Tyson vs Foreman. What would the first few rounds look like?!

Tyson is so over rated,Tyson cant scare Foreman, George puts a beat down on a made to order fight for him Tyson goes to ER.

 

That was such a great post. I'm not sure how prime-Tyson agains young Foreman would go, I could see it going a few ways.

 

Douglas didn't have near the power of old George or Young George.Either Foreman puts little Mikey into a long winters nap.

 

It depends on when they fought, say after Frazier 1 and Spinks...now both men never tasted defeat...Tyson had the better defense and speed, Foreman was better from the outside, his jab...where does Foreman have the edge, he got up off the floor to win, I think both men only KO'd someone 1 time past the 8th each prior to Georges comeback and Moorer...George gets his bell rung early, can he recover and land vs Mike, yes...what would happen if both men were standing after the 3rd rd...it would boil down to heart, stamina and the will to win...both men were mean....I mean wow this would be a 5 rd or less FKG War...there would be only 1 way these men could fight..head on

 

The Douglas fight was a case of Tyson absorbing a lot of heavy blows - jabs, hooks, crosses - over the course of a ten round fight from a fighter that was very mobile, nimble on his feet, and quick. That was not Foreman!

 

It is always refreshing to see some full bore arm chair pistoleros mouthing off their "opinions", never been in a gym, never seen top fighters spar, never been to a main event live and front row......

Fact : George does not clinch, smother or uses angles, he has also total disrespect for defense, he goes tit for tat, NOBODY goes tit for tat with prime Mike, NOBODY. Foreman has never ever fought a jab, clinch, circling disciplined outside range fight.Period. No, he comes right at you..........see Ali. A declining Ali hit him with every shot he threw if he decided to do so, as a matter of fact he could not miss on the Mu mmy even if he would have tried.

Fact : Tysons punching power is in another zipcode than Ali's while having the same speed even in combinations.

Fact : Absolute target practise by Tyson, like the Berbick fight going three to four rounds.

They have two common opponents, Stewart and Saverese, a disinterested/lazy in the first and a totally washed up version in the second waxed those two hopeless cannonfodders IN ONE ROUND COMBINED while the Mummy walzed for 20 with both and came out of it looking like playing chicken with a Mack truck.

 

Good post and very true. Unfortunately and I find myself saying this a lot, many people on this forum only remember Tyson for his post prison career, which was a shell of the fighter that won the title and had many successful defenses. There is no way Tyson could have gotten as far as he did on intimidation, and the intimidation was caused by what he was doing to top rated fighters in the ring.

 

Why are there so many Foreman vs Tyson fantasy fights in boxing forums? So Tyson nutthuggers can tell you how great Tyson was? Apparently Buster Douglas has a better chin and punchers harder than Foreman. What did Douglas do to Tyson? Beat him down like a dog. What did Holyfield do to Tyson? Knock him stupid. What did Lennox Lewis do to Tyson? Make him his woman. Wait don't tell me Tyson was past his prime then even though each of these fighters are older than Tyson.

What prime fighter who was great did Tyson beat? Trevor Berbick? Mitch Green? Give me a damn break, Jesus Christ this dude never fought any world class fighters who were in their primes. He fought setups and fighters controlled by Don King. Foreman on the other hand Fought in the 70s and 90s and had sucess in eras most people consider the best for heavyweights.

Can we get over the Foreman is slow routine? It was cute back in the 70s when people said that to make Ali look good. Apparently every person Foreman knocked just let Foreman hit them out of pity. Foreman had a quick and powerful jab, a quick and letal uppercut and a quick and deadly right hand when he threw it. The only punch he threw wide was his hook and I cant name one 6'4 guy like Foreman who had a really quick hook.

I am sure you can find the article where Tyson pretty much admitted he was afraid to fight a washed up fat Foreman because he knew he couldn't win. I guess you Tyson fan boys or people who just want to bash Foreman know more about Tyson's ability than he did. One you hit Tyson you took away his heart. Forema would hit him and keep comming. Foreman face people like Morrison who hit alot harder than Tyson. This is based off people who fought both Tyson and Morrison so they know more about this than you people do.

