Tyson peaked young, and prison time hurt him, he was not even allowed by judge to go to another prison in state that had boxing. So he was totally away for 3 years, and was not same. Pre-1990 Tyson wipes out Holyfield.
Holyfield would have beaten tyson at anytime during their respective careers because he basically had his number. That is all.
People seem to forget "prime" holyfield loved to brawl, he wouldnt have fought the same fight he did in 1996, he would try to brawl with tyson and at a little over 200lbs he is seriously outgunned! Will get knocked out mid rounds. 1996 holy have a better chance of beating 88 tyson..
Stylistically the fight doesn't favour Tyson. A precise, accurate and fairly quick fighter with pop in his punches (Holyfield was not feather fisted) Holyfield knew how to box, hold and frustrate with his head as well. I see Holyfield weathering an early storm from Tyson and maybe takes 2 of the first 6 rounds, meanwhile why Tyson does his thing, Holyfield aims his jab towards Tyson's eyes, NOT the chin, slightly impairing his vision. Tyson was considerably worse past round 5 ish even when he was in his prime. Holyfield begins to work the jab more and more and that precise straight right comes into play, as Tyson's facial damage stops hifrom seeing many of Evander's punches. Winning rounds becomes routine for Holyfield and levels the scorecards up by the 10th. After taking a lot of damage from rounds 5-10 A last gasp effort from Tyson in the 11th sees him take the round but wear himself out and is a spent force in the 12th. If he holds on he loses the round and it's a draw on the cards, or Holyfield stops him on his feet in the dying seconds of the fight.
Would have been a really close fight had it been the Tyson from the Spinks fight. I think I would have favored Tyson to beat him by decision.
Problem is that when Holy and Lennox was preparing for the Olympics, they sparred with Tyson at Cus DaMato's gym. From what I heard they both beat Tyson at that stage. So no, don't think Tyson at any stage could beat those two.
If Holy survives the initial storm of the first 2 or 3 rounds then I think he'd grind Tyson down. Tough fight to call but Id bet on Tyson early.
Holyfield beats Tyson whether they're both 6 or 60, and Prime Holyfield beats any version of Mike ever.
If Tyson would survive against him for 12 rounds and Tyson was still earlier in his career big chance Holyfield would get robbed. The scorecards on the Douglas fight: Larry Rozadilla had an accurate card through 9 rounds, with Douglas ahead 88-82, judge Masakazu Uchida had the fight dead even at 86-86, and judge Ken Morita, incredibly had Tyson ahead 87-86 Morita probably had the most disgusting scorecard ever.
yea for mike they say he loses everytime to holy even though holy fought as a brawler in 80s and wasnt a tough no brawler ever beat mike so why would holy it's weird to say he would win going off of his 90s fights when he fought as a semi brawler boxer style so why anybody would think he beats mike in his 80s ver is weird