Imo its more that the public and media put Tyson on a pedestal that never fitted him. The love of Tyson lets them forget that he was low life criminal who even while training with Cus continued to beat up people and rob them and that choked in many big fights in his career (prison yadayada I know). Its like you are only allowed to be a groupie of Tyson or a hater. I respect his technical skills a lot! He brought some skills to HW that are singular but that doesnt mean there cant be critic.
Atlas is not a sympathetic figure. He is brash, agressive, obnoxious etc but he tells it how he sees it. Thats why he got fired by ESPN and its a very rare character trait nowadays. I respect him for that even as I dont like him as a person.