88 Tyson had Kevin Rooney in his corner, I mean you're talking about the 88 Tyson that destroyed Spinks in one round. There is no one in the heavyweight division today that has the speed, skills, or explosiveness of an 88 Tyson. Tyson would of destroyed W. Klitschko, he would of easily got past the jab and just messed him up. You're talking about supreme head movement, conditioning, and everything. Sure he was mentally weak, BUT because he had Kevin Rooney in his corner, he was always mentally prepared.
Let's not forget when Tyson was in his prime he was a machine, whatever he hit, it fell...:yep Tyson would have chopped Vitali down like a tree...:yep A Tyson in his prime would have beaten all of the current crop so easy...:yep If you were to put him into the Heavyweight scene in the early 70's then it might have been different all together...:think
You know it's domination when the hopes for defeating the Klitschkos are coming from fighters 20 years in the past and not the future. :hey Mike probably would be at worst top 3 heavyweight. How would he do against Wlad or Vitali? Honestly, how the hell would I know? If I called for a guy riding on a giant fan to interfere in Bowe-Holyfield or for Tyson to bite Evander's ear off before we actually saw it, I'd have been called ****ing crazy. Either man winning or losing that matchup is significantly less crazy than **** we've already seen, so I'd just flip a coin on it.
Is Buster Douglas also in the division? If so then Tyson gets beat down, rapes a ***** and goes to prison.
:rofl It would be the same ol' Tyson................ Mike had some serious skill & speed for a Heavyweight but he was too small.
He becomes a decent top 50 heavyweight. Boxers have improved, as with all sports, since the 1980s. Boxers today have better nutrional science, better training methods and better genetics (evolution). I know people are sentimental for old-timers like Tyson, but you wouldn't pick Wilt Chamberlain to be competitive today, would you?
It's been done over and over. Tyson would eat Wlad up for breakfast. terrible stlye matchup for Wlad. He'd beat Vitali up to a pulp. He'd look like he went through a meat grinder. Today's HW division is so stagnant and terrible, it's really comical to even suggest Tyson wouldn't blow right through it.