How might the HW division look if prime Mike Tyson was active now

Tyson destroys this weak HW division. he would be undefeated.

 

FAILey continues to fail. It is a universal constant like pi.

 

Prime Tyson is probably a top 15 all time. Wlad would smell the coffin again. Vitali would be lucky to end the fight.

 

Tyson should get through just about everyone until the Klitschko's, then it would come down to Vitali v Tyson, at 42 years old Vitali would make for a tough fight, but ultimately he's clearly past his best, and I think Tyson would win a decision in this one. Prime for prime though, I would make this a 50/50 fight

Tyson v Wladimir, this is easily the most intriguing match up. I know it's fashionable to bash the Klitschko's, so most will claim Tyson would KO Wlad in the opening 60 seconds easy zzz...

However, I see this as a 70-30 fight in Tyson's favour, Tyson starts fast and I think Wlad would succumb to the pressure and get stopped in around 5 rounds. However, if Wlad survives that initial onslaught, and gets out of the early rounds with his faculties intact, I think it's anyone's fight, and I could see Wlad stopping Tyson late or winning a close decision.

Make no mistake, Wlad and Vitali are both head and shoulders above anyone Tyson ever beat, but Tyson at his best was a great fighter, which makes this so hard to choose.

 

Tony Tucker was more skilled and had more boxing ability than both brothers.

Wlad couldn't take more than 3-4 punches from Sanders .
Mike who was faster and punched harder hits him with triple the amount in the first round.
The bout doesn't see the second round.

 

No, Tony Tucker was not more skilled than the brothers

Wlad was younger and not the fighter he is today when he faced Sanders, add to that, Sanders was a tall man at 6 foot 4 southpaw so the comparison isn't that good

Tyson got dismantled and destroyed by Buster Douglas, he struggled with Buster's jab and footwork and lost every minute of the fight except at the end of the 8th round when he found the mark with an uppercut, only when Buster stood in front of him square on.

Now, I'm not going to use that as a basis to say Wlad would destroy Tyson, but stylistically Wlad has an excellent jab, and great footwork, he's also bigger, stronger and more powerful than Douglas. So I can see how Wlad could make it a very hard night for Tyson

My point stands that Wladimir is still head and shoulders above anyone Tyson ever beat, and vice versa, which makes this fight interesting

 

Wlad is the same. What sort of clown claims he got better when his opponents got 100x worse.
Brewster- 5'11. Half as good as prime Mike.

 

Unless you're going to produce a serious response, don't bother at all, you have the temperament of a 9 year old

 

Its very simple logic.
Anybody who fights wash up CW's, old men and bottom feeders is going to look a lot better than they are.
Sanders would be the same result if they fought today.
This supposedly new and improved Wlad wouldn't fight Chisora, is avoiding Povektin and almost got knocked out by one shot in the 12th against Haye.
That round gave Wlad the terror and would have to contend with a whole lot worse every second from Tyson.

 

Are you talking about Tyson or Wladimir here? Because this applies to both

Possibly, but Tyson isn't Sanders, Tokyo Douglas would always beat Tyson, but Wlad isn't Buster Douglas

To start off with, 'supposedly improved', do you actually watch boxing? Anyone who thinks Wlad hasn't improved since 2005 clearly hasn't been watching him fight

Wlad didn't have to fight Chisora, he pulled out to fight David Haye

No,Wlad signed up to fight Povetkin twice, only for Povetkin to pull out twice, dino gets it wrong again atsch

Haye landed a good shot, but he didn't get close to stopping Wlad, he didn't even get close to dropping him, and I know because unlike you I actually watched the fight!

 

Prime Mike Tyson would be the Undisputed Heavyweight Champion today.

He would also be No. 1 P4P

 

Tyson is number 3 in my opinion.

People seriously underestimate the size and height of the brothers, Tyson always struggled against bigger men. Mike cant generate his typical power when aiming so high upwards and it would ruin his balance too making him susceptible to counters. Having said that Tyson does have the power to at least land one big punch to put Wlad to sleep but thats not likely.

Tyson suffocates the rest of the division.

 

This is how the division would look if prime Tyson came back :

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Wladimir would get knocked out and Vitali would quit on his stool if he makes it past the first round.