Could an Iron Mike-like HW excel in todays era of giants?

Usyk ???

I honestly do not give usyk a single round against prime mike after i saw his performance taking body shots against dubois . Mike loves to give hard bodyshots in the ribs .

 

Why not? Usyk is high up in the food chain and he is not particularly big. Mike Tyson would still be in the elite level. I think he could do it.

 

If Usyk can be a be top 5 heavyweights I see absolutely no reason why Tyson couldn't be. Hell Andy Ruiz is only two inches taller than Tyson whilst being an infinitely inferior athlete and he was top 10 for awhile.

 

If Ruiz could chin Joshua then I am sure someone like Tyson would do something far worse and regardless of what people say, Ruiz beat a prime and confident Joshua.

 

I'm not favoring Usyk, just giving him a chance.

But you're right, that hook to the body-uppercut combo can be brutal

 

This.

 

If you mean the skillset is included then ABSO-F@CKING-LUTELY. He could beat any current HW put in front of him. Usyk would be one of the easiest for Mike stylistically. I don't get how anyone thinks he'd give Mike much problems. Fury would give him problems, but only because of his height, reach & size. He'd lean on Mike all night - as well as grapple & hug. It'd be worse than BoneHugger. Mike would win via Wide UD or DQ.

 

There's only 2 heavyweights who could be considered elite right now and one of them is smaller than Tyson. He'd do just fine.

 

He'd be competitive in all the fights, yes...

 

He'd have to be essentially Mike Tyson incarnate, the speed, muscle and power to go with the high level training.

Also Mike fought in the mid 80s into the early 2000s, not the 1950s. Mike always fought at a height disadvantage and he did face quite a few "modern size" 6'4"+ fighters. Does anyone think AJ with all his height and size would really beat Tyson?

 

personally think mike tyson is a bit overated we never really got to see what he was truely capable of cos he went off the rails he only has 2-3 good wins if we are being honest about things

 

Here's one I made earlier.

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I think Mike would have some success, sure. Dominate like he did in the late 80s? No

 

A warm welcome to 'Today's Heavyweight Are Bigger So They Must Be Better - volume #160'

 

He achieved all his success earlier in his career but he was still

2x world champion
5 time belt winner
9 defences
Belt winner in two decades
20 years pro career

 

Yes. Moorer, Holyfield, Haye, Adamek and Usyk have proven that size isn't a deciding factor in the HW division.

Tyson hits hard enough to knock out any man. The question isn't about someone being too big, but someone being too good to stop Tyson getting to them.