Pick smaller fighter against Mike Tyson

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  1. Toney F*** U

    Toney F*** U Boxing junkie Full Member

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    I don’t think the fight would last long enough for Frazier to use his stamina advantage, I doubt Frazier would pressure mike since mike was so much quicker and hit a lot harder. Their styles would make it a toe to toe fight where Tyson would win because of his advantages over Frazier
     
  2. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

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    Like you said, other than the great Joe Louis, I can't think of anyone. Perhaps Nathan Mann?
     
  3. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

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    I wouldn't class him as "smaller". He was 6'2 218 pounds when he stepped in the ring with Tyson, irrespective of what his "natural" weight was. Now if he could beat Tyson as a 190 pounder on fight night, then I'd class him as being "smaller"
     
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  4. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Was Godoy really "far less skilled" than Mike Tyson???
     
  5. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

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    Even Max Baer??? I don't believe you!
     
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  6. VVMM

    VVMM Well-Known Member Full Member

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    By (minus 10lbs weight) nobody but Holy was 7 lbs lighter on the first fight.On the rematch Holy wasn't good at all and otherwise they were
    218 pounds.
     
  7. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

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    Louis beat the 6'6 250 pound Buddy Baer and the 6'4 255 pound Abe Simon.
     
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  8. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

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    Douglas wouldn't beat Tony Galento.
     
  9. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist Full Member

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    I wouldn't pick anyone. But Usyk is just about as live as anyone else other than Holyfield.
     
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  10. It's Ovah

    It's Ovah I'm your huckleberry, that's just mah game Full Member

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    Yes, of course he would. He specialised in KTFO giant lumbering oafs like that.
     
  11. It's Ovah

    It's Ovah I'm your huckleberry, that's just mah game Full Member

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    Tony Galento is hilarious to watch. I honestly wouldn't pick him against any half decent HW of the past forty years.

    He's got the boxing skills of someone from the UFC in the mid-nineties.
     
  12. 70sFan865

    70sFan865 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yet he didn't stop Smith. How is that?
     
  13. Wass1985

    Wass1985 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I think the Toney that beat Holyfield gives Tyson serious problems.
     
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  14. It's Ovah

    It's Ovah I'm your huckleberry, that's just mah game Full Member

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    Eye test. Tyson was faster, harder hitting and physically tougher (not mentally) than Frazier, and matched up incredibly well for him stylistically.

    I wouldn't say he'd smash Frazier, not like the way he smashed his son, but I can't see Frazier lasting too long without drastically altering his come forward style. Frazier would be eating some serious uppercuts from Mike early doors, and I can't see him reacting to them any better than he reacted to the ones that Foreman landed.
     
  15. It's Ovah

    It's Ovah I'm your huckleberry, that's just mah game Full Member

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    Can't KO 'em all.