{"id":326867,"date":"2025-12-20T18:04:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T18:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/326867\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T18:04:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T18:04:08","slug":"mike-tyson-admits-that-one-man-stands-above-him-as-the-greatest-heavyweight-of-all-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/326867\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Tyson admits that one man stands above him as the greatest heavyweight of all time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/mike-tyson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Tyson<\/a>\u2019s status as one of boxing\u2019s all-time greats is rarely disputed \u2014 but his pick for the greatest ever is clear.<\/p>\n<p>Tyson returned to the ring last year in a sanctioned bout against Jake Paul, fought over eight two-minute rounds. The points defeat added a seventh loss to his professional record, but \u2018Iron Mike\u2019 had an incredible career prior to that.<\/p>\n<p>His glory years came between 1986 and 1989, when he rampaged through the heavyweight division to become undisputed champion. His blend of speed, movement, explosive power and sheer presence turned him into a force of nature, until James \u201cBuster\u201d Douglas shattered the aura with a monumental upset in 1990.<\/p>\n<p>Tyson reclaimed the WBC title in 1996 but was never quite the same fighter. The \u201cBaddest Man on the Planet\u201d image was further dismantled when <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/evander-holyfield\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Evander Holyfield<\/a> overwhelmed him with an 11th-round stoppage, eight months after Tyson had beaten Frank Bruno to regain the belt.<\/p>\n<p>Where \u2018Iron Mike\u2019 ranks among heavyweight greats \u2014 and on broader all-time lists \u2014 remains a matter of debate. However, during an appearance on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=85Pz_u_yo1s&amp;t=2464s\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Big Podcast with Shaq<\/a>, Tyson was asked who he believed to be the greatest of all time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/muhammad-ali\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Muhammad Ali<\/a> then me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tyson added that judgments on his own standing should be left to public opinion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you put up some stats or something, ask the world. Not one guy \u2014 10 guys. Ask the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/boxing\/greatest\/featureVideo?page=greatest4150\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">An ESPN feature on the 50 greatest fighters of all time<\/a>, published several years ago, placed Tyson at number 50, with <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/muhammad-ali-on-the-greatest-of-all-time\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ali ranked second and Sugar Ray Robinson at number one<\/a>. By contrast, a 2020 Daily Mail article argued that \u2018Iron Mike\u2019 should be included in boxing\u2019s all-time top 10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mike Tyson\u2019s status as one of boxing\u2019s all-time greats is rarely disputed \u2014 but his pick for the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":306895,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-326867","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326867\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}