If you really think about it Mike Tyson was the best heavy weight fighter to every be apart of boxing. The man was amazing, he would knock out opponents out in 90% of his fights and a large percentage of those were in the first round. Nobody else could say they did things like this, it was electrifying. Tyson won 26 of his first 28 fights by KO/TKO - 16 in the first round. Everyone before Tyson were great fighters but Tyson was more than that he was a knockout artist.
And what is more exciting than witnessing a man hit another man so hard that he cannot get up. Not that his is not willing to fight more he is just incapable. This is what Tyson did regularly. But because Tyson was so good he has done irreparable damage to the heavy weight division. No longer are people willing to watch heavy weights "box", no now they want to see a knock out in every fight and preferably during the first round. Because of "Iron Mike" fans of heavy weight boxing have seen the light and until there is another boxer in this division able to destroy their opponents in such a devastating manner as Tyson the division will not come back.
People have learned to settle for the lower division because you would not expect to see a knockout in middle or welter weight fights. For them it is ok to show their technique and be defensive fighters, the expectations are lower. But heavy weights like basketball players are now fighting a ghost and have huge shoes to fill.
Henry
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