Why Prime Mike Tyson beats a 70s George Foreman

If Ron Lyle can take Foreman into unchartered territory, so can Tyson. Tyson is a totally different fighter vis a vis Frazier.

 

Correct. Tyson didn't have the stamina, heart, body attack, chin, or defense, Frazier did.

 

In that case the punching power of Lewis must be over rated just like the punching power of Razor Ruddock.

 

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If a young Tyson was in there instead of a washed up Frazier, Foreman would have been plastered.

 

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That Viscious right hand-Left hook combo that landed flush on Frazier would've floored Tyson imo

 

Nope, this is not Lennox Lewis we are talking about who gets floored easily from one big shot to the face.

 

Foreman would pump Tyson. He'd meet him head on, arrest his forward momentum and get him moving backwards. If someone has the ability (and not many would have) to consistently stop Tyson moving forward they are a great chance to beat him. Add pre Ali Foremans power, aggression and confidence and that's all she wrote.

Foreman KO5.

 

You're right. Tyson was more than twice as much to punchers not even near the level below Rahman and McCall.

 

An average of 200-300 punches/jabs to the face per knock down which means accumulation unlike chinny Lenny and the fact his chin could not handle one big strike from the terrorizing punchers like Rahman and Mccall speaks for itself and he has in fact on record said the following thereby admitting to his problem "This is the heavyweight division, anybody can knock anybody out with one punch, he threw a great punch which my chin happened to get in the way off".

 

Didn't young Mike Tyson duck old George Foreman?

I never actually looked into it it's just something ol' grandad used to say when I was kid. He very well may have just been a sour old ****.

If Mike did duck George that's pretty damn telling. If not, personally I think prime Mike's got a chance against anyone in history.

 

Mike only got hit clean with a punch once in his prime aka Tucker and Tyson's chin is proven. Foreman with his wild swings is not going to connect with the Pee Ka Boo bobbing and weaving and Foreman will grow discouraged and gassed.

 

Pretty sure Douglas hit him cleanly, could be wrong tho.

Bruno did as well.

Of course Foreman is going to connect, Tyson's defense isn't near as good when he's forced backwards.

 

It's called "speed", "punch variation" and "two-handed combinations"... those are the reasons why.

 

Bruno had close to Foreman type power, what happened after that punch? Tyson's defence had declined badly from Bruno onwards where he stopped moving his head