Customer Reviews

Mike Tyson: Man or Machine, Box Set

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

Playing Peek A Boo With Mike Tyson

Mixed feelings here - Tyson and the fights are GREAT - I'm not sure if it's just the copy I have, but the quality of the DVD was poor - i.e. it looked like the fights were transferred from an old VHS tape and on to DVD - somewhat grainy and just not near DVD quality.

The only other negative comment I have is that the fights are edited. It's not the full fights. It's highlights and/or a few minutes of the rounds. I would have preferred the entire rounds unedited.

This is a must have for any Tyson fan. You forget how spectacular Mike was at the beginning of his career. The lightening quick hands, the fluid lateral movement and that hypnotic Peak-A-Boo style!

Iron Mike was and in my opinion still is one of the greatest fighters of all times!

If you're a Tyson fan - you will need this for your collection.

Tyson may be my favorite boxer to watch. There's nothing quite like the relentless fury and brutal power that a young Mike brought into the ring. And this DVD set does have some of his great bouts. The only problem is, they're not presented in their entirety, or even in a decent picture quality. I suppose edited fights aren't all that bad a thing--if the editing job is done right. This editing job, however, was done oh-so-wrong. Without rhyme or reason, in the middle of a flurry or not, suddenly the video jumps ahead half-a-minute or so, then does it again and again and again. This is pretty much how the entire DVD plays out.

At this price, for the number of bouts listed and on DVD format, you'd think you're getting a great deal. You're not. You'd do yourself a favor by just typing "Mike Tyson Career DVD" into any search engine. There are plenty of independent sites out there that specialize in boxing videos, and though they're most likely more expensive, any of those would probably be a better deal that you'd get buying this set.

Poor quality - chopped up clips; not complete matches. Totally dissatisfied with this DVD which was purchased as a birthday gift for my son. We wasted money on this purchase.

The fights are great. The relatively low rating I gave it is due to the technical aspects of the DVD. The picture and sound quality are sub-par. The fights are poorly edited (I don't mind that they edited out some of the lapses in the action, but they often cut off the words of the play-by-play guys mid-sentence when they could have just cut at the end of the sentence) Also, why aren't the fights shown in the order in which they occurred? There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason for they order the are shown in.

I just bought this video. I'm a big Tyson fan especially early in his career. Hence, I was excited to receive this package. Once I opened it and played the video, I was dismayed with the editing of it. I was told that the fights were in there "entirety". This is entirely not true. The fights are broken, cut, & pasted. There seems to be no skill in this because sometimes when the fighters are mixing it up, the DVD skips to 10 seconds later. There are no interviews which is a part of the fight I like and no previews, which I use to like on HBO. But what really hurts the quality is that the fights are not complete. This in itself hurts this collection of videos as a "collectors piece" because their not originial in any sense of the word...

I have to wonder if this release is even legitimate. By that, I mean did the producer even buy the rights to the fights? If so, why does each and every fight look like it was copied from VHS? The best example of this is in the Spinks fight, where horizontal lines reminiscent of VHS tapes with poor tracking are clearly visible. In fact, the resolution looks even worse (more grainy) than VHS & more like something that was lifted from youtube.

To say that I do not recommend this video would be a vast understatement. Moreover, the content is worth little more than the mere DVD media its packaging. This video is an insult to Mike Tyson, as well as the sport of boxing and its fans.

Like Malcolm I was also a lil surprised by the editing cutting out parts of the rounds and the packaging was kind of cheesy but those are only minor flaws. Since I receive the dvds I have been watching them non stop. Mike Tyson is the most entertaining boxer of all time. It shows the Mike kicking butt as usual and acting bizzare once in a while.

This video package is great for entertainment when you have company over. When I let my friends check out the video they were in awe and the were constantly making me rewind parts of the video to see some of the knock out punches again. This dvd package is the best $35 I have ever spent. For every so called boxing fan this is a must have. And there needs to be more videos like this for other hard hitting legends like HolyField, Foreman, Jones Jr.

My DVD did arrive quickly, which was good, but, the first DVD (there are 3) doesn't read/work at all. The fights are not shown in their entirety, and the quality is average or less. Still, it is Tyson, and it was cool to watch!

i know what you think ofi'm a kid but i think mike tyson is one of the best boxers in the world but the fights are not complite but thats ok bcause mike tyson's box set will give you great entertament wacth ko after ko after ko this a must for a tyson fan.

TO ALL THE PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE WHO THINK MIKE TYSON IS A THUG,, RAPIST, EAR BITER AND SO ON HE HAS ALOT OF MANA WHICH MEANS RESPECT IN MAORI AND HIS MOKU ON HIS FACE MEANS PRIDE AND THATS WHAT I HAVE FOR HIM AND ALOT OF PEOPLE I KNOW HAVE FOR HIM IS WELL AND THATS AS A PERSON, BUT AS A FIGHTER HE IS THE BEST HANDS DOWN AND THIS DVD SET SHOWS WHY HE IS SPECIAL. P.S THERE IS ALOT OF RUMOURS IN NEW ZEALAND THAT A VERY RICH PERSON WANTS TO OFFER MIKE TYSON A HUGE SUM OF MONEY TO FIGHT IN NEW ZEALAND AND FIGHT DAVID TUA IN AUCKLAND WHICH WOULD BE EXCELLENT, TYSON IN TUA,T.N.T I THINK TYSON WOULD KNOCK HIM OUT.