Teddy Atlas on Predicting Mike Tyson Would Get Disqualified Against Evander Holyfield (Part 13)

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Renowned boxing fighters Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield first competed in 1996. While many thought Tyson would win, Holyfield was confident, disclosing he had sparred Tyson in their early 20s and wasn't afraid of him. To much surprise, Holyfield defeated Tyson. In a rematch seven months later, Tyson famously bit off part of Holyfield's ear. Teddy Atlas was asked whether he was shocked when this infamous incident occurred. He recalls being at a house party on the day of the rematch. Despite Tyson's fearsome power and speed, Teddy believed Tyson lacked a deep-rooted belief in himself, leading him to predict that Tyson would get himself disqualified. Teddy observed Tyson setting an alibi by complaining about the match referee to prepare for his eventual disqualification.
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[@Mindurz]

Damn this man just brokedown Tyson's deepest insecurities. Not many could do that and make it make sense

[@ian1697]

well he did watch him grow up

[@Mindurz]

@@ian1697 Good point

[@stuartjohnson7967]

He’s all mouth trying to sound like a two-bit gangster. He couldn’t train a dog let alone 18 world champions. 2nd rate cornerman.😮

[@MrBrockHeinz]

12:12 makes me very satisfied to hear Atlas ignore Vlad's attempt to cut him off, and just bulldoze through him to finish the story anyway 🤣

[@tennaj1367]

Exactly !! I remember Don Turner post fight saying Holyfield told him .."I'm going to knock his as$ out" ! Chills !!!

[@derricklowe2823]

He sure did. It was a little frustrating hearing Vlad trying to talk over Teddy. We're here, at least I am, to hear Teddy's take. You have a well known man on the video, let him talk. Personally, I like listening to Teddy Atlas. His takes are very interesting for me anyway.

[@joojoobaw]

@@derricklowe2823 “the narrator” 😂 Vlad dont realize not being on camera, thats how lots of folks view him

[@murdock6450]

@@joojoobaw I don't know who Vlad is.. obv this channel is Vlad tv ?

[@mp6697]

Yeah, Vlad is annoying... Let the legend talk please, we don't want to hear you talk...

[@jimone732]

DAMM MAN I must admit TEDDY made me see that fight and Tyson career as a whole from a completely different angles..and he is right..the thing is when you hear Mike talk about himself about how he truly felt during those fighting days he pretty much low key confirms everything TEDDY been saying there..the facts are undeniable that whenever Mike got tested by someone who could get past his raw talent and hard punch he lost...and he is also right about him choosing to bite instead of low blow hit...the world did give him a pass for that and almost forgot he lost the fight. Because him acting so recklessly did fit his public persona and the narrative..GOT DAMM TEDDY..THATS WAS SOME DEEP SH***T

[@arch0049]

Not trying to talk crap or flame. But to anyone who as actually boxed, or really stufied boxing, it is clear as day Tyson is a class below Lewis and Holyfield. Yes Tyson is a great heavyweight. But his whole aura is based on hype.

[@duriiel9632]

​@@arch0049. He never lost a fight under his beginning foundational trainer Kevin rooney Even his mentor said if he stuck with his structure put in place for him he would be undefeated in his career and be the greatest heavyweight of all time You can put whoever you want in the ring, the night he won the heavyweight championship from Trevor berbick when he was 19. He would beat any heavyweight to ever live on that night With Kevin rooney in his corner he didn't EVER have a cut, a bloody nose, bleeding in general no lumps bumps scars or bruises no matter who the opponent was they barely touched him He fought lewis and was going bald overweight had tattoos wasn't training switched trainers to guys who added nothing to his game and was in his 30s a long way from the 19 year old kid that would've killed them Hasim rahman knocked PRIME LENNOX lewis out and he beat holyfield, twice Mike couldn't have done that at 20 21? N!gga please

[@arch0049]

@@duriiel9632 trainers don't fight fights. Fighters do. He isn't thr first or last to lose a trainer. Get off the excuse train.

[@KtotheG]

Naw, I gave Tyson a pass for the bite because Holyfield was headbutting him throughout the fight. Headbutts aren't legal, but he wasn't getting called for them. Holyfield didn't win those fights fair and square. I can accept an L. I don't cry over legitimate losses... but when you break the rules, I gotta say something.

[@arch0049]

@@KtotheG Oh lord. The excuse train is packed tonight.

[@brandonthomas9288]

If Atlas and Tyson ever sat down and talked, it would be one of the most listened to epidodes of any podcast in history.

[@davidblackwell6914]

I hope to see it myself

[@cejotacarr6831]

Tyson will sleep Teddy or ignore him🤷🏾‍♂️

[@Mogh]

Would be an interesting discussion. Tyson is open about a lot of things, but there are certain truths I don't think he wants examined too closely, and he knows Teddy might bring him to some places he doesn't want to go. I don't think Mike would agree to it. I'd also like to see Kevin Rooney interviewed like this one of these days, either with or without Tyson.

[@drewbranch7700]

@@cejotacarr6831Tyson already went to Teddy and apologized though and there was no beef or so we hope it’s all squashed. It would be 🔥 if agreed to be on Tyson’s podcast or his if he has one.

