Floyd Patterson. I have made I hope, strong arguments for Floyd Patterson being a borderline great at worst.
I have got to go with Rocky Marciano on this one. The Rock's you hit me and then I'll hit you style just isn't going to work with Tyson. I see a relatively early KO.
Agree with Janitor. As much respect as I have for Floyd Patterson I don’t know if he gets out of the first round.
Patterson, Marciano, Dempsey, J.Johnson, would be my picks. Tyson's combination of speed size and skills would just devastate them in my opinion. Prime Tyson would also devastate Wilder, Joshua, Fury , Usyk and any of the top ten heavyweights of the past 15-20 years. Though most of them were much bigger than he was. His skill set in his prime was simply that much better.