How long would it take prime tyson to KO Hopkins?

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  1. heidegger

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    Throw Mel Gibson's name in there and I'm sure all will be forgiven :smoke
     
  2. heidegger

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    There's something a little terrifying about the idea of Roy's glass Jaw and Tyson being in the same ring together. :think

    For further amusement, what about the Tyson that fought McBride Vrs Prime Hopkins - the LHW version with a defensive style. Could he get the decision Ali over Foreman style?

    Other interesting matchups:

    Spinks Vrs Hopkins at Light heavyweight
    RJJ Vrs Spinks at Light Heavy
    Ivan Drago Vrs Tyson
     
  3. futonrevolution

    futonrevolution Boxing Addict Full Member

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    For Truth, Justice, and the American Way, I cannot sit idly by and let this exemplary example of poll-4-poll greatness fade gently into that good night when so many less deserving polls go on for over a dozen pages. Especially, when there is so much still left unsaid on this topic. For instance, not only how Nard would fare, but also how underrated sluggers like Amir Khan, Sven Ottke, Paulie Malignaggi and Cory Spinks would clearly go the distance.
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  4. elgrancampeon

    elgrancampeon Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Hopkins UD Tyson 118-110
     
  5. iceman71

    iceman71 WBC SILVER Champion Full Member

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    whats happening on ESB?
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  6. bratwurzt

    bratwurzt Whore Full Member

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    Why would it have to be a faded Hopkins :huh
     
  7. heidegger

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    Thanks brother. It's pleasing to know that someone has the courage to ask the important questions. :bart It's a sad indictment on boxing fans as a whole that everybody is wasting their attention on menial, idiotic matters such as "Hatton Vrs Pacquiao" while the more pressing and profound questions go unanswered - namely, Hopkins Vrs Tyson! Where have all ye purists gone?! Another important, and equally overlooked, question is: how many bites would it take for Tyson to chew through the full width of Hopkins' ear cartilage??
     
  8. J.R.

    J.R. No Mames Guey Full Member

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    I don't think it would be some ridiculously quick KO like 30 seconds or whatever some of these guys are predicting. I think it would take about three rounds. Hops is elusive enough and his defense is good enough to buy some time and avoid a few big bombs from Tyson, but by the 3rd round the fat lady will have sung.
     
  9. JoeAverage

    JoeAverage Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yes, something like that if we are talking best Hopkins (when that is is harder to determine). Tyson is as fast or even faster than Hopkins and Hops would have nothing to stop Tyson - so it could just as easily be an 12 second 'fight'.
     
  10. futonrevolution

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  11. Farmboxer

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    How long will it take Hopkins to KO Williams?
     
  12. futonrevolution

    futonrevolution Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Too early to tell. He'd have to get by Tyson first. I thought everybody knew that Iron Mike's the gatekeeper for the middleweight division now. Didn't you get the memo?
     
  13. heidegger

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    What he said ^^^

    Perhaps we shouldn't be thinking so much in terms of weight class, and instead think of it in terms of "prision class".

    Now. They served at different times - Hop 82 - 87 and Mike 92 - 95. However, we well might ask, who, P4P (prisoner 4 prisoner) if they both were competing for control of the jailyard, would be who's *****?
     
  14. futonrevolution

    futonrevolution Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I've got two cartons of Newports on Tyson! :smoke He wouldn't have minded another couple of years tacked on and Bernard wanted to keep that 'good behavior' time growing.

    Hmm, though B-Hop would have had more friends willing to jump in & was already used to being shanked multiple times. Even today, there's those unanswered questions about how Tyson's intestinal fortitude would hold up against multiple sharpened toothbrush wounds... :think

    Alright, I'm still with Tyson on this one: TKO 10 stoppage by the commissioner :beat with time in the hole awarded to Iron Mike, along with the IDOC's prestigious restraint belt. Some sportswriters complain that the belt is easy to hold onto and restricts one's options severely, but they only know what it's like being on the outside looking in, so their opinions - as always - should be taken lightly. Dan Rafael, for example, would be nothing more than a ***** getting repeatedly owned by anybody he came up against.
     
  15. beecho1988

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