next Tyson xD

  • @kimmcdonald3971
    @kimmcdonald3971 Год назад +6

    Mike Tyson was a shooting star. he burned for half as long... but he burned twice as bright. few boxers have ever had a 4, 5 year span where people just basically assumed they would never lose, they were that invincible.

  • @LAHFaust
    @LAHFaust Год назад +5

    Tyson's famous for his aggression but holy hell that was on another level.

  • @anthonymcadams8313
    @anthonymcadams8313 Год назад +2

    Tyson was pure entertainment back then, he was a GREAT fighter.

  • @Foreverinemptybliss
    @Foreverinemptybliss Год назад +23

    It wasn’t just “antics” to scare Spinks, for those of us who were alive when this fight took place we know two things, number 1 Tyson really felt like he had to prove himself that night because many in the boxing community still felt that Michael Spinks was the true champion, he was undefeated and lineal, Tyson was very much aware of this and it made him irate. Number 2, Spinks manager accused Team Tyson of illegal hand wraps and made them do it over again while he watched, it delayed the fight and was perceived as an insult. Those two things and the practical joke Rooney played on Mike concerning his money for the fight are the main reasons why Tyson was on fire that night and looking to make an example out of Spinks and that’s exactly what happened 😂

  • @immortalwolf9782
    @immortalwolf9782 Год назад +1

    the mix of phonk and mike in the outro is so perfect!

  • @abgodsson1585
    @abgodsson1585 Год назад +6

    It’s incredible how well Tyson moved considering he was 5’11” and 221 lbs. Just for reference:
    Ali 215lbs
    Sonny Liston 219lbs
    George Foreman 225lbs (70s)
    Rocky Marciano 188lbs
    Tyson was truly rock solid. Trying to knock him out would be a nightmare.

    • @johncarroll772
      @johncarroll772 Год назад

      Ali came in at 220 plus as he got older

    • @moe583
      @moe583 Год назад

      He is 5'10

  • @CasualGamerPlays
    @CasualGamerPlays Год назад +1

    Man, i love this channel! Spinks looked terrified walking down to the ring but, i would've been the same way fighting a Mike Tyson, who's life around this time was becoming chaotic.

  • @1safety4all
    @1safety4all Год назад +5

    I watched this fight it was amazing shots from Tyson, a BEAST in the RING back then and the Greatest

  • @johncreedon7847
    @johncreedon7847 Год назад +2

    1980s Tyson. Best fighter ever I think. Technically un-matched for sure

  • @haroldsmith7044
    @haroldsmith7044 Год назад +4

    Tyson in his prime. My God! He was simply magnificent.

    • @michaelclayton6550
      @michaelclayton6550 20 дней назад +1

      People seem to think certain fighters wanted to face Tyson in his prime. They are delusional. They wanted nothing to do with him guaranteed.

  • @jamesrichardson381
    @jamesrichardson381 14 дней назад +1

    There has never been another boxer like Tyson. Sure there were faster punchers and one could argue 1 or 2 boxers might have ever hit harder but no one had or has ever come close to having the combination of fast hands and knockout power he had. The most badass thing about him was he wanted no part of wearing some flashy, glittered robe or fancy socks. That with the fact that he had no intro music terrified his opponents. There was just audio of scary chains rattling as he entered for this fight.

  • @victorpapillon1487
    @victorpapillon1487 Год назад +3

    I cannot describe how Miles Ahead your content is compared to everyone in YT or TV boxing.

  • @dvvalant
    @dvvalant Год назад +1

    I've watched boxing for decades but have never seen a boxer so frightened before a fight.

  • @ToolishBox
    @ToolishBox Год назад +5

    Keep up the good work, dude

  • @shadesbear2143
    @shadesbear2143 Год назад +2

    Great work as always.

  • @AfricHR
    @AfricHR Год назад +5

    after all mike tyson videos, I hope you keep making videos about other fighters, Id love to see evander holyfield, sonny liston and others