Oleksandr Usyk (heavyweight) vs Prime Mike Tyson

This is one of the few fights where I consider Usyk's opponent as clear favorite

 

Terrible style for usyk, Joshua and Wilder
Beats Fury too, but Fury in his prime could frustrate him

I think Tyson stops him to the body

 

The way to beat Usyk is pressure and being a good body puncher two things Tyson excels at.

Can you imagine Tyson's hooks to the body vs Usyk ? Who went down like a heap from a borderline shot vs Dubois ?

Usyk doesn't have the clinch game or physical strength of a Holyfield on the inside, nor does he have the size or length of a Douglas who was amazing that night.

Tyson's pressure and body punching would be too much for the light hitting Usyk and I see stoppage in the 2nd half of the fight for Tyson.

 

"Light hitting Usyk"

 

Yes you heard right for a Heavyweight hes not a big puncher he wouldn't even be in my top 50 of all time regarding power at Heavyweight.

But you're the same guy that compared Hughie Fury to Muhammad Ali so I don't expect you to understand that logic.

 

Everybody here has already nailed it; just adding my 2 cents: Usyk no chance against Prime Tyson, who was relentlessly unstoppable with a no-neck that acted as a shock absorber; regardless of Usyk's vaunted hand and foot speed, Prime Tyson would've been all over him. The Tyson who faced Buster Douglas and Evander Holyfield, not so much... thanks to a large extent to Don King's mismanagement.

 

Tyson via TKO!

 

Maybe not in this modern era. But compared to the 80's he would not be light hitting.

 

He wouldn't be a power puncher. Usyk wasn't even a big puncher at cruiser, even if he isn't necessarily light hitting

 

For me this is probably the worst style match up H2H for Usyk - Breidis gave Usyk his toughest fight in the pros, and Beterbiev in the ams - I don't think there are many that would take Breidis or AB over prime Iron Mike.

Have to go with Tyson on this one, styles make fights, and Tyson is all wrong for Usyk.

 

12/16 KO's at cruiser. Where most of his fights were championship fights.. He hits harder than he gets credit for.

 

Really ? Ok let me educate you.

Larry Holmes = 44 stoppages 63 percent KO ratio.

Mike Tyson = 44 stoppages 88 percent KO ratio.

Gerry Cooney = 24 stoppages 85 percent KO ratio.

Tim Witherspoon = 38 stoppages 70 percent KO ratio.

Mike Weaver = 28 stoppages 68 percent KO ratio.

Greg Page = 48 stoppages 82 percent KO ratio.

Bernardo Mercado = 28 stoppages 84 percent KO ratio.

Pinklon Thomas = 34 stoppages 79 percent KO ratio.

Frank Bruno = 38 stoppages 95 percent KO ratio.

Bonecrusher Smith = 32 stoppages 72 percent KO ratio.

Tony Tucker = 47 stoppages 82 percent KO ratio.

All these fighters hit considerably harder than Usyk, I don't think Usyk would even be in the top 15 for power in the 80s.