Byrd vs Tyson

Well if that's the case then he'd gain Tyson's respect with body shots that's for sure.

 

Making David Tua look ordinary is one thing, trying to make Mike Tyson look ordinary is another.

Tyson had more in common with Ike, than he did with Tua.

Ike had no respect for Byrd and had him cornered against the ropes most of the time.

And unlike Mike, Ike was relatively slow.

 

Like ***ual assaults?

 

Yeah and that too ��

 

I like Chris, but I can't see him winning this... Not while both were at their best anyway.

 

Prime Tyson knocks him out in about 1 round.
Byrd's doing well to last into the 2nd.

And I'm someone who believes Byrd would have schooled Tyson if they'd met in 2001-2002.

 

Buster Mathis Jr and Frans Botha made Tyson look ordinary at times.

 

Tyson was coming off a long layoff prior to facing Botha, nearly 2 years.

Ditto for the Mathis fight, although he'd fought Mcneeley, that fight lasted about 1-2minutes and wasn't much of a workout, nor did it tell us anything about Tyson.

Mathis was Tysons first proper fight since Ruddock in 91.

Oh, and he knocked both those guys out once he figured them out.

Mathis had a lot in common stylewise to Byrd.

Difference is, Byrd would be facing a Tyson from a decade earlier.

 

I think a lot of heavyweights would have schooled THAT rendition of Tyson.

 

Yes. Similar to Tyson's fight with Tyrell Biggs.

 

well you should of said that in your first post,

prime for prime I would take Tyson :good

 

Yeah and another difference is Byrd was a hell of a lot better than Mathis.

 

yeah the more I think of it I could see a prime Tyson killing a prime Byrd :bbb