[@MrJr0455]

Agreed

[@jadoneholmes397]

Everyone commenting on here so far have to be very young. Mad respect to Atlas

[@kevinshell8392]

These people commenting probably were to young to watch the fights

[@joojoobaw]

just classic Tyson idolatry 😂 They’re so sensitive, meanwhile Mike himself admits to much of what Teddy says

[@billdouglas8701]

Mike has a lot of young fans due to those spectacular knockout compilations here on youtube. People who actually saw those Tyson-Holyfield fights live are getting old and don’t participate much in these online discussions, so the field is left to these young people who don’t know anything talking about headbutts and bad refereeing or whatever the latest excuse is….

[@AliFrankTheTank]

They don’t watch boxing either 😂😂😂

[@toleranceisthekey1]

Very true comment, all of the worlds skill and power 💪🏽 can’t buy you no identity and won’t make go away your insecurities…

[@Wass_85]

Teddy is almost bang on, but nobody ever mentions the wars he had with Ruddock, two fights that showed that Tyson could be that "man." Plus nobody ever mentions to Teddy how Tyson went out on his shield against Douglas, he was beat half to death FFS.

[@huddieentertainment]

Ruddock is the fight that Tyson showed me something as far as banging with someone who didn't fear him. Those were wars.

[@pheo1418]

Both of you are correct but let's not forget about the fight after Holyfield against Lennox Lewis, Lewis beat the dogg 💩 out of Tyson for like 9 rounds and Tyson had plenty chances to STAY DOWN but he kept getting up and taking his licks, i had to respect his 🖤 for going out on his shield...

[@joeblough261]

​@@pheo1418The Lewis fight was different though. Yes, he didn't quit, but he stopped trying to win. It was like a self imposed punishment born from self loathing at that point. Was very sad to watch. But then "he folded everytime someone stood up to him" idea is BS, as he almost won vs. Buster only bc he kept fighting and had enough heart to land that punch. Same for Ruddock, he walked through fire and refused to lose. He was also a victim of his own brilliance I think...to Teddy's point about how he easily steamrolled through so many fighters via talent alone... character is not just inherent, it is built, and Mike wasn't able to build it in the ring through certain fights that helped bc he won them so easily. But he never would have what Holyfield had, and very few fighters in the history of the sport did. Holyfield was the Terminator and it came from his Mama and his unfailing belief in Christ.

[@Wass_85]

@@pheo1418 Tyson had no hope in chance of beating Lewis, he was shot to pieces, again though, he took his beating like a man, something Teddy tries to deny.

[@Wass_85]

@@joeblough261 What Teddy says a lot of time is baloney, especially when he states Tyson's record is 0-6 You could say that about any fighter, the only fights they were in were the ones they lost. Apart from the second Holyfield and McBride fights, he never quit.

[@Titan7170]

Teddy got the most serious spell of hiccups ever!

[@joeblough261]

Lool. Teddy drives me nuts on his own podcast with his snorting due to his deviated septum, so it's only fitting that for this huge interview he has hiccups. Ha

[@Mike-mo9qq]

​@@joeblough261😅😅😅t 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅 burp

[@Titan7170]

@@joeblough261 lol god forbid vlad offers him a paper bag to pop behind him or a glass of water lol

[@victoryover1156]

Lol. So true! Mike imitating lex Luther. Hilarious.

[@roxjaw2895]

Ive never seen that one

[@DIXIFREELY]

He's right. Immediately after the fight, Holyfield said, "Mike didn't want to fight..."

[@michaelevans3865]

Vlad: Mike told me to tell you he said “Hello” Teddy Atlas: Well does he ‘mean’ it though? Only he knows what’s in his heart. 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️😭😭😭

[@greggrant8140]

Tyson’s whole fighting style changed later in his career..limited head movement. He would stand in right front of his opponent. Watch early Mike. His head movement was impeccable. Always slipping punches instead of just using blocking as a defense. Tyson in his prime is an all time great. Bottom line

[@vernonrobinson1685]

That peak a boo was great

[@donscoopez3942]

Duh his trainer died who was basically his father n he lost his discipline n started doing drugs heavy

[@williewest2998]

Holyfield beats any version of Tyson

[@marinz4life]

Absolutely…well-said.

[@jorndoff2002]

@@donscoopez3942no. He continued to have good head movement as long as he was with Kevin Rooney which was for long after Cus death. He changed when Don King hooked him up with Richard Giachetti .

[@MiloZfunk]

Once again, Teddy drops facts . Too many of you think Teddy just hating on Tyson but he’s not. He’s just telling the truth. Tyson is great no doubt but don’t let your love of Tyson, blind you to the truth. Like Teddy said he’s a genie-ess lol

[@user-be7tc2bd6e]

I'd also like to add,Buster beating Tyson was no fluke,Buster was just determined to beat Mike-PERIOD. Tyson got knocked out by a journey boxer who lived to beat him and he did.

[@KtotheG]

He is hating, because everything he said can also be said about Holyfield. Why does he give Holyfield a pass for headbutting? Okay, the refs didn't call it, but that was still his "golden parachute" or his "gun" that he snuck into the ring in order to neutralize Tyson, because he was scared. I don't care what Holyfield says.. he was SCARED of Tyson... That's why he kept headbutting him.. and he did the same thing to Riddick Bowe when they fought and Riddick was getting the best of him. So Teddy needs to call it square on both sides. But I guess since the refs let it go, it didn't happen, right?

