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[Kewl144]

Originally Posted by Afro Samurai

true but still Tyson was 1 guy, he made it work for him thats why he was considered so good for so long, not many brawlers were sucessful in boxing or even as succesful as Mike was.

But that was the whole point. I replied to a post about Tyson trying to learn MMA. You said Tyson learned to box; I said he didnt because he didnt box (he just brawled). Yes that worked for him regarding boxing. But let's make a comparison between Tyson and David Abbott. Abbott never learned the sport of MMA, he only learned to brawl. And his 9 - 11 record is evidence that you need to learn the sport in its entirety to be successful; the same cannot be said for boxing. You can be a successful boxer without actually "boxing" during your fights.

[Afro]

Originally Posted by Kewl144

But that was the whole point. I replied to a post about Tyson trying to learn MMA. You said Tyson learned to box; I said he didnt because he didnt box (he just brawled). Yes that worked for him regarding boxing. But let's make a comparison between Tyson and David Abbott. Abbott never learned the sport of MMA, he only learned to brawl. And his 9 - 11 record is evidence that you need to learn the sport in its entirety to be successful; the same cannot be said for boxing.

all im saying he ya Tyson brawled but he wasnt an awful boxer, he did know how to box he just wasnt a very good boxer, he was an olympic boxer at one point of his career, he has beaten a handful of boxers with better boxing skills then him, but he wasnt a very good boxer but still I wouldnt say he was dumb to boxing.