Mike Tyson (1997) vs Don Cockell (1955)

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  1. Hydraulix

    Hydraulix Left Hook From Hell.. Full Member

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    How would this play out? Tyson's stamina and heart weren't so hot in the late 90s. He often got frustrated and discouraged when his opponents hung in there. How would he fare against the Don Cockell who lasted 9 rounds against Marciano? Personally, I'm not sure how this would go because I don't see this version of Tyson lasting 9 rounds with anyone and winning.
     
  2. MRBILL

    MRBILL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    The 1997 version of Tyson would still slay Cockell like prey in the woods inside 5 rds.... Probably 3 rds... Cockell is not 1997 Holyfield.... Tyson was ready to kill in June 1997, and he would've beaten just about anyone else in the division in 1997, besides maybe Foreman....?

    I just reviewed "Marciano-Cockell" the other night.... Cockell was a tuff bloke, but not really a great fighter above 175 pounds... Cockell was tubby against the solid Rock in 1955.... Rocky had an off night and was slowing down by 1955....

    Still, '97 Tyson at 218 ripped pounds runs thru '55 Cockell like a hot knife through butter....

    MR.BILL:bbb:hat
     
  3. choklab

    choklab cocoon of horror Full Member

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    marciano was a slow starter where as mike tyson always was a great fast starter.

    The night don fought marciano it was his title shot and he went through the pain barrier to give his all, the fight ruined him. Against tyson he would be just as game but he would have to get through those first 2 rounds and if he did hes not winning. don took savage bombs from marciano so he would take some from tyson but he would get way more early on and get beaten to the punch.

    I think 97 Tyson was still a great fighter, the shock of having a competative fight after so many years brought him down a peg or so but holyfeild was on a mission that night. Tyson still fought prety well under fire. At that stage it was all about geting past 5 rounds with tyson and there is a lot of good fighters who would not go so far with him at that point.

    Tyson was not done at as a fighter until it was only 50-50 a durable guy would last past the 4 round mark. The mistake he made after fighting holyfeild as he got older was fighting heavier younger fighters with ambition when he should have stuck to the larry holmes and george foreman type opponets. he could have waited until chris byrd or a smaller guy had the title but the guy was a lose cannon. he wasnt shrewd like selective george. and he never adapted his style.
     
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  4. TAC602

    TAC602 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Cockell KO1 Tyson
     
  5. thistle1

    thistle1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Cockell was not a HW period, but an unhealthy tubby fighter with glandular trouble.
    He was a very good boxer and displayed his worth at L-HW and HW, but it'd have to be an off Tyson forsure to lose to Cockell, IF so, then Cockell could beat him as some lesser fighters ended up doing.

    But any version of a great & very good Mike punishes him!
     
  6. Flea Man

    Flea Man มวยสากล Full Member

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    Cockell was't all that. Randy Turpin smashed him as a light heavy as well. Tyson would muller him.
     
  7. thistle1

    thistle1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    yes but not yet prime for Don.
     
  8. MadcapMaxie

    MadcapMaxie Guest

    This is how is see it, how could Tyson handle Cockell's whiteness?
     
  9. Boxed Ears

    Boxed Ears this my daddy's account (RIP daddy) Full Member

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    Well, gentlemen, I am not a lowly, disgusting, vile, grotesque, lice-infested, flea-ridden Tyson fan. That said, I figure he would last more than three rounds with Cockell (unlike he would with Ali or any prime ATG) and probably quit with his ***** absence of heart, around the sixth or seventh round, as he always did when he couldn't knock a man out in the first four, being a four-round, chinny banger with no skill or adaptability that is essentially a Listonesque yellow-bellied bully. Again, I'm not a Tyson fan, exactly, just so we're clear.
     
  10. the cobra

    the cobra Awesomeizationism! Full Member

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    HEY!



    ...Liston wasn't yellow-bellied.
     
  11. Lester1583

    Lester1583 Can you hear this? Full Member

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    Tyson doesn't have the speed to deal with Cockell.
     
  12. The Mongoose

    The Mongoose I honor my bets banned

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    It would look alot like the Botha fight.

    Tyson KO
     
  13. PowerPuncher

    PowerPuncher Loyal Member Full Member

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    I'd take the Tyson of the Tony Bruno fight
     
  14. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Tyson was a mere shadow of his 1988 self,but would still have more than enough left to beat Don Cockell.
     
  15. Guyfawkes

    Guyfawkes Than who was phone?! Full Member

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    I though he looked better against Lennox"Razor"Green