[@MiloZfunk]

@@KtotheGthat’s a good point about the head butting but Holyfield scared?

[@thinkforward8752]

I buy Atlas' analysis of Tyson. As ferocious as he was, he never seemed genuinely secure and self-assured. With that said, tho, Iron Mike was FAR MORE fascinating than ANY fighter during his time 💯💯 Holyfield, Lewis, etc...they were solid fighters, but they weren't the least bit intriguing.

[@KtotheG]

But Holyfield had his golden parachute. He headbutted Tyson in both fights. He held him a lot, too, every time Tyson got busy and warmed up those ribs. You gotta be fair, Teddy. If you're gonna say that about Tyson, you have to say it about Holyfield. He was scared, too...

[@Dredd-od2xs]

Keep sucking tyson balls u groupie

[@dannyporter7186]

No excuses in boxing! Stop using the head butt. He got beat by better Fighter! Tyson even admitted it. But i'm pretty sure you won't

[@cejotacarr6831]

Exactamente

[@KtotheG]

@@dannyporter7186 Of course Tyson accepts the L... he's an honorable guy. That doesn't mean he wasn't robbed like Roy Jones Jr. in the Olympics.

[@DoggieNYC]

Mike got his ass kicked. Holyfield beat him to the spot all night, Tyson had no answers, in either fight.

[@user-tv1sy1uk5f]

This is my kind of "ted talk" right here. Always love to hear this guy tell stories. True legend.

[@GrubKiller436]

He's annoying.

[@mandolindleyroadshow706]

I've seen this happen three times in boxing, let's call it the "Power Puncher's Dilemma." The first time was in the 5th Round in the Rumble in the Jungle. Foreman was wailing on Ali, who was sitting on the ropes. After the last blast from Foreman, Ali looked at him and said, "Is that all you got, George?" George paused, then disappeared from the ring after that. The second time was - think it was the first Holyfield/Tyson fight, but it was Round 7. Tyson stiffened Evander with his classic power left to the body followed by a right uppercut. Holyfield backed up. Then they changed camera angles so we were behind Tyson's back and we saw Holyfield brush off those punches and coming back towards camera saying, "Let's go." That's when that fight was over. The third time was when Deontay Wilder knocked down Tyson Fury. Wilder thought he won the fight, but Fury got up. You could see Deontay thinking, "This guy is tougher than I am, and I may never beat him."

[@SugarRayCharles.]

Excellent response! I also wholeheartedly agree.

[@thebettingpublicsportsshow]

Wilder even admitted the same by saying, "I don't know how he got up from that" in the post fight presser.

[@geraldperez94]

The Puerto Rican Berlanga also. That’s the problem with only being dependent on one thing, In these cases power punching.

[@citypopradioFM]

You worded that perfect.

[@user-uk4kf9jh1t]

Atlas is talking core facts. When everything you rely on cannot get it done can you keep going to death. Tysons image was what he relied on. Evander the real deal Holyfield relied on his heart and would die to win.

[@treedillinger5801]

That’s like “predicting” that Dennis Rodman or Rasheed Wallace would get a technical foul. 🙃

[@martinaguilar1508]

Nope. Tyson had never been disqualified at that point. Only someone who really knew Mike could predict this. Nice try tho👍

[@treedillinger5801]

@@martinaguilar1508 not a perfect analogy; I’ll admit… but you get the point, right?

[@joojoobaw]

lol “I accurately predicted that Prince Naseem Hamed would either do a backflip, a cartwheel, or a fake fall”

[@AliFrankTheTank]

To get asked a prediction and say someone wins by DQ (in all yo answers) is still crazy that he got DQd 😂😂😂

[@AliFrankTheTank]

⁠@@joojoobawNow say “i think Naseem jokes off and flips & gets hurt so he losses” or something crazy then you right

[@scottshepherd8266]

Holyfield had Tysons number. He beat tyson up TWICE.

[@russellservice182]

Teddy's brilliant at analyzing fighters mind set.

[@joeblough261]

I've heard Teddy explain this whole prediction and bite story a million times, bur this one was the best in how he so brilliantly depicts Mike's psychology going into that 2nd fight. And Holyfield, complete opposite...will never forget him smiling, dancing, and walking out to, "When the Spirit of The Lord Falls Upon my Heart, I will Dance, like David Danced"

[@bobfield6493]

Thank goodness Tupac wasn’t around to see this fight, it would have broke him. He worshipped Tyson ❤

[@rodneywilliams1300]

Snoop knew what it was. Realer than Real Deal Holyfield.

[@macksims4911]

I feel like with the buster Douglas fight we are leaving out critical context.... As as before that fight happened Tyson was not training and was partying like every night and he definitely didn't have Kevin Rooney anymore who was probably his best trainer after Cus died, so all those variables matter as far as him taking that loss to Buster Douglas

[@tripbless2063]

They don't matter tyson got paid to fight and he lost

[@ianblake815]

Holyfield was a true gladiator in his match with Tyson

[@rangers7290]

So was Tyson that first fight was a absolute war

[@jay07261986]

​@@rangers7290evander beat him soundly that 1st fight tho...

