Would you favour ANY Klitschko victim to go 12 with prime Iron Mike?

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  1. Earl-hickey

    Earl-hickey Boxing Junkie banned

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    Would you?

    I dont mean "could they do the 12"

    I mean would you favour them to
     
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    Mercer
    Puritty
    Hoffman
    Byrd
     
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    Can't see Byrd lasting the distance with a prime Tyson. He'd suffer a similar fate to the Ibeabuchi fight, only earlier given Tyson's greater skill, speed, explosiveness, and combination punching as compared to Ibeabuchi. And I think Byrd is stylistically different than guys like Tillis and Green, despite being a "boxer" himself.
     
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    take Byrd out and put Kevin Johnson, maybe Haye
     
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    Haye wouldn't last as long as Bruno did IMO.
     
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    He's fast and has quick reflexes...much shittier fighters last the distance with Tyson.
     
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    Goes both ways - 1) a much shittier fighter than Tyson stopped Haye and 2) much shittier fighters than Tyson dropped Haye.

    So let's cut through the bull****.

    Tyson's faster of hand and foot than Haye and Haye's posturing with his hands down (plus his shaky chin) isn't going to serve him well here. He gets knocked out. Probably very early. Haye doesn't have the fundamental defensive skills, educated jab, or chin to last long.
     
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    A shittier fighter than Haye KO'd prime mike. A shittier fighter than Haye got robbed against prime mike. If Haye wanted to survive 12 and didn't try to win he could.

    Edit: I know robbed against tillis is an exageration but it could have gone either way.
     
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    Tyson would easily **** his way through this era.
     
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    i wouldnt call douglas a shittier fighter than haye? haye has done nothing that he said he would and his oppesition in heavyweight bar wlad who he lost to has been ****!
     
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    Im sure that someone in almost 100 matches would do it.
     
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    good point, i was about to mention BUster Douglas.
     
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    I wouldn't favour any of them to do it, but if Tyson fought the same opponents Wladimir has over his career, it would happen occasionally. Even great champions have nights that are less great and sometimes undermatched fighters deliver a very good performance.
     
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    Im sure a good few would.

    Mitch Greene and James Smith did, and they werent exactly superstars.

    It all depends on the night.
     
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