[PRIME] George Foreman vs. [PRIME] Mike Tyson

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[PRIME] George Foreman vs. [PRIME] Mike Tyson

Poll closed Jan 5, 2023.
  1. [PRIME] George Foreman

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  2. [PRIME] Mike Tyson

    33.9%
  1. Glassbrain

    Glassbrain Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Peek a boo gets trumped all day by dick sadlers training style. Tyson would be moving his head into foreman's wild hook/uppercuts. Stylistic nightmare for Tyson.

    Liston Vs Patterson
    Foreman Vs Frazier

    There's no way Tyson could ever win this.

    100/100 foreman wins
     
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  2. Babality

    Babality KTFO!!!!!!! Full Member

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    Tyson knocks him out. He’s too fast for George. I don’t care that George had an iron chin, if Mike tees off on you you are getting knocked out.
     
  3. Babality

    Babality KTFO!!!!!!! Full Member

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    Frazier’s head movement was predictable. He did the same thing over and over. Mike’s head movement was reactive, he wasn’t just randomly bobbing and weaving hoping for the best. Not to mention Mike hit harder and was much faster.

    Patterson was small and weak. Tyson had an iron chin.
     
  4. Babality

    Babality KTFO!!!!!!! Full Member

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    Joe Joyce beat Parker and now he beats Mike Tyson. Lmfao. Are we talking about the same Joe Joyce who is extremely easy to hit and sloe as ****? I heard that was a terrible thing to be if you are fighting Mike Tyson. Joe Joyce has 0 head movement.
     
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  5. Glassbrain

    Glassbrain Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Who said he hit harder? Than Frazier? Based on what?

    He was more explosive granted but he was mentally weaker than Frazier. George would have broken Tyson down inside 8. It's not even close.
     
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  6. Vegan Beast

    Vegan Beast Grandpappy Ortiz Full Member

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    Don't understand this.

    If Ali can KO Foreman, why couldn't Tyson?
     
  7. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    Some fighters are just more susceptible to slow-fast speed ones. Stick Mike in with a slow or fast fighter and he'll slaughter 99% of them. However, an elite slow-fast speed behemoth like Big Joe Joyce with his slow-fast speed attributes: granite chin, denser bones, superb engine, and high KO% heavy handed clubbing or thudding power is all wrong for him.
     
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  8. uppakut

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    The Tyson that lost to holyfield was a shadow of his former self and that version was atleast better than the Tyson in the McBride fight! Why would you post Tysons final fight to use as proof that Foreman would beat him? Makes no sense, also bear in mind Tommy Morrison beat foreman and lesser fighters than Tyson went the distance with foreman too.
    We're all entitled to our opinions but all this talk of lumbering Joe Joyce beating Tyson is laughable, parker was able to catch Joyce but did not throw any combos which is something prime Tyson was great at doing. The key to beating Joe Joyce is to hit him with combos he has a decent chin but he isn't the terminator, he's human. Tyson would crack that chin and I can see him stopping Joyce like he stopped Bruno in their first fight
     
  9. Braindamage

    Braindamage Baby Face Beast Full Member

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    Ali let Foreman punch himself out to the point of exhaustion. I don't think Tyson would allow Foreman to punch on him for 6-7 rounds before unleashing power shots.
     
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  10. Vegan Beast

    Vegan Beast Grandpappy Ortiz Full Member

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    Understood but Foreman was open and aggressive, Tyson would land massive shots on him, and what I'm saying is that if Ali has the power to KO foreman, so does Tyson, and I think Tyson would land too often for foreman to stay on his feet.
     
  11. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    Mike might have been a shadow of his former self but that's balanced out by the fact that when it comes to slow-fast speed fighters Kevin McBride is one of the poorest I've ever laid eyes upon. His slow-fast speed might impress you but it leaves me cold. .

    I ask you to watch the fight with an open mind and when you do so pay close attention to how increasingly frustrated Mike becomes by McBride's slow-fast speed. He simply has no answer for and is complete befuddled by it and he begins to unravel mentally very quickly. In terms of slow-fast speed fighter quality Big Joe Joyce is a 10 and McBride's a 1 or 2 at best and no matter what version of Mike we pit against Big Joe the exact same thing would happen.
     
  12. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    Here's an award winning piece I penned about slow-fast speed fighters

    Elite slow-fast speed fighters typically have much denser bones and obviously thicker craniums too.

    Elite slow-fast speed fighters are typically some of the most formidable, fittest, toughest, and best punchers in the history of the sport

    Joyce 15-0 KO 93%
    Foreman 76-5 KO 83%
    Vitali 45-2 KO 87%
    Marciano 49-0 KO 87%
    GGG 42-2-1 KO 82%
    Monzon 87-3-9-1 KO 59%
    Froch 33-2 KO 68%
    Hrgovic 15-0 KO 80%

    Combined record of 362 wins and just 13 losses and 4 of those losses occurred after the age of 40 when they were shot and their slow-fast speed was greatly diminished, one was a straight robbery, one was due to a serious injury, and one was due to a terrible cut

    The only one of them who has suffered a legitimate stoppage defeat is Foreman and that was against the joint HW GOAT Ali and Foreman was gassed when he got stopped

    Vitali was stopped on a bad injury and on a terrible cut which is pretty much the only way you can stop elite slow-fast speed operators

    Joyce never been down as a pro
    Foreman been down x 4 IIRC but two were due to exhaustion
    Vitali never down
    Marciano down twice but both times to ATG punching ATGs
    GGG never been down
    Monzon was dropped twice in 100 fights
    Froch been dropped twice
    Hrgovic been down once but it was a back of the mind/cuff you over shot as he was standing on a slippery part of the canvas

    Slow-fast speed>>
     
  13. Sinew

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    Slow -fast speed guys are usually very wide and very strong. I remember sparring a slow-fast speed pro heavyweight...very intimidating.
    And I am about the same height as Mike. I like George's Chances.
     
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  14. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    Yes, slow-fast speed fighters are typically very physically strong, imposing, intimidating and impossible to intimidate and we know that Mike thrived of intimidation. He wouldn't be able to intimidate Big Joe and Big George.
     
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  15. velagod

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    ali made it a war of attrition sat back and let foreman punch himself out.

    Also if you want to play that game how come tyson never ko’d anyone after the 7th round, Tyson won’t be able to grind George down he’s walking straight into an ass beating.

    Also if Holyfield can ko mike why can’t foreman going by your logic.

    see foreman vs smokin joe