[@wacojohnnydean1777]

It’s amazing how Teddy can psychologically breakdown somebody in and out of the ring. Especially a person like Tyson. Teddy knew him like a book…Even if Teddy was not accurate in his analysis of this, this is still astonishing to say the least! Makes you wonder….🤔

[@scottshepherd8266]

Absolutely spot on.....Great comment

[@umarb7325]

funny thing is to an extent we all knew. Getting disqualified when you're clearly losing has been obvious since the dawn of time

[@0Shane13]

Teddy knew him since he was a kid

[@seanbrown7881]

It's not surprising at all if you know body language... alot of us knew Tyson might have been the best boxer in the world but he didn't have heart... now I'm not gonna say I would have predicted him to have did what he did and I couldn't have predicted who would have won the fight even... but Tyson had the typical bully mentality, punch him in the mouth and they crumble... anytime Tyson got in a dog fight he'd crumble... and ANYONE who followed boxing knew he was too scared to fight Bowe, just look at his old interview...

[@joeblough261]

Indeed Holyfield said he was gonna KO Mike after the bite, BUT it wasn't Holy that kept the fight going, it was Marc Ratner asking Mills, "you REALLY wanna disqualify him?" And then Mills 2nd guessed himself and said, "Well, lemme check with the doctor" to which Flip Homansky said, "Yeah, he's Ok to fight" which is utter BS, if there wasn't so much money riding on the fight, no way they shoudlve allowed it to contnue, and about 1% of fighters in History wouldve agreed to go back out there, trying to concentrate with a chunk of ear missing, painful as all get out, vs. Iron Mike. That is why Holyfield is the Ultimate Warrior. He could've said forget it and and the commission wouldve probably had to call it a No Contest as no one could ever blame Holy for refusing to continue, point deduction or not.

[@wingchung836]

Bro won’t stop dissing Mike 😫😫😫

[@badmanskill1112]

He's been doing it for years. That's all he does.

[@Thelategreatjohnnybratton]

And he’s telling the facts. He’s not dissing him. He’s being honest.

[@Thelategreatjohnnybratton]

@@badmanskill1112the interviewer ASKED him his opinion. Did you expect him to not answer? Please explain

[@pboissie]

@@Thelategreatjohnnybrattoni agree too, people letting their fandom of Tyson not allow them to be objective. Mike was crazy and out of pocket all his life till he got older. The man used to say he would eat his opponents kids..come on now 😅

[@darrellfrazier7649]

Where's the lie

[@user-bu6sb9hy1b]

Mr. Atlas is a Boxing mega guru.. he can read the fighters minds damn near✊🏽💰

[@matthewgonzalez2365]

I love listening to Teddy talk boxing, but this all sounds far too personal for Teddy.

[@ANineOne]

Same

[@ah2552]

I remember when Teddy predicted this before the fight and everyone played Teddy as if he was being petty and when he was proven right he was on every news coverage about this fight and ended up getting some broadcasting gigs from it.

[@daboxingscholar]

Teddy also predicted michael spinks to beat tyson

[@MaccaveliPL]

Muhammad Ali also predicted that.

[@JoeyWashingtonHVC]

And Sugar Ray Leonard@@MaccaveliPL

[@martinaguilar1508]

He didn’t really know spinks only spinks talent. Nobody knew spinks would be scared to death lol

[@daboxingscholar]

@martinaguilar1508 scared or not mike blew him out the water

[@MaccaveliPL]

@@daboxingscholar yeah, so Ali was wrong in his prediction. So?

[@TPBGR]

Holyfield was juiced up big time for his fights with Tyson. Tyson by this time was a shell of his former self from the time off and not having a Cus D’mato trained cornerman.

[@Tusc9969]

I agree. Tyson had the same flaw that Zab Judah had...fast and hard puncher but not very tough mentally which is why he could be very discourageable in tough fights and had a tendency to fade away in the late rounds against tough, competitive opponents. I don’t want to pile up on my man Mike Tyson. I really admire the cat..but for some reason Holyfield is the puncher when they fight. I don’t know what it is about Tyson’s punches but they don’t affect Holyfield the way Lewis’s or Bowe’s did. I don’t know if it was the angle of the punches or that Holyfield just had Tyson’s punch cadence down. But Holyfield was always doing more damage to Tyson than Tyson was to him. That’s huge. And for the record they fought in 1996 while Tyson was not at his peak anymore....but.... Holyfield wasn’t either. Holyfield is 4 years older than Tyson and he had just been kod by Riddick Bowe the year before he fought Tyson. In fact after the Tyson series and Holyfield’s win over Michael Moorer the next year, he dropped off also and never had another GREAT win. So it’s not like when they fought Holyfield was so much fresher. Holyfield just had his number.

[@Row1and]

its hard to disagree with most of what youve said mate but the only part i do is tyson not being tough mentally. I feel that tyson in the douglas and holyfield 1 fights that even though he was outclassed in almost the whole of both, he never stopped comin forward against douglas and technically did knock douglas out as he was down for 13 seconds.(not being an excuse for him losing as tysons 10 count was also 12 seconds) I thought he showed tremendous guts by coming out for the 11th v holyfield after the onslaught he suffered in r10

[@user-zh9st7dl4h]

With all due respect , you make good points , but watch The Tyson of mid-late 80s , and the Tyson that fought Holyfield in later Years. His Movement is sluggish. There is no side stepping or his famous Pivot and Punch . Tyson just wasn't the same fighter . He Matured fast , and dwindled the same way.

