Who would you send in if your life depended on it ?

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  1. AnthonyJ74

    AnthonyJ74 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Tyson and Foreman would weigh about the same on fight night. So, being that Tyson's weight is packed onto a 5'10" frame, Tyson would technically be bigger than Foreman who spread the same weight onto a 6'3" frame.
     
  2. AnthonyJ74

    AnthonyJ74 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    So did Bonecrusher Smith, and we all know how competitive the 'Bone' was with Tyson. Smith realized very early that he was way too slow and methodical to go to war with Tyson.
     
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    Entaowed Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Absurd to conclude summarily that all these guys would beat him.

    While I think most would lose in his prime, your extreme opinion is the mirror image of Tyson fanatics who insist nobody ever could touch him prime.

    And where is the evidence Tillis was robbed?
     
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    Met Tyson, he looks his listed 1'2" under 6', bening bulky, crouching & fighting smaller men makes him look shorter.

    Foreman in his lighter fights weighed about the same or a bit more than
    Tyson.

    Mo, technically having more (& it us lower body mass) muscle per square inch makes Tyson bigger in just one way. Height & length are central components of "bigger".
     
  5. Unforgiven

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    George Foreman.
     
  6. janitor

    janitor VIP Member

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    Because the original post clearly states that you can't.
     
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    I'd feel pretty safe putting the 1996/'97 Holyfield in against any Tyson.
     
  8. Wass1985

    Wass1985 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Well when you think about it you'd be safe putting either Holyfield or Douglas in with him, both beat Mike with relative ease tbh.
     
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    Yeah, Douglas of February 1990.
    Whatever doubts I might have, I'd feel much more scared if my life depended on a Tyson WIN over that guy.
     
  10. Wass1985

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    Exactly, the fight wasn't even close at all barring a state of complacency in the 8th round, Douglas dismantled Tyson from the opening bell.
     
  11. Sugah Jay

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    ali is an obvious win, but i think tyson would beat the sh*t out of louis.
     
  12. Bokaj

    Bokaj Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Lewis. Bowe would be my second choice, I think.
     
  13. janitor

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    Then it will be no trial for you that you are not alowed to choose him.
     
  14. markclitheroe

    markclitheroe TyrellBiggsnumberonefan. Full Member

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    Ha ha Janitor...you are right...one or 2 folk really haven't got the hang of this. !
     
  15. he grant

    he grant Historian/Film Maker

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    Lennox Lewis or the Foreman of the second Frazier fight.