The 'boxinggenius' also implied Tyson was still at his peak vs Buster Douglas. Two words will counter this argument: 'Greg' and 'Page'...
Way too premature to ask this. Amusing to see everyone saying Tyson would win so decisively though. If AJ beats Wlad and unites the belts in the next couple years, there will be talk of him being goat and many of the same people will be saying how he'd destroy Tyson (except the people who will never give any credit to modern fighters, of course). Anyway, obviously at this point Tyson deserves to be favorite, but it's premature to say with any real confidence.
Age doesn't dictate progress time spent developing does, Aj didn't start as a pro until he was like 24/25 years old ,by that age Tyson was well out of his own peak. By the time Tyson was even 18/19 he had twice as many fights as well. of course a 28 year old who started late needs more time to develop? This should be common sense.
*If* AJ does that, yes we would have to reassess. But he hasn't beaten Wlad or united the belts as things stand. So at this point in time and without a crystal ball to see into the future, anyone who backs AJ to beat a prime Tyson needs their head examining. AJ's best win is Whyte, who rocked him with a left hook, which was prime Tyson's money punch.
Mike Tyson at his outright best beats just about every HW over the past 40 years in my opinion - the majority of his opponents early on his career had beaten themselves before a punch was thrown, as his notoriety began to grow...an exciting, powerful but also incredibly gifted fighter for those first 2/3 years!
I was just about to say the same thing, "PRIME" mike before he lost his discipline and went crazy beats everybody.
As if Mike Never fought Big, tall power punchers. And the ones he fought, most had chins that were a bit more proven. Tyson handles Joshua in short order