Who gives prime M Tyson the harder fight?

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  1. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    David Tua?
    Anthony Joshua?
    Ike Ibeabuchi?
     
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  2. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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  3. slash

    slash Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    They'd all be scared shitless.. but maybe Ike would actually try to fight back...
     
  4. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    Maybe, just maybe ,if Ibeabuchi can absorb early punishment, his chin is the key here.
    See if he could force Tyson back, something very few could.
    Take Tyson in to deep waters ,break his rhythm with his physicality and high volume punches.
    Then he might be in with a good chance.
    But it's prime Tyson, easier said than done.
     
  5. Turnip mk3

    Turnip mk3 Active Member Full Member

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    Ike . As mad as Mike liked a fight hard as nails. What fight it would be !!
     
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  6. Marvelous_Iron

    Marvelous_Iron Active Member Full Member

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    Agree with Ike, but don't think he lasts as long as Ribalta, maybe he makes it to 7 or 8
     
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  7. d4n1elc

    d4n1elc DLC Full Member

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    Ibeabuchi but I imagine he loses a competitive but definitive decision
     
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  8. ManassaMahler

    ManassaMahler Active Member Full Member

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    Ike. Tua would get slaughtered, and Joshua has at least a 60% chance of getting Ruized.
     
  9. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I don’t think any of them beat him, but if I had to put my money on a horse it would be the clinically insane guy from Africa.

    Ike vs Mike in a prison fight — take ‘em both off their meds for a month or two, no rules, one of those where the guards sit back and look the other way — might be more interesting.
     
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    Smoochie Combat sports fanatic Full Member

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  11. JohnThomas1

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    He only provided a small sample size of his ability but I'd go with Ike as well. I could see Tua shelling up or at any rate Tyson would simply be too good for him. He could stun Tyson in the early exchanges when Tyson attacks with fervour. I don't think Joshua would be up for beating Tyson mentally. By no means would i expect Ike to win but he's potentially the most dangerous IMO.
     
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  12. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    I can see Tua clamming up, he'd survive to the end but lose unanimous.
    AJ would be brave but battered before the fight half way through.
     
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  13. ubareem

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    Ike had slow feet but okay head movement and handspeed. If he catches Mike (which is unlikely) with an uppercut a la Chris Byrd he could pose some trouble.
     
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  14. ManassaMahler

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    I think Tua would simply be beaten to the punch early and repeatedly, and the length of the beating would be prolonged only by the solidity of his chin.
     
  15. JohnThomas1

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    I would agree. Tyson's too good for him, a level above.