[@freezhollywood]

@@user-zh9st7dl4hthat’s on Tyson. He wanted to party his career away. He wasn’t old. He stopped being disciplined. Not Holyfield fault.

[@qdontae6]

Tyson was younger but wasn’t the same fighter he been lost his passion for the sport but when u worth 300 million in your prime why quit? He was just famous too early

[@Tusc9969]

@@Row1and I never said Tyson was a quitter, I said he fades away in the late rounds because he would get discouraged in fights he couldn't control against opponents that didn't fear him. The first few rounds Tyson was like a bull dog, but when he realizes that his opponent wasn't going anywhere and keeps coming back, Tyson isn't the same fighter he was in the first half of the fight. Tyson who is a short, pressure fighter, ALLOWED himself to be tied up more than any other fighter of his caliber I have ever seen. Think about that. Even before the Douglas loss. Tony Tucker, Bonecrusher Smith, Jose Ribalta, James Tillis, Jesse Ferguson all tied Tyson up, rather easily. At the time it did not alarm anybody but it was very relevant. Holyfield was able to “walk” Tyson around the ring at will in both fights, in clinches. Ask yourself, why Tyson wouldn’t work more out of clinches. He had no confidence in his stamina. It takes energy to do that. Tyson also lost “form” after 4 rounds of every fight he was ever in. The clinches became more apparent and prolonged. His feet became squared. His head movement stopped and he started throwing one bomb at a time. Go to each of his prime fights and look at the 1st two rounds. Then fast forward to round 5 and you see a huge difference in Tyson.

[@jsj31313jj]

"Speaking the truth in times of universal deceit is a revolutionary act." -George Orwell

[@ismaelbouach5457]

As one of the biggest Tyson fans, Teddy is right on this

[@treedillinger5801]

Holyfield should’ve been disqualified for those head butts. Look up a picture of Tyson’s eyes.

[@Lordhumongus]

Nope. You're just upset yer cuck lord got that smoke. 2 times

[@MaccaveliPL]

Tyson himself said he was butting Holyfield intentionally as well and was pissed that Hoyfield does it better. Stop with the excuses.

[@treedillinger5801]

@@MaccaveliPL…are you implying that Tyson resorted to dirty tactics in that fight? 😱 …how insightful. Honestly what’s your point? Does the fact that he’s a felon excuse Holyfield’s head butting too? Or what?

[@Ytterdahls]

@@MaccaveliPL Tyson often went in head first, and his hooks sometimes turned into elbows, as his hooks were angled a bit inwards, and he would sometimes try to break his opponents arms or hit after the bell or even hit the referree. It amazes me how people seem to protect this man with their life, as if he was an angel and a victim. As if he is the only one that went through hard times. Coulda, woulda, shoulda. Tyson was/is incredible, but his shortcomings were actual shortcomings.

[@treedillinger5801]

@@Ytterdahlsyou read *a lot* into my comment there, Champ. 90% of your little rant came from your own thoughts and obsessions; not mine.

[@WarriorsforInfoTV]

How Teddy didnt bet a ton a Holyfield is mind blowing.

[@nick281972]

How do you know he didn't?

[@WarriorsforInfoTV]

@@nick281972 With his knowledge if he had bet he'd won 100 million and wouldn't have to do these interviews for pay.

[@markherring3513]

Teddy on Joe Rogan podcast is deep AF too. When he starts off by saying Tyson as a little kid would hide between walls of sheetrock to hide from bullies then its 20 minutes of deep insight to Tyson's persona...Rogan lets him talk uninterrupted for 20 minutes about Tyson's fears and how he mentally hides between the walls when he knows hes losing.

[@user-yb6cz1id7z]

Damn Teddy knows Mike at his core and he's spot on Tyson was a scared little boy inside and was no match for Holyfield

[@qdontae6]

He wasn’t scared of Holyfield they sparred in amateurs they fought when Mike ain’t give a fuck but as a Tyson fan I must admit he was ass in the 90s

[@user-yb6cz1id7z]

@qdontae6 Teddy didn't mean just in the Holyfield fight Mike was weak mentally he didn't have it when things got tough and he needed to depend on something more than his speed and power Evander was a different animal he would impose his will on a guy find a way to win Tyson folded when he got resistance from his opponent he either lost or it went the distance

[@davruck1]

@@user-yb6cz1id7zhe’s tougher than Teddy

[@qdontae6]

@@user-yb6cz1id7z yes I agree and that’s why he needed discipline and focused but u can’t say that for his whole career because he never lost in the distance when he had a good trainer and focused, Tony Tucker who I always say is very underrated was close to beating Mike and correct me if I’m wrong but Tony wasn’t 100% that fight but Mike made adjustments scored with the jab and won but that was 87..but yeah he definitely was weak mentally look at how he was raised some ppl needed that push and Mike is 1 of them plus he got famous too young imo should’ve stayed in amateurs with Lennox for a couple more years

[@aceofspade9627]

@@qdontae6 preach Tony Tucker wasn't afraid , a part that was left out was Tyson was frustrated because of the headbutting in the second fight he told Mills downplayed it about and was visibly upset his eye was cut that's why he bit him

[@reckumodnolro1950]

Holyfield said the same thing about Tyson needing an out.

