Mike Tyson ''88 vs Foreman ''73 I know most us,including me pick George, but

Wrong. Foreman was way too slow, wasn't skilled enough, had slow looping punches that one could see from a mile away, and was too easy to hit. In no way, shape or form is he a worse matchup for Tyson than say Liston, who hit just as hard, but more importantly, actually knew how to move his head and was way more skilled (than Foreman).

 

And then you woke up from your dream.

 

Only in your dreams. Tyson obliterates him.
Funny enough, old Foreman stand a far better chance against Tyson than young Foreman

 

He's not.
He'd only be one if he was skilled enough and if he was faster.

That's exactly what Tyson would do.

Foreman wouldn't push **** and his chance of landing uppercuts would be almost non-existent. He's taller, which means he'd have to crouch and then spring up in order to put some proper power behind them shots. Given how slow he is compared to Tyson, that ain't happenning in a million years.

 

Tyson got knocked out only when he was eating punches all night long and was tired. Tyson never fell down from a single punch the way Foreman fell after being hit by Lyle.

 

Tyson is gonna slip the jab and counter every single time.
As for the pushing, Foreman weighs the same as Mike, he ain't gonna be very succesful at that.

 

Holyfield wasn't as tall as Foreman. Tyson has stated that body shots affected him more than chin shots.
However, unlike Holyfield, Foreman is way too tall and slow to land them on Tyson.

 

Tyson KO's him.

 

Excellent argument bro Im convinced

 

Ruddock landed plenty of uppercuts on Tyson so you can throw that theory out the window.

Ruddock was the same height as Foreman he was also more crude than Foreman.

 

Old Foreman would die against Tyson. He barely scrapped by Alex Stewart.

 

Tyson had also started fighting a lot more like a HW instead of a flyweight, those fights were not good bouts IMO Mike just looked frustrated and trying too hard for a KO he won it handily and took his chin, in the process he ate RR’s shots over 12 a puncher in the same league as GF, Lyle, Shavers etc. If you’re willing to use the Razor Ruddock bouts you’d have to accept that the Lyle bout is very relevant and pretty damming.

 

I see you are up to your anti-Foreman tricks again mate.

But one thing here stands out like dog’s balls and it is your assessment of Tyson having a better chin than Foreman. That is patently not true, not even close to true in fact. Heavy hitting Ron Lyle aside, the only times Foreman saw the canvas were when he was gassed late against Young (but got up) and the KO against Ali. Tyson was flat on his back against Douglas, Holyfield, Lewis and others (Danny goddamn Williams anyone?).

I respect you holding your stance against Foreman even though I couldn’t disagree more but you are getting to the point of trolling now.

Oh, and they weren’t even in power either. Holyfield said so. Hell, even Tyson himself said that Foreman was the hardest puncher in heavyweight history.

 

Holyfield said to quote he wasn’t sure who hit harder just that Foreman hit him with the hardest single shot. In other words the best punch he was hit with, take a look at who Robinson fought and who he said hit him the hardest. Holyfield changes his opinion on the fly, Tyson’s opinion on all things related to Ali I take with a grain of salt, especially saying GF hits the hardest OAT how is that a verifiable fact exactly? he’s a huge fan, at some points in his life he’s said he’d beat Ali without hesitation, other times not… I stand by what I said on Tyson’s chin, it’s demonstratively better on film, Ruddock fight compared to the Lyle fight is a good example, Douglas fight too, you had to really give him a prolonged beating. Respectfully TCK I’m standing firm on this. I wouldn’t argue if you said out of 100 Tyson is 95 and Foreman is 98 and Lyle is 96 Shavers is 100… personally I think any man who can punch properly at around 220lbs swats around the same amount, as much hype (rightfully) as Shavers had Norton backtracked in saying GF and ES hit “about the same” - Oliver McCall warned Tyson (or his team) before Tokyo that Douglas hit him the hardest he’s ever had, Holmes said Norton hit around the same as Tyson… it depends more on how you’re hit if they can punch, much more then brute force which is why Griffith (not a known slugger) hurt and KD’d D Tiger. Tyson is in more of the category of Joe Louis in his offence which is what makes him more dangerous and demonstratively more powerful for my 0.2$… “raw power” it’s probably so close it’d be silly to debate, clean shot by either will knock you dead.