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20 y/o Mike Tyson in his most terrifying prime vs virtually unknown José Ribalta. Tyson’s previous four fights lasted 5 rounds total. Ribalta lasted 10 Rounds, taking 200+ blows that each could’ve killed a normal human. Tyson credits Ribalta as the toughest man he ever faced.
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It was like watching the fake exaggerated boxing in a Rocky film. Holy crap.
See this in another thread, upvoting twice.
My god. That uppercut in the first round would have decapitated me.
He was the greatest aside of maybe one’s like Jack Johnson way back in the day.
Prime Tyson punches look like they would hurt even if you block correctly
Watching Tyson in his prime is like watching formula 1 in the golden era. The speed and precision makes you feel like your eyes are playing tricks on you. A car going that fast shouldn’t corner that well and a man that big throwing punches that hard shouldn’t be that fast. Terrifying.
I’m just gunna hope, for Ribalta’s sake, that they added sound effects to Tysons punches.
Jesus that was like a 12 course meal of fists for Ribalta.
Imagine how that dude felt waking up the next morning lmao
How is Ribalta doing today?
Reminds me of the Simpson’s episode where homer becomes a boxer because he can take a million punches and then just push over the exhausted opponent.
Felt like Ribalta was losing a year of his life every time he took one of those punches from Tyson.
There are two things this video shows: Tyson is greatest puncher ever to live and Larry Merchant is the absolute worst ringside reporter.
I disagree here. Tony Tucker is the man who is the most deserving of credit for standing up to Tyson in his prime. This guy took everything Tyson had, showboated in his face for it, and went the entire distance. No idea why this fight isn’t discussed more .If you aren’t familiar with this fight, do yourself a favor and watch it.
https://youtu.be/zdJFhZ-EOnM?si=uPYUwDHy5A-Oezw4
I’m always curious what guys like him are up to now. [This website](https://boxrec.com/wiki/index.php/Jose_Ribalta) says:
“As of 2015 Ribalta works as an elementary school security guard for Miami-Dade County Public Schools in Florida, and trains amateur boxers.”
No matter what this dude did in the rest of his career, this is the most impressive thing he’s done, he took everything a prime Mike Tyson had and kept going back for more, Tyson never let up for a second he was absolutely determined to knock him out and he flat out couldn’t with everything he had. Legend.
Did Ribalta “survive” this in a medically assisted vegetative state? Good lord he must have had a splitting headache for a few days after that.
I could take Tyson in his prime.
It’s like watching Homer Simpson fight Drederick Tatum
By the time you recover from the shock that you blocked one of his punches you are already getting knocked out by another. Tyson’s arms are like cobras with bowling balls attached to the end.
Total Punches – Tyson: Thrown: 326 – Landed 220 (68%)
Ribalta: Thrown 326 – Landed 94 (29%)
In addition to maybe being the most powerful boxer ever, Tyson’s defense was also amazing.
I can just imagine a pissed off Mike going to the corner after the fifth round “Muther thucker won’t go down!!”
What was Tyson’s biggest weakness?
I boxed for three years and was hit by punches less than half of this energy that I still thought would kill me
He may have had a chance against that gorilla. Just saying
Tyson’s uppercuts look so *fucking* deadly I don’t know how people lived through them.
Anyone notice the name on the corners?
That’s right, … it’s there.
Remember when he raped a lady?
Ok ribalta wants a rematch. Not sure he didn’t get enough servings of brain damage from that fight to last a few lifetimes?
>taking 200+ blows that each could’ve killed a normal human
lmfao
Love that they mentioned the shadow realm in this video.
So, the narrator says, “The uppercut would have been enough to send 99.99% of people to the shadow realm”, and OP takes that seriously and says “blows that each could’ve killed a normal human”. Absurd.
“lasted 10 rounds” “looks at thumbnail” i mean given that information and this image if anyone would it would be this guy he’s so much physically larger than tyson so that makes sense
Tyson’s uppercuts look like they’d dislocate your head from your neck. Good fucking Christ.