pick a lhw champ to defeat mike tyson

None as of yet.

 

Problem is that we know Charles and Moore have took apart some great punchers.

But I've never seen Tyson break down a tough minded slickster like them save his ugly win over gate keeper Tillis very early in his career, hardly a proper guage. Mathis Jr, Tubbs, and Biggs were good boxers but again, not much to work with.

 

Tyson from 1990 to 96 is extremely underrated by some people and Heavyweight James Toney is extremely overrated by some people :-(

 

yeah we all know that. but he was still a very good fighter from 1990 - 96

 

Assuming the fighters mentioned are in their prime... Tyson destroys every LHW that ever lived.

 

Duran deserves a mention.

 

pachilles i miss that duran he grant quote in your sig, it was the best

 

I can't see any light heavy beating Tyson, but I'd bet my money on a prime Billy Conn lasting more than 7 rounds and frustrating Tyson. Other than Conn, prime versions of Archie Moore and Ezzard Charles could give Tyson a battle but they'd still lose.

 

Perhaps some hard puncher like Berlenbach could get Mike into his "passive-going-through-the-motion"-mode and win a close decision. But that´d be a total freak accident. Tyson probably steamroles any lhw ever. Hm, perhaps Langford lasts a while if you count him as a lhw.

 

???? Not me, and I am the biggest Philly Phan around!

 

come on man, don't do this

 

you know what I forgot about Conn, how I don't know, but Billy Conn is easily one of the best light heavies that has ever lived h2h, food for thought