Me personally, I’d pick Holyfield, Lewis, Bowe, Vitali Klitschko, Liston, Usyk, Muhammad Ali and George Foreman, and this is also probably the one I’d be most certain of. Honourable mentions who I wouldn’t necessarily pick, but I also wouldn’t necessarily pick against them here would be Joe Louis, Larry Holmes and Tyson Fury and Ibeabuchi in the ‘maybe would, maybe wouldn’t’ honourable mentions. People might think the Fury pick is silly, but I feel like he gets underrated H2H now because they see him as losing to a Crusierweight twice, but I also see Usyk as one of the greatest heavyweights of all time at his peak, and Fury was competitive in both fights, so I still as Fury as brilliant H2H. Who are all the fighters you’d pick to beat prime Mike Tyson?
The 5 I think have a decent chance. Ali Holme's Lewis Foreman Liston I'd give Bowe and Vitali a shot too but not as confident as with the guys above.
Ali Liston Foreman. Wanna say Lewis but with that chin, he'll have to fight the perfect fight. I think he loses at least the first one in a trilogy.
Agree with this There are a few more who are possibilities but these 3 are the ones i am most confident about
It’s basically a shorthand for ‘average person’ because it’s a common name, some other common names can be used in the same instance like ‘Bob’. I’ve heard it in the UK, but not sure if it’s a common phrase in other countries.
Should say peak Tyson rather than prime. My picks: Ali - fought the toughest competition in heavyweight histology and found a way to win against the very best. Prime Foreman: Cus D'amato himself thought Tyson stood no chance Peak/prime Liston big puncher & also a skilled boxer The people picking practically everyone that's halfway decent are vastly underrating Tyson.
A generic fanboy type of name.. Middle of the road know nothing Tyson loving boxing expert. Any post about the rap1st on FB is full of them.
I've only watched heavies from Ali onwards. So won't comment on fighters prior to him. These beat him for me Ali, Foreman, Holmes, Lewis, Holy, Bowe, V Klitschko
Here's my list. I've got 52. Langford Ketchel Jeanette Wills Tommy Gibbons Fulton Miske Dempsey Tunney Loughran Uzcudchin peak Sharkey Max Baer Braddock Tommy Farr Carnera Knight John Henry Lewis Al Gainer Louis Conn Buddy Baer Pastor Godoy Lee Murray Peak Bivins Liston Zora Folley Ernie Terrell Ali Frazier Norton Bugner Foreman Jimmy Young Lyle Peak Holmes Buster Douglas Toney Bowe Moorer Lennox Lewis Shannon Briggs Vitali Klitschko Wladimir Klitschko Chagaev Ibragimov Valuev peak Luis Ortiz Wilder Dubois(subject to change) Hrgovic I'm giving Tyson the narrow benefit of the doubt he'd beat Holy at his absolute peak. Godfrey struggled with small fighters otherwise he'd be on here. I'm giving Tyson the benefit of the doubt he'd beat Witherspoon and a healthy Tucker. This doesn't mean all 52 rank above Tyson all time it's who I'd pick to beat him.