[@Monsterdamage12]

People forget that Mike was actually small for a heavyweight. Outweigh by 25-30 pounds, outreached, but overcame all those. Eventually I knew he would not be able to get away with his deficiencies. Still one of the greatest fighters of all time.

[@ButcheryTapes]

Deficiencies? Mike was built like a Terminator and he used his low height to his advantage. Tyson was great, powerful, fast and talented, but Teddy was always right Tyson was lacking something hard to see from the untrained eye.

[@periechontology]

It's Holyfield that was regularly outweighed not Tyson. Holyfield was a natural Cruiserweight.

[@djisrael2734]

Makes sense to Me.. perfect sense, Tyson even alluded to this multiple times

[@donaldprophete5005]

Teddy knew who Tyson was from the beginning. Regardless of what Tyson became Teddy knew who he was at his core. Y’all are just hypnotized by all of the bells and whistles.

[@vidalsmith9160]

Exactly

[@chupa.me.la.pinga.mar1con]

Yep he liked to violate girls as a kid and as adult same thing

[@STREETSXRAGEsPECTATORSaRENA]

I love Teddy Atlas. I respect his views on Mike Tyson. He is not dissing Tyson one bit. Tyson was my Favorite Boxer. He is talking from a chest match Mike Knew how to play checkers. When it came to chest match Mike Struggle Still till This Day .Mike Tyson is still my favorite boxer of all time

[@malenkomack5744]

Much respect to Atlas for speaking the real. If anybody knows he does.

[@AliFrankTheTank]

STILL the best fight prediction of all time.

[@MidwestBoxin]

Mike Tyson lost all his biggest fights. Most casuals think they only fought once & dont remember the vicious beating Holyfield gave Tyson. Tyson was a GOOD heavyweight, he was never GREAT. Even in his prime he never fought anyone else who was in their absolute best.

[@peternagy-im4be]

Much like Tyson Fury

[@melmclaurin2064]

Who gave Teddy a buck fifty!! He's a real New Yorker.

[@raylamont834]

Great break down!

[@ericfigueroa7740]

God bless Teddy 🙏

[@badillosway154]

Does he have heartburn? Get that man a tums.

[@smsog2236]

Cold scary bone chillingly true analysis.

[@nayyy117]

Poetry. The way teddy breaks Mike’s character and experience down

[@travino]

When he's not ringside, he sounds like a poor man's Bobby Heenan

[@joojoobaw]

I was just thinking on the last clip this man’s voice is like Bobby Heenan combined with Trump

[@harwn999]

Mike Tyson himself confirmed this was true when he exclaimed why he himself wasn’t on Ali level. Mike Tyson said and I quote “Ali will die in that ring, he’s willing to die to win. I’m not willing to die” and he said it with tears in his eyes. So for those thinking this isn’t true because you’re a super Tyson fanatic and don’t actually analyze the boxing, Tyson doesn’t even agree with you

[@gregoryphillips3969]

Teddy Atlas was 1000% on the money here. Mike Tyson was an exciting fighter who definitely had some great moments and did become heavyweight champion. But hopefully what Teddy Atlas shared here will allow people to view Tyson in a more realistic light. How can Tyson be considered an all time great of all greats when he was never able to stand up to the truly great fighters of his era who challenged him?

[@user-no2ht6kk1t]

A top sports writer talked to atlas and suggested holyfield. could pull it off to which atlas replied " that holyfield youre speaking of doesn't exist anymore" But atlas has his own history book in his head

[@bigolbabyhuey]

Maybe the reporter was asking him about the first fight. In this video he's speaking about the 2nd fight

[@user-no2ht6kk1t]

@@bigolbabyhuey it was the first fight but it shoes how atlas gave holyfield no chance but then quickly jumped on his anti tyson wagon with holyfield Tyson never got disqualified on purpose it was that holyfield was intentionally butting him and no one cared nor did anything about it and so tyson took it back to the street and into his own hands Holyfield seriously jacked for both fights X my Olympia Lee Haney hos strength coach A top sports steroid provider doctor was busted and in his book was a name even field and when the investigators rang it holyfield answered

[@user-no2ht6kk1t]

@@matthewberkin5924 Go up to him on the street and jostle him

[@user-yb6cz1id7z]

​@user-no2ht6kk1t Tyson absolutely got disqualified on purpose he's a coward. Holyfield was in better shape for the second fight and was gonna knock Mike out sooner than the first fight Tyson quit headbutts were an excuse Tyson admitted that already said Evander was the best he ever fought

[@user-no2ht6kk1t]

@@user-yb6cz1id7z you are a white man

[@xxkhalilxx0]

Now Tyson sell ear gummies genius!!!!

[@user-zh9st7dl4h]

The Tyson that fought Berbick, Frazier , Spinks , would have beat Holyfield . It would have been a close fight , but that era Tyson would have ben extremely hard to beat . Much better pivoting Movement , of which he stoped doing in later fights . Anyone disagrees , watch the Holyfield Tyson fights. He just stands in front trying to land a bomb. The quick elusive pivot movement was GONE . I think he had just lost the desire for Boxing at that stage .

[@rodneywilliams1300]

He never would have beaten Holyfield. Holyfield was never scared of him. Beat him in the Olympic trials and in two professional fight. He had no chance.

[@user-zh9st7dl4h]

@@rodneywilliams1300 you have your opinion , and I have mine . ill leave] at that .

