Worst fighter who could survive a Tyson fight with unlimited clinching?

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  1. cross_trainer

    cross_trainer Liston was good, but no "Tire Iron" Jones Full Member

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    Who is the worst fighter who could survive to the end of a 12 round bout with Tyson where the ref will NEVER break the clinch?

    (The fighters are just expected to work out of it. If the fight ends up 12 rounds without a single punch thrown, that's just too bad for the audience.)
     
  2. 70sFan865

    70sFan865 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Bonecrusher could beat him that way to be honest.
     
  3. Devon

    Devon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Valuev, possibly Wach
     
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  4. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    Maybe big foot Martin
     
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  5. Gatekeeper

    Gatekeeper Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Gotta be Valuev, chin of granite, taller than Tyson by over a foot and 100lbs heavier, he'd lose every round but I believe he'd survive
     
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  6. Ken Ashcroft

    Ken Ashcroft Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Worst fighter? Probably Mitch’Blood’ Green.
     
  7. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 Bob N Weave Full Member

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    If Tyson can’t clinch as often as he wants could he be DQd for passivity or something if they shut him down often enough?
     
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  8. cross_trainer

    cross_trainer Liston was good, but no "Tire Iron" Jones Full Member

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    No DQs for passivity. Both sides can sit in the clinch and hug for three minutes a round every round if they want.

    But Tyson wants to win by KO. Other guy just wants to survive the distance by any means necessary.
     
  9. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 Bob N Weave Full Member

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    If let’s say Nikolai Vakuev headlocks him hard enough in the clinch and chokes him out or say flops on him like a beach whale (Wlad style) and breaks a bone or fractures something when they hit the canvas does Valuev win or is Tyson forced to fight on or is Big Nick DQd?
     
  10. cross_trainer

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    Big Nick is DQ'd. Rules are identical to normal boxing except that refs won't break the clinch. You still can't use the clinch in illegal ways.
     
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  11. Pugguy

    Pugguy Ingo, The Thinking Man’s GOAT Full Member

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    Not necessarily the worst but Ernie Terrell presents as a good candidate.

    Even when being policed by the ref. (at least in attempt ) he was an octopus like nightmare.

    Grant him hugging, tying up etc. .carte blanche, he would be in his own boxing heaven and his opponent conversely in boxing hell.

    Hard to imagine Mike enduring this amnesty on clinching without being driven to a good old fashioned foul, still recognised as such by the ref.
     
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  12. KidDynamite

    KidDynamite Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Charlie Zelenoff

    On a serious note ... There are big guys with chins who can pull this off ... Tyson was never that great jn clinches for whatever reason
     
  13. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 Bob N Weave Full Member

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    I mean. If we can clinch this often and Tyson fouls... I guess it could be a win right?

    Have Big Nick not shower or shave for a month before the fight and he wins 9/10 times.
     
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  14. cross_trainer

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    Valuev is far too polite a man to try and pull a Galento.
     
  15. BCS8

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