The first few rounds in any Foreman vs Tyson fight would go..... Foreman knocks down Tyson. Tyson lays flat on his back. Tyson gets carried out on a stretcher.

 

It is always refreshing to see some full bore arm chair pistoleros mouthing off their "opinions", never been in a gym, never seen top fighters spar, never been to a main event live and front row......

Fact : George does not clinch, smother or uses angles, he has also total disrespect for defense, he goes tit for tat, NOBODY goes tit for tat with prime Mike, NOBODY. Foreman has never ever fought a jab, clinch, circling disciplined outside range fight.Period. No, he comes right at you..........see Ali. A declining Ali hit him with every shot he threw if he decided to do so, as a matter of fact he could not miss on the Mu mmy even if he would have tried.

Fact : Tysons punching power is in another zipcode than Ali's while having the same speed even in combinations.

Fact : Absolute target practise by Tyson, like the Berbick fight going three to four rounds.

They have two common opponents, Stewart and Saverese, a disinterested/lazy in the first and a totally washed up version in the second waxed those two hopeless cannonfodders IN ONE ROUND COMBINED while the Mummy walzed for 20 with both and came out of it looking like playing chicken with a Mack truck.


Fact: Foreman's punching power is better than Buster Douglas or Holyfield and they both knocked Tyson out.

Fact: Tyson struggled with Jame "Quick" Tillis while still in his prime.

Fact: Tyson admitted he couldn't beat Foreman.

Fact: Ali is alot better than Douglas so if you want to bring up Foreman losing to a all time great then why not bring up Tyson being destroyed by a bum?

Fact: Foreman fought a prime Savarese and Tyson fought a washed up one.

Fact: Foreman fought until he was 48 and took punches from Shannon Briggs a guy who is known to be a killer puncher early

Fact: Tyson was knocked out by Danny Williams and Kevin McBride when Tyson was in this 30s and none of these fighters were as good as Briggs.

Fact a 42 year old Foreman was hit by punch after punch by a prime 28 undefeated Holyfield and didn't go down.

Fact: Tyson paid Lennox Lewis 4 million to avoid him so he could fight a washed up Holyfield and still got knocked out

Fact: In his prime Foreman was only hit alot in 2 fights. Ali and Lyle. Ali would beat Tyson and so Would Lyle. Ron Lyle wouldnt be afraid of a ****** who beat women.

Fact: Every time Tyson got knocked down he stayed down. Foreman on the other hand when knocked down by Lyle got back up and won the fight.

Fact: Holyfield faced Tyson and Foreman and said Foreman punched harder and was far stronger than Tyson. Fact Holyfield would know more about this than you do.

Fact: Foreman fought in a era with guys like Chuck Wepner and George Chuvalo. If you hit them and busted them up they kept comming. Tyson fought in a era with guys like Bruce Seldon. If you threw a punch that didn't land they still pretended to be hurt.

 

Hard fight to call. One the one hand you have Foreman who is for sure stronger, and has more power and is certainly not going to be intimidated, against Tyson who is much faster, and has better technical skills. I don't like over playing the psychological aspect of this but one thing is certain, Tyson was use to scaring his opponents and probably won over 1/2 his fights before the bell rang. Wouldn't be the case in this fight. I gotta think that the longer the fight lasts the worse it is for Tyson. So who do you pick? A faster Tyson who can put combinations together and be super agressive, or someone who can take a punch, get off the floor if necessary, and punch like a bull? I'm leaning towards the bull because I don't think Tyson would be hard to find and I think going staight at George would be a mistake.

 

Tyson controls the first 5 rounds until George slows him down and stops him in late rounds.

 

Foreman would eventually get pounded. A big, lumbering, slow target.

 

By the sound of your posts youve never been in a gym, seen a fighter spar, or been around boxing either. Your posts are so one sided anti Tyson its ridiculous. Apparently you've only seen Tyson fight after 1995.:blood

 

Prime Tyson vs Prime Foreman wouldn't have gotten past the early rounds...Foreman ko 3 Tyson.