[@Bukkharris]

Tyson is our people Hero!! Along with many other great human beings. We can open up all our lives and find so called flaws. Much love to Tyson

[@gilbertnicholas1582]

Teddy needs to hold his breath for 20 seconds

[@BrazenBreeds]

Ok Teddy, sure you predicted it. It's so glaring how much of a grudge he still holds against Mike, he never stops dissing and minimizing him. The fact that Atlas had that altercation with Tyson over his his niece, was asked to leave the camp and didn't get to be part of the team to train the biggest professional boxer in the world at the time still burns him and he has never let go of it.

[@jacksonjb18]

No he just knows who Tyson really was. An immensely gifted and talented athlete who relied on that most of his career but lacked heart

[@Nachtfahrt80]

​@@jacksonjb18100%

[@BrazenBreeds]

@@jacksonjb18 The idea that Mike Tyson didn't have heart is a complete farce. You can see in several of his early fights that he was mentally strong, every opponent didn't run scared from him. Mike's own sparring partner Mike Jameson was a huge guy who knew his style well and stood up to him for 7 rounds until Mike KOed him. He was tested by James Tillis who took him the distance, Jose Ribalta was twice his size and not scared of Mike at all and fought him hard for 10 rounds but Tyson still stopped him. Buster Douglas beat the brakes off of Tyson almost every round and would've KOed most opponents that night but Tyson fought until the very end and never waivered or quit. Bruno hurt him, Ruddock hurt him but Mike wasn't deterred. Even when Holyfield battered him the entire first fight Mike fought until the end when the ref waived it off. The only so called signs of him having "no heart" would be his mental breakdown with the ear bite and the fights much later in his career when he had already lost his spirit for fighting and was clearly washed up.

[@MiloZfunk]

He’s speaking facts bro go google the article! Even Tyson admitted he was losing. Tyson is great no doubt but don’t let your love for the man, blind you too what’s real

[@Manofhonor1]

@@BrazenBreedsI agreed

[@Stephan2P]

He has a lot of patience dealing with those hiccups during the interview.

[@marinz4life]

While all of this is spot-on it ignores an important fact: none of this is in-play if Cus is still masterminding Tyson’s preparation. The Tyson we’re talking about was a caricature of the model Cus built and Buster Douglas was first to expose it. The original is STILL one of the greatest EVER.

[@michaelwilliams1723]

Holyfield was the real deal! He fought them all and never ducked any!

[@Enginerr82]

It’s not that Teddy is off the mark here because he’s very much on the mark with a lot of it. But the here’s the problem , the full story is Holyfield was using his head as a battering ram and cheating with it. First fight Tyson had a gigantic gash over his eye because of the headbutt , now here’s the second fight Holyfield head butts him again and the cut opens up. The man literally is cheating with his headbutts causing major damage. Not to mention he was holding like hell in the fights . When Holyfield fought Rahman he butted him so bad that Rahman was growing a second head out of his forehead haha. I mean cmon , the headbutts were absolute cheating . Now with all that said , in THAT moment upon the headbutt in the second fight and the cut opening up did Tyson want a “way” out through DQ? Yes. But it was only after this guy Holyfield used the same bs tactics to damage him in his eye . So Teddys right but he’s also wrong by not putting blame on the dirty tactics of Holyfield Holyfield was dirty in BOTH fights , so Tyson did it back to him but only worse

[@ramonecoleman5588]

A lot of people don’t like Mike but dammm buddy has nothing to say good about Mike and he truly won the Buster Douglass fight

[@tylervinson9250]

The fight should have been stopped when tyson knocked buster down and buster got a long count he literally beat buster Douglas while not even training out partying

[@ramonecoleman5588]

@@tylervinson9250 100 💯 % FACTS

[@arch0049]

There was no long count. Learn the rules of boxing and watch the fight again. The judge cannot start the count until Tyson goes to a neutral corner. Tyson lollygagged and for about two seconds. Once judge confirms he is in corner he starts counting. When Buster knocked Tyson down, Buster immediately retreated to the proper corner so the judge started the count faster. By rule, judges start the count at 1, they cannot skip ahead. By the actual rules of boxing, not Joe Rogan interviews, Tyson did not knock out Buster at all.

[@tylervinson9250]

@arch0049There was a long count obviously u need to go rewatch the fight and look it up do the research yourself it's out there u will find it

[@arch0049]

​@@tylervinson9250 please learn thr rules of professional boxing before spreading such falsehoods. The judge cannot start the count until Tyson makes way into a neutral corner. The delay in starting the count is from Tyson lollygagging his way. When Douglas knocks out Tyson, Douglas immediately retreats into the proper corner. By rules, the judge cannot start the count until Tyson is in the corner, cannot skip ahead in the count and cannot speed up the count to make up time. Your debunked fanboy theory is great for click bait and to sell commercials on Joe Rogan. But is utterly false. 🛑

[@trueempire8948]

Douglas took away Tyson invincibility. Holyfield took it away for good. Tyson was never the same after both those fights.

[@adamoxen]

12:12 Vlad the Great Interruptor & Atlas the Great Rambler....match made in heaven😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@bigplb2133]

Mike Tyson will always be great. Nobody has ever come close

[@bigplb2133]

@@matthewberkin5924 old enough to remember his fights when I was a kid

[@RebelThoughts82]

Tyson never beat any great fighters.

