Mike Tyson of 1987-88 vs. Jimmy Young of 1976-77

Mike Tyson KO in the first 3 rounds.
By devastating quick punches
Tyson was faster,hit harder and Jimmy stood no chance at that point.

 

Actually I think Jimmy was retired by that point wasn't he?

 

No mate, your mixing up Jimmy Young with Ellis

 

Jimmy Young V Tyson is an interesting one.
Young is the ultimate spoiler and could make things tricky for Tyson.
I'm going to ponder on this one.
It's easy to say Tyson 88 gets him out of there but Young was a difficult man to fight.

 

Bad style for Young. Tyson killed him with body shots. too fast..Jimmy isn't worse overall than Mike; it's the same league, but stylistically, it's a bad fight for him.

 

If the fight reaches the later rounds then the advantage could swing heavily in Young's favour.
But it depends how the fight had gone in the early rounds.
If Tyson had managed to dominate and hurt him then Jimmy might just be holding on to see the fight out.
But if it's even and Jimmy grows in confidence then we may see an upset on the same level as Tokyo Douglas.

 

Tyson overwhelmes him. Jimmy is out of his comfort zone trying to keep up with Mike's pace. Stoppage win for Tyson. Not a good stylistic match up for Jimmy.

 

Tyson-Tucker is a good reference point for this one. Jimmy proves to be a slippery customer but after the sixth round is purely in there to survive the distance which he does.