Which former world champs could have out-pointed a prime M.Tyson?

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  1. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Take any heavyweight champ from and era at the age they were when being champion and match them with a prime Tyson, and decide if any of them could have out-pointed him since Mike only ever lost by stoppage.
    I feel Tyson`s prime ended after 1988.
     
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    roughdiamond Ridin' the rails... Full Member

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    Primo.
     
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    BlackCloud I detest the daily heavyweight threads Full Member

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    Bruno and Roy Jones Junior.
     
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    Rocky Marciano.
     
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    clinikill Active Member Full Member

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    In my opinion, only Ali definitively. I believe Sonny Liston could have done it as well, but my view on that changes from time to time.
     
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    THE BLADE 2 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Ali and Holmes
     
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    70sFan865 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    James Jeffries
    Jack Johnson
    Muhammad Ali
    Joe Frazier
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    Lennox Lewis
    Wladimir Klitchsko
     
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    Ali, Holmes, and Liston. Lennox, too, with the caveat that the most likely scenario is that Lennox gets knocked out. But the question was who "could" have decisioned Tyson.
     
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    THE BLADE 2 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Klitschko has a glass jaw
     
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    William Walker Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    plenty: Ali, Holmes, Tim Witherspoon, Liston, Frazier, Monzon, Duran, Robinson, Hagler
     
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    Noel857 I Am Duran Full Member

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    Johnson,Louis,Ali,Frazier,Holmes and Foreman
     
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    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Tyson was far more skilled offensively than Witherspoon, look at his combo`s and body attacks.
     
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    William Walker Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    maybe true, but I'm sorry, few will ever surpass Witherspoon's defense.
     
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    William Walker Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Witherspoon beat quite a few guys more decisively than Tyson anyway, like Tillis and Bonecrusher Smith
     
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    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    No way could Foreman out-point Tyson, Mike was far harder to hit, Foreman may have knocked Mike out though, but Tyson was far quicker and more skilled than George.
     
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