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Originally Posted by philguy
Tyson had time to train...didn't he? He bit his ear off because he was getting his ass kicked. When he didn't bite Hollyfield's ear off - what happened? Tyson didn't train for that fight? Go back and watch the corner coverage. In each case, their trainers are telling them exactly what to do. Hollyfield, Lewis listened to their trainers...Tyson didn't. Who won?
Lewis did what a fighter does, he held and followed a gameplan - both resulted in tyson getting destroyed. He lost. They beat him half to death.
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Having time to train doesn't mean he trained as hard as he could/should have.
He bit his ear off because he was tired of being head butted and the ref not doing anything about it. Granted he lost his focus because of it and was getting beat, but the head butts were the cause of all that. He's known for head butts, watch what he did to Rahman. Head butted his ass and caused massive swelling on the side of his dome and they had to call the fight because of it.
You said that Holyfield is a smart fighter, which is nonsense, he was an obedient fighter--his corner told him what to do and he did it. He didn't figure out what to do with Tyson, his corner did.
Even with all this, Tyson's motivation, focus, and physical fitness were never the same after Cus died.