If Tyson came around today...

Pinklon Thomas would be formidable today let alone a prime Tyson.......HAHAHA

 

Who gave Tyson ''serious struggles in the 80s.

being beaten across the ring while surviving by clinching does not mean that you gave him trouble ?.

Tucker was better then anyone right now with the exception of wlad.

 

As with evey one, I think Tyson blasts though todays divsion.
The only guy I see problems as said before is VK, and he has to be in top shape to pull it off.

Of couse, Tyson may blast his way though the divsion, belive his own hype, stop training, going to stripclubs, and get upset some were down the line as did happen in real life. I dont think Tyson retires unbeating. Knowing Tyson, he may slip up some were down the line.

 

I honestly doubt that any of the curent beltholders could last more than a few rounds against Tyson at his peak.

Frankly I think that a few of the guys Tyson blew out would have been beltholders today.

 

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Peter is far too crude to give him any trouble, and considering the trouble McCline gave him, Tyson wins it early. Wlad gives him trouble but stopped around 4.

 

That's probably the worst post I've ever read, no offense.

 

I don't think "good defense" is part of the equation to beat Tyson.

To beat a prime Tyson with defensive moves moves would take a defensive heavyweight the likes of which we've never seen, someone like a Whitaker/Locche-level defensive expert. I doubt that we will ever see one in our lifetimes.

The key is a good offense and a nullifying-type defense. Someone like Bernard Hopkins at heavyweight would be an interesting matchup for a prime Tyson.

 

I would pay money to see him try to lean on Tyson.

 

Come on, Tyson was very inactive on the inside and if he comes close Valuev plays Quiet Man. Tyson´s distance was the half-distance, I don´t think he would have much problem to get there but to land his punches on Valuev he would get so near that the Russian behemoth could grab him.

 

I disagree.

Who did Tucker ever beat? A fat Douglas, who was beating him handily until the buster ran out of gas?

Chagaev's resume has better wins. So does Peter's. Valuev's doing pretty okay.

Obviously, i won't pick any of them to beat Tyson, but they accomplished as much or more than Tucker.

 

The reality is there is not a top ten heavyweight fighting today, unless you count Holyfield, so there is no one to match a prime destroyer like Tyson but there are a couple of decent fighters who could maybe go the distance with him in Wlad and some of the Russians.

 

Just on this one, the fight was dead even at the time of stoppage. I'll have to rewatch it tho, my memory is that Douglas had been the better fighter prior to the finish.

 

There is not a top20 hw fighting now but neither Tyson nor Holy were top10 themselves.