Atlas’ view on Tyson

“I don’t know if he was ever nice,” Atlas mentioned on the Lex Fridman Podcast. “I do know he was sensational. I do know he was the best mixture of possibly pace and energy ever. I do know he was one of many best punchers from both facet of the plate, left or proper. There’s been nice punchers with simply the proper hand like Earnie Shavers and Deontay Wilder and Max Baer. I don’t know if there’s ever been anybody who may punch nearly as good as (Tyson) did on both facet with both hand aside from Joe Louis and some others.

“I don’t know if there’s ever been such a mixture of pace and energy to that pure stage that he had, and it was a pure stage. I don’t know if there was ever nearly as good a fighter as Tyson was for possibly one night time he was nice. He wasn’t examined, however he may need been able to be examined that one night time towards Michael Spinks when he took him aside in 90 seconds. I believe I noticed an excellent fighter that night time. I don’t assume you may be nice except you may have all the necessities of being nice.”

“A struggle just isn’t a struggle till there’s one thing to beat,” Atlas mentioned. “Till then, it’s simply an athletic exhibition contest. Yeah, who’s a greater athlete? Who’s acquired extra fast twitch fibers? Who’s extra developed in these bodily areas?

“However a struggle just isn’t a struggle till there’s one thing to beat. So, should you go by my definition, not Webster’s, fake it means one thing, Mike Tyson was solely in 5 (six) fights in his life. The fights the place there was one thing to beat, he didn’t overcome it.”

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