Chasing Tyson

Year: 2015

Grade: B

Country: USA

Director: Cantor

Review

30 for 30 about holyfield’s quest for respect as a boxer. basically it comes down to two things: since the ali, foreman, frazier era there just hasn’t been a great interest in heavyweight boxing and the only person who rose to the level of those guys (at least hype-wise) was tyson. holyfield finally fought him, but after he had passed his prime so it wasn’t a legit win (so the thinking goes). regardless of where you place these fighters it’s about eras in sports. clemens will never face babe ruth and koufax will never throw to bonds. you can’t fault a guy for living in the wrong era. that said, it’s not like either of these guys were untarnished in their prime. they had “off” fights in their prime and lost to guys that great fighters wouldn’t have lost to.