Who would Mike Tyson have a tougher time fighting, Earnie Shavers, or Mac Foster?

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  1. Jackomano

    Jackomano Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    As good as Tyson was in his prime you are seriously overrating him.

    What comparable fighters to Foster and Shavers did Tyson KO in under 3 rounds?
     
  2. Jackomano

    Jackomano Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Tyson didn’t have Quarry’s infighting skills, which is what did Shavers in. Tyson was deadly at midrange and could knock anyone out from there, but at close range he was very limited and very beatable.
     
  3. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yeah right, is that after he gets up?
     
  4. Johnny_B

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    Spinks, in one rounds.
     
  5. Johnny_B

    Johnny_B Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    Shavers cannot put Mike down with one punch.
     
  6. Johnny_B

    Johnny_B Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    No he wasn't. Tyson obliterates him.
     
  7. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Hmm?,,if he could put Holmes down, he could put Tyson down
     
  8. Johnny_B

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    Tyson had a better chin than Holmes. And he was harder to hit too in his prime.
     
  9. Somali Sanil

    Somali Sanil Wild Buffalo Man banned Full Member

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    Nothing mate, readjust himself and carry on. He’d feel it, but Tyson needing a beating, his chin was as good as any heavies ever
     
  10. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    No, I don`t think Tyson could take Shavers power.
     
  11. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    There`s no proof of that, the right hand Shaver`s floored Holmes with would have sparked Tyson.
     
  12. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Shavers had more one punch power than Tyson did.
     
  13. mr. magoo

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    Shavers had more power to hurt him with. But foster was a more durable and mobile fighter which means he might potentially linger longer to actually DO something
     
  14. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Spinks was harder to hit than Shavers and Foster and Williams had a better jab than both of those fighters, Bruno would have had a good shot against both of them also.
     
  15. Somali Sanil

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    Probably, he’s ****ed from bell one though,like candy from a baby. Like a Marcus Frazier type fight. He flat lines him with ease, paralysed for a week after Mark.