I think Tyson beats Holyfield in 1991

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  1. FastLeft

    FastLeft Well-Known Member Full Member

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    yes Bowe was good boxer
     
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  2. Vegan Beast

    Vegan Beast Grandpappy Ortiz Full Member

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    80's tyson beats Holyfield, anything post prison Holyfield wins every time.
     
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  3. Marvelous_Iron

    Marvelous_Iron Active Member Full Member

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    he would have beat Holyfield in their first fight if Atlas and/or Rooney were his trainer/corner

    from one of the angles of the replay of the headbutt it looks like it's actually Tyson that's going for the headbutt

    at 7:17, it looks like Tyson bails on the right and lunges in with a headbutt

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  4. Saad54

    Saad54 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Definately a posibility seeing how badly Bert Cooper hurt Holyfield.
     
  5. Saad54

    Saad54 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    1991 Tyson is not post-prison
     
  6. RulesMakeItInteresting

    RulesMakeItInteresting Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    1991 Tyson loses a UD.

    Mike looks great early on and manages to knock Holy down anywhere from the 1st to 3rd. After that he sees Holy's not going anywhere and slows up. By the 5th he's dialed it way back and is getting hit more. He progressively gets outworked, and begins to get overwhelmed in the 10th. The last two rounds hes suffered swelled eyes, one from a butt and one from that left hook. By the 12th Holy is potshotting him, but he doesn't have the bulk to finish him (he did later, by whatever means). Mike is near blind at the end. The average is Holy by 5 points ahead.
     
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  7. Holmes77

    Holmes77 Member Full Member

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    I think the fight would not happen cause Holyfield would have overdosed on Steroids training in 1991
     
  8. slash

    slash Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I think Holyfield knocks him the **** out. Kinda like Douglas did.
     
  9. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist Full Member

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    The fight was signed and didn’t happen bc Tyson hurt his ribs. Holyfield went life and death with Cooper instead.
     
  10. Holmes77

    Holmes77 Member Full Member

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    Yes Tyson did get hurt but say that doesn’t happen and leading right up to it
     
  11. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Holyfield was consistently growing bigger and stronger. In an early 90s tale of the tape for instance his neck was listed as 17.5. By mid 90s it’s said to be ‘over 20 inches’ in commentary.

    He probably doesn’t absorb a shaper Tyson’s power.
     
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