Mike Tyson vs. Jimmy Young

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  1. KOTF

    KOTF Bingooo Full Member

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    12 rounds, prime for prime.
     
  2. Shake

    Shake Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Probably a Tyson wide UD, but there's a decent shot of a stoppage.

    Young was good at spoiling, but Tysons's speed of hand and foot makes it another game entirely.
     
  3. bladerunner

    bladerunner El Intocable Full Member

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    Young' spoiler tactics might frustrate Tyson for a couple of rounds nut i think Tyson speed and power plus his relentless pressure would carry him to a points victory or maybe a late stoppage.
     
  4. Boxed Ears

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

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    :think Good thread.

    In Young's time, Tyson traveling in the time machine:

    Round one: Howard Cossell says he's sickened they let it go on this long.

    Round two: Paramedics say Tyson will be okay, but the speed with which his head turned as his eyes followed Young running out of the ring may have caused mild whiplash.

    Tyson DQ2 Jimmy Young, result changed to a KO2 later, to preserve the KO streak.

    In Tyson's time, prime young taking the trip in the TM:

    Round one: Larry Merchant says Young is a good case for abortion, and they cut his microphone. He's pretty sauced, knowing he'll have to watch Jimmy Young that night.

    Round two: Tyson bites Jimmy Young's nose clean off, and he's disqualified. Before the announcer addresses the crowd, it's reversed to a Tyson KO2, as Young could not continue, and you have to preserve the KO streak.
     
  5. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Tyson via clear,but not easy,decision.

    Tyson would chase the defensive minded Young down over the course. Jimmy would no doubt have his mpments,though. I can't see Tyson doing it by stoppage. As devastating as Mike appeared circa 1986-88,James Tillis,Mitch Green,James Smith and Tony Tucker took him the distance.
    Jimmy was easily as durable as they were.
     
  6. Dinner Blaster

    Dinner Blaster New Member Full Member

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    I'm gonna go with the obvious answer and say Young by KO.
     
  7. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    A more interesting variation would have been a prime Jimmy Young v the best POST prime version of Tyson,which would have been in 1991. Very much a 50/50 one. I'd actually lean slightly towards Young in that scenario.
     
  8. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Tyson would bite the judges scorecards out of their hands.
     
  9. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    And for afters,Tyson eats Howard Cossell's toupee.
     
  10. MRBILL

    MRBILL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Prime Young survives for 3 rds and then gets clocked and stopped by prime Tyson in round 4....

    MR.BILL
     
  11. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Do you not agree that Young was as durable as those who took prime Tyson the distance,Mr Bill ?
     
  12. he grant

    he grant Historian/Film Maker

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    I do not ... Smith and Tucker were huge, powerful monsters than clinched and hung on for their lives ... I see a stoppage like Ike/Byrd ...
     
  13. Sangria

    Sangria You bleed like Mylee Full Member

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    Right
     
  14. DrBanzai

    DrBanzai Active Member Full Member

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    LMAO at you ******ed Tyson fans.

    Tyson beat no one in his entire career, he is a pure bum.
     
  15. Hands of Iron

    Hands of Iron #MSE Full Member

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