He was below par when he faced Bruno granted, but my point was that his reactions to getting tagged to the body was almost instant, he never stood off he just fired straight back as if to say come on then, take a look at the Tony Tubbs fight he did the same in that one.
As I suspected,,Overreaction Monday now has Joyce beating all time greats like Tyson and not just sweeping through todays division. Remember when Joshua was being touted as being able to beat Ali, Frazier and others? Same here again. If Joyce can hold on enough he might go 12 ugly rounds, if he tries to engage with that slow as smoke hand speed he'll get stopped.
Let's put this into perspective.....How long would Parker last against a Prime Tyson....Or Bryant Jennings against Prime Mike....For God sake it is almost Laughable.!!!
No one knows for sure, styles make fights and eras are rarely comparable for all sorts of reasons. Mike was the better fighter though, would pick '86 Mike, probably on points.
You are right. Ok....Tyson would ktfo Joyce in the ......uh....7th round. just think he is to slow and Mike was too fast and had more power. Joyce is going to give any one a problem though. and this is one of those fantasy match ups that...unfortunately...we will never know the answer to.
Prime Tyson is a nightmare for any heavyweight to have ever lived. Too much movement and speedy combinations with real venom thrown into each shot. I'd pick Tyson to win on points or late KO.
I dont think either guy could stop the other. If it goes the distance I think Tysons speed and evasiveness would get him the decision. Its a weird fight stylistically though. Mike vs Fury or Wilder would be too.
Mike was a force of nature and I'm a big fan but let's be honest here guys he was getting getting knocked out by the likes of Kevin McBride and Danny Williams when he was slightly older than Big Joe is now and out of all Mike's victims I don't see anyone wouldn't succumb to Joe's pressure and slow-fast speed. Mike's form up at Brit Level Stopped by Lewis, Williams, McBride (Brits and Irish are very similar so we can count McBride as Brit level too) Beat Bruno x 2 albeit Bruno hurt him, beat Julius Francis Bruno is a poor man's Big Joe minus the titanium chin, engine, and elite level slow-fast speed Francis had run a gauntlet of three Brit Level fighters back-to-back going into the Mike fight and he'd been knocked out by Vitali in his fight before going on it, and two of those fights went the full rounds distance. That would've taken a lot out of Francis, a lot out of any fighter for that matter. Case in point: Mike retired for good the only time he fought Brit Level fighters in back-to-back fights. Big Joe is just too big, tough, powerful, fit, relentless, and mentally and physically strong for Mike.
It was never about age with Mike. Boxing is an unforgiving sport but none the less Mike was mentally done in 1990. Prime Mike would've beaten anyone.