1975 Manila Muhammad Ali VS 1988 Michael Tyson

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  1. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    :good :lol:
     
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  2. Foreman Hook

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    'It's gonna be a blood-spiller when i whup the roided-killer!'
     
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    Bonecrusher Lineal Champion Full Member

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    I am going to have to go with Tyson here.. This in my eyes is Tyson at his absolute peak, or at least very close to it, he may have been a little sharper in maybe the Spinks fight or maybe Biggs, your choice but regardless this was Mike during his "Prime"... I don't see this Ali beating this Tyson

    Mike will find a home to Ali's body and head in this one, this Ali didn't move all that well on his toes and he would lay on the ropes and absorb his opponents punches and then spring off with his own wicked combos.. I think Tyson will brutalize the Ali body as Ali lays on the ropes.. And he will drive hard uppercuts through the middle of the Muhammad Defense..

    I don't see him stopping Ali as I think he is pretty much KO or stoppage proof, I actually picked Muhammad Ali to win by Dec in the poll since he had a knack for winning decisions that he may have actually lost.. I see Tyson getting the better of Ali but Ali I think will still have the cards.. But if we are to throw out intangibles like the judges love affair with Ali then I say Tyson wins a Dec....
     
    Bonecrusher, Jul 28, 2011
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  4. Foreman Hook

    Foreman Hook ☆☆☆ G$ora ☆☆☆ Full Member

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    100% AGREE with it all. :thumbsup

    Teddy Atlas is teh no.1 XPERT on Tyson!

    Nobody knows Tyson like Teddy does. :deal
     
    Foreman Hook, Jul 29, 2011
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  5. Stevie G

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    Agreed Hook :good Tyson would have been in most people's all time top 5 list of heavyweights if his mentality went with his physicality.
     
    Stevie G, Jul 29, 2011
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    1975 Ali would get smashed by a peaking Tyson had they fought. Ali barely, barely squeaked past a washed up Joe Frazier.
     
    Tuaman, Jul 29, 2011
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    :huh That's an exaggeration. those last few rounds were one sided and most of the time Ali was swamping Frazier with right hands and combos
     
    tommygun711, Jul 29, 2011
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    ali was 33........ 12 lbs overweight and laid on the ropes way too much and lost his legs by 1975/ mike tyson of 1988 woulda stopped that version of ali/
     
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  10. Stevie G

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    "I'm gonna handcuff lightning and that ugly pug Tyson's gonna find me frightening"
     
    Stevie G, Jul 30, 2011
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    That is a myth,imo. Ali was a fair bit in front,points wise,at the time of stoppage.
     
    Stevie G, Jul 30, 2011
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    This was the Ali who'd just stopped the previously invincible George Foreman. How many all time greats in heavyweight boxing history,before or since,could have beaten George on that night in Zaire ?
     
    Stevie G, Jul 30, 2011
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    'He's gonna show such roid-rage, i'm gonna prove he belongs in a ******-cage!"'

    'The beast who's all muscle-mass, is gonna get put on his ass!'

    'That big dumb palooka is gonna need a bazooka, if he wants to hurt Muhammad Ali!'

    'PHANTOM-PUNCH! they will shout, when i score a clean knockout!'

    'That man's got two left feet, and i'm gonna be dancing, to make it look like he's slipping on sleet!'
     
    Foreman Hook, Jul 30, 2011
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    he grant Historian/Film Maker

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    Ali outfoxes him to a decision ...
     
    he grant, Jul 30, 2011
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    "Tyson's gonna be a satelite when I start whupping him on that night"

    "What chance does Tyson have against me ? I would n't give any to the sucker from Albany"
     
    Stevie G, Jul 30, 2011
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