[@jusdef07]

Buster shocked the world, however we can't compare his fight to Holyfield's fight because that was 6 years later with a prison stint in between. We'll never know if Evander would have beaten Tyson prior to his prison stint. 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@arch0049]

True we will never know for sure. But most boxer experts say there is really no point in their pro careers where Tyson beats Lennox or Buster.

[@chupa.me.la.pinga.mar1con]

Tyson didn't fight Douglas before jail? Wtf are u talking about. Holyfield would've worked him any year

[@aceofspade9627]

Vlad you should ask Teddy Atlas what he thinks about Holyfields documented ped use and the headbutts that cut his eye in the 2nd round which was intentional

[@John_Smith777]

yep, holyfield was sauced to the gills and trained with mr olympia lee haney. for all the grief athletes like bonds and armstrong have been given, others like holyfield get a complete pass. in a combat sport no less lmao.

[@tonywall9159]

He doesn’t respect Tyson at all lol. But this does seems like he’s spitting straight facts here. Tyson was absolutely no match for Holyfield

[@vernonrobinson1685]

He respected Tysons ability but not his character. It was never developed, and thus, when it was needed, he responded with jailhouse jive.

[@tonywall9159]

I don’t think he respects anything about Tyson. It’s something deeper with them two that only they know@@vernonrobinson1685

[@mxtanaagaming1]

It seems like teddy is jealous of Tyson bc cus d’mato liked Tyson more than him

[@arch0049]

Tyson fans are having an effing breakdown with this interview. House of cards comes crashing down.

[@darrellowings2343]

And Evander did the same way. He was smart enough to copy what Buster did. The old hit and hold. Not knocking him. I'm just saying if Tyson at that point that had any decent trainer at that point, they should have fixed it.

[@eltubster14]

Tyson fought to the end against Douglas and Lewis, he could have died in those fights. Atlas is such an armchair general.

[@headlesscentaurs]

Big Respect We Love U Teddy ❤

[@brettglenn9328]

It's so true man.....I recall telling buddies I expected Holy to get him out even faster since he already knew the blueprint from the first fight. And if you watch the fight.......it was already going bad for Mike by the 2nd round...... But......I did think he would take the loss on his shield.....the fouling out via biting shocked me. I expected more of the Mike we saw lose to Lewis.......that Mike took his beating like a man and went out on his shield.

[@treynelson3967]

Good interview Vald. Do more old-school Boxing and new fighters. 😊

[@lorenzbeaumacc1175]

@10:10 ooh shiiii 😂😂😂 Dude really knew Tyson like his son 😂😂😂😂

[@BroKhalidMuhammad]

Well Mike Tyson did say he's not willing to die over boxing.

[@idklol4197]

thats so interesting, i never thought about mike getting disqualified so he wouldnt lose clean again

[@robert-lz9qf]

The great ones knew how to dig deep when losing and overcome to end up winning, i love tyson but he never had that

[@richieesco]

Razor ruddock was the first person to show the weakness in Tyson. He layed tje blueprint for Douglas and everyone after

[@sijattaglover6975]

Teddy hasn’t said anything Mike ain’t said about himself how yall keep getting mad at teddy😂😂

[@kevinshell8392]

Tyson lovers are definitely not gonna like hearing this, the excuses are gonna be all over the place and anyone who agrees with Teddy will be labeled a hater

[@jmckeev765]

i think teddy and mike should have a sit down, a proper conversation. yeh some of his analysis about mikes character etc may be correct, but it seems pretty obvious that he has never let go of the grudge for mike. i could be wrong, but hey, thats just the impression i'm getting whenever i hear teddy talking about mike

[@BrooklynDynasty]

Tyson was the boss he needed a consig. To advise him

[@jonrobbin170]

Teddy is the Dave Mustaine of boxing

[@morelife6508]

That comment doesn't register with the low IQ Vlad demographic

[@djsammysosa1]

This interview might get vlad beat up 🤣🤣🤣👀👀👀

[@jesusbarajas4840]

😅😅

[@danielmccoy-md3zd]

Tyson was never beating Holyfield! Evander could take his shots and just keep coming….Evander had 100 times more heart than Tyson did and Tyson melted down in the 2nd fight because he knew he couldn’t beat him. Styles make fights and Tyson was never winning it.

[@gordonbarber7188]

Mike tyson lived his life the way he wanted to no one can say they would have lived there life any put your self in mike Tysons shoes people are always judging mike tyson

[@CrazyJokersTV]

He not lyin Mike would agree. He was f*cord up and angry. Legend still in my eyes 🐐

[@xl576]

I’d be mad if Cuss chose Tyson over me too. Can’t blame him for being bitter.

[@nicecutie]

how funny would it be if tyson walked up behind teddy and tapped him on the shoulder. teddy would get very quiet

[@keithagee8972]

To do something in regard to a belief denotes humanic integrity.

[@tjizzle2993]

I love Mike, but we all know he doesn't have it all mentally. And you can't blame how people feel about him, that been around him, Good or Bad.

[@qdontae6]

I agree with Teddy but to be fair he didn’t really wanna fight no more after prison but making 20 million a fight but I still think a hungry Mike would win at least once

[@bodiesel01]

Teddy its personal we all get it...After Tyson had that interaction with your niece and you pulled a gun on Tyson