Wonder how fast he was in the mid to long distance events if he even ran. I know that he ran for boxing conditioning.
Wonder how fast he was in the mid to long distance events if he even ran. I know that he ran for boxing conditioning.
I trained with Mike for about 3 months when we were in NY in the 90s. We actually did an 800 time trial a few times, and Mike's best was 1:58.
How long did the second lap take him?
anti moran wrote:
I trained with Mike for about 3 months when we were in NY in the 90s. We actually did an 800 time trial a few times, and Mike's best was 1:58.
Geez 1:58 is suprising with that amount of weight.
we split 58/60
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He was pretty beat up over the last 200m and his arm swing suffered, but didn't give up
runrincerepeat wrote:
Geez 1:58 is suprising with that amount of weight.
Maybe this was before he became massive.
Does anyone think he might have used steroids?
Tyson's tooth gap allowed for greater oxygen uptake.
Iron Mike (as I used to call him) was arguably the best fighter the world has ever seen. Someone like Mayweather wouldn't last 60 seconds against him. True story.
He was fast. Sprint, here are my best guesses:
100m: 9.9x potential
200m: 19.80 potential
800m: 1:55 (I know, sounds like a long shot but lets not forget he went 12 rounds if he had to)
Marathon: this wouldn't be his best, probably 2:50 if he trained for it.
Overall, he could have earned a lot of money but he made even more in boxing.
His best career choice would have been TV news anchor.
Move over Tom Brokaw.
this thread is dumb
From Quora:
"Saw another story on here about him, a guy who watched him doing endurance training on he track. He was doing sets of 800m. I think the guy said he did ten of them and they all clocked in under 2:30. That’s a heck of a pace for a guy built like that. He was a machine."
Tyson was extremely talented and athletic.
But with all the steroid use he was heavy with muscle.
He could probably hold 7:00 pace for 5 miles.
Tyson was actually a mediocre talent as far as Heavyweight champs go. Everyone has this illusion as some unstoppable demigod when the truth is larger fighters with a workable jab and decent defense picked him apart with ease.
It wasnt losing Cus, it wasn't Robin Givens. It wasnt even 'I'll f*ck u, till u love me f*ggot' (prison education).
Tyson was great against fighters that were unable to deal with his peek-a-bo, bumrush hook barrage.
However, at least a half dozen fighters of his generation figured it out. He was good, but not great
Don't mess with Mike when he gets in Fight or Flight mode.