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

Foreman beat Lyle.

Tyson couldn’t get off the canvas to beat Douglas. Yet with all if Tyson’s famed power, Douglas got off the canvas to beat Tyson.

You still haven’t addressed how Tyson handles Foreman’s power. He couldn’t handle Douglas.

 

You’re missing the context to Douglas vs Tyson… He handled so many more punchers then Douglas, I’ll say it again… Douglas stopping Tyson is a lot like Ali stopping Foreman it was a prolonged beat down and stamina loss contributing. Tyson based on all we’ve got when he met a puncher could shake off punchers better then 70s GF did vs Lyle… Foreman’s power isn’t something he hasn’t seen before, Ruddock, Bruno, Bonecrusher etc etc etc all hit him and he ate it fine those guys are all in the same area code as Lyle, Tyson and Foreman for power. Shot to bits and basically a 4rd fighter he had to be beaten down by Lennox Lewis, Tyson’s chin was iron.

 

The short answer (no pun intended) is no it wouldn't.

Fighting at mid range, is never a smart plan when you have sorter arms than your opponent.

Whether you can fight on the inside or not, it is going to turn on you getting inside.

When two trains collide, the one who can work on the backfoot, always has the advantage.

Having said that Tyson could do a lot better against Foreman than Frazier did.

He has better tools for the job.

 

Tyson was like scrambled egg when hit by Holyfield FFS. Foreman, by contrast took it from Evander for 12 rounds.

Foreman is far more likely to KO Tyson than the other way around. And their respective records prove this. Not to mention that there is no way Foreman allows Tyson to fight on the front foot. And Tyson ain’t beating Foreman if he is fighting out of the clinch and being forced back.

 

Jimmy Young made Jesus visit George.

 

Not once did I ever say they did.

Not punch-for-punch but he can nullify Tyson's forward movement in a similar manner, in fact he quite literally did so against Frazier.

Absolutely, in fact that's being generous to Douglas imo.

It certainly did the job against Frazier.

Look I disagree with every single boxing view you have but I honestly expected more in your reply than things like this. And it's funny because I don't even buy into the whole "Superman-Foreman" stuff, I remember arguing with people because I said Bakole was stronger than 70s Foreman.

Of course it is lol, that's my main argument and I just addressed why I disagreed that Tyson won't be able to counter it.

Please do tell what exactly a 38 year old, 2-year-retired Larry did that was beyond a 70s Foreman's capabilities.

Why?

Very convenient that you picked him cutting the ring against Norton and not against Ali, guess it wouldn't fit the narrative. Regardless, he doesn't have to do a whole lot of ring-cutting here, Tyson will come at him.

Frazier went approximately a minute before he started getting bludgeoned, and he didn't have Foreman on the back foot at all, like that's simply not true, Foreman was just keeping his distance, he wasn't backing away at all.

No, but he isn't the fighter you think he is either, the way you talk about him would convince Rolly Romero that he could KO prime Foreman.

 

Also some people here focus too much on power, it's literally not even a factor here, both Tyson and Foreman can knock each other's brains off.

 

Didn't you hear? If it's a boxer you don't like, they don't get any credit for getting off the floor to win a tough fight. That's an indictment against their chin.

If it's a boxer you do like, you can't let anyone criticize them for getting knocked out multiple times.

Get with the program...!

 

Ruddock is clearly a centimeter or 2 taller, and Dokes is 6'3. White Bomber will ignore everything that goes against his narrative.

 

Which doesn't change the fact Tyson was 23 years old and the undefeated, undisputed champion when his chin got cracked by medium puncher Douglas.

Go ahead, throw more crap at the wall hoping something sticks.

 

I have been saying this, whether it’s 99 or 98 on the imaginary punch meter it makes basically no difference, also agree to disagree on your last post I don’t care anymore.

 

Yeah, that sums it up.

I get wanting to restore "balance" to the force when it comes to certain fighters getting overly praised, but Journeyman ignores all reason and logic swinging the pendulum to the the complete opposite end of the extreme.

You'd think this forum was full of guys who would pick Foreman to KO Lewis and Holmes on the same night or something. IDK why he's so convinced our estimation of him is way off. Plenty of people have picked against him in h2h discussions (including myself) and he often struggles to remain in several people's top 10 ratings.

 

Fair.

 

That is technically a fact.