What 21 year old fighter was greater than Tyson from the Spinks fight?

The Harada who beat Jofre.

The Benitez who beat Chiaverini.

The Wolgast who beat Dado.

The Sanchez who beat Lopez.

The McFarland who drew with Welsh.

The Lewis who fought Rosenbloom.


All were either on par, or better than Tyson IMO. Although it's essentially undeniable that they were all greater than Tyson in an achievements/pound-for-pound sense.

 

When Joe Louis was 21...

1935
Jun 25 Primo Carnera Bronx, NY TK 6
Aug 7 King Levinsky Chicago, Il TK 1
Sep 24 Max Baer Bronx, NY KO 4
Dec 13 Paulino Uzcudun New York, NY TK 4
1936
Jan 17 Charley Retzlaff Chicago, Il KO 1

When Mike Tyson was 21...

1987
Aug 1 Tony Tucker Las Vegas, Nv W 12
Oct 16 Tyrell Biggs Atlantic City, NJ TK 7
1988
Jan 22 Larry Holmes Atlantic City, NJ TK 4
Mar 21 Tony Tubbs Tokyo, Japan TK 2
Jun 27 Michael Spinks Atlantic City, NJ KO 1

Certainly very similar at 21.

 

Tony Canzoneri.

 

By age 21, Wilfred Benitez had won two world titles and made I think five total successful defenses.

Tyson was playing with pigeons at the age Wilfred won his first world title.

 

He was 3 days from 22. C'mon maaaaaan. Cuevas had been a terror for 3 yrs by his age. Duran turned 21 ten days or so before beating Buchanan.
Heavies alone I would take 21 yr old Louis, Ali over him.

 

At 21 Ali had a controversial win against Doug Jones and was dropped with just 1 punch by Cooper.
There's no way that version of Ali is better than the 87-88 Tyson.

 

BETTER even than Iron Mike: Salvador Sanchez.

 

Very few realistic candidates.

 

The bottom line is no boxer in the history of boxing who had ever put on a pair of boxing gloves and boxed professionally would at 21 have been favoured to physically beat Tyson at 21 in an actual boxing bout. That’s damn incredible when you think about the reality of that.

 

Stanley Ketchel!

 

Tyson overtook Benitez by 21.

 

I dont agree with any name that's been mentioned so far.

 

Garbage nthugger posts All. Whe Ali beat Liston he was 1 month after turning 22. Tyson was 3 days from 22 vs Spinks. Tyson could never touch the ass of the Clay who beat Liston that day. He would look slow and be out in 1 0. If he didn't quit first.

 

How old was Tyson when Douglas KOed him?