That's interesting, but I think it has to be taken with a grain of salt because Max is coming from the perspective of someone who lived through Tyson's prime years, so his opinion is affected by the hype he witnessed firsthand. If Tyson had boxed in the '60s and '70s against better competition, he wouldn't have had…

Regardless, it's a singular achievement and has historical significance.

Ali did. Louis had longevity and Marciano has the "0" so they will always get bonus points for those things, even if they didn't fight in the prime eras of the division.

Sick rejoinder bro

In no way did I criticize you. I was just stating a fact.

Whenever anyone criticizes Esposito on this site, there's a 100% chance that one or more of a small handful of people will jump to her defense. (Wafflicious seems to be the most diligent about this.) It is what it is, you know? To me, it seems a little odd to get so worked up about a thing that's so predictable. …

Also, he's still fighting at a high level at 48. Insane.

Man from the future hates it to the body, then?

Tyson really was/is a student of the sport, so his opinion about how he would have stacked up against the greats from other eras is more than just modesty. A prime Ali would have been far too elusive. Ali would have jabbed the hell out of him while Tyson followed him around the ring, then stopped him late.

When Tyson was rampaging through the heavyweight division in the mid-to-late '80s, it was not a particularly strong era for that weight class. In other words, while Tyson was a sensation, he was doing it against relatively weak competition. For that reason, and also because his prime was rather brief, most experts…

I like getting a little taste of the following week, but I tend to agree about the "rest of the season" previews. There's so little they can show without giving away too much that it's mostly pointless.

Wow, I didn't realize he wasn't in the film at all. That's a bummer. At least there are a couple good interviews out there. In my opinion, he had the ideal career in music, a multi-instrumentalist who both played in significant bands and contributed to many major (and minor) recordings as a session man. I won't…

Well, now that you mention it, there are some shitty lyricists I wouldn't mind suing…

When it comes to both receiving damages from the suit and preventing future sales, the "burden of proof" is the same because they're exercising the same legal right in both instances.

Your idea of a perfect America is one in which musicians are sued for writing moderately offensive lyrics?

That would be an excellent direction for the Paige plot line. I hate how she's been steamrolling Philip on the matter because I think he's in the right.

There's always been that strange ambiguity in their relationship. It's a dynamic tension between the affection/respect they feel for each other versus the knowledge that their marriage is ultimately a "sham." It has seemed like they (the writers) have handled it a bit clumsily at times.

I assumed she only knew to do it because Clark told her to do so if the bug was ever found.

Since his name wasn't mentioned, I'm just gonna do it now:

Hal Blaine strikes again!