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

Sorry but in the chin department, Tyson is up there at around an 8 out of 10 kind of chin. Wilder's is average at best. Tyson could weather a Wilder shot far better and would be way more difficult to connect with clean given all that upper body movement. Wilder gets hit clean, he's getting the Pinklon Thomas treatment straight to the Shadow Realm

 

Usyk doesn't beat Mike Tyson. It'll be another Tyson Spinks. Early KO. Usyk barely beat Chisora and his predictable pressure. Mike destroys him. Usyk is soft to the body and Mike had some of the best body punches ever.

Fury is the only one I give a chance. He's smart and has huge reach.

Wilder is Mike's easiest fight. Makes so many mistakes and gets away with them. Mike would capitalize on those mistakes in the very first round and stop him.

 

No.

 

2 or 3 good wins ? He beat 8 ranked top 10 Heavyweights and 2 ATG's in Spinks, Holmes, in a 4 year period whilst unifying and cleaning up the division.

No Heavyweight now comes close to having those kind of accolades.

 

If Ruiz can beat AJ & Usyk can be at #2, it is ridiculous to think Tyson wouldn't beat many of these big oafs who are slow as hell, & out of shape

Size by itself means nothing if you bumble around like an oaf, Fury is special because for such a giant he can move really well

We had a display of this recently at CW where Opetaia massacred Jordan Thompson who looked like a giant (& would have rehydrated to HW) but was leagues below Jai in skill & had the look of a deer caught in headlights as Jai kept landing that bombshell of a left at will

 

Mike would have to have been favoured over everyone today.

 

Give over.

He would have been a horrible stylistic match up for Usyk, who has nothing to have kept Mike off of him.

Wilder would be folded easily. He has no jab or inside game, and his huge size would actually have put him at a disadvantage against Mike. He’d never have had the time or space needed to have landed his power shots. Look how elusive Mike would have been, with his small stature and his unique style. Mike would have gotten on the inside early and easily,

AJ would also have been folded pretty easily. We saw what Ruiz did.

Tyson Fury could possibly have tied him up and rough housed him on the inside. That would be Mike’s toughest test.

Zhang has slow feet and stamina issues, so Mike would have been favoured.

Who else is there?

Mike would have had huge success today.

 

Why not?

 

Tyson and Evander couldn’t have found success today?

 

What a surprise.

 

Theyd have success and win a world title but wouldnt be ranked number one

 

Why not?

Look at today’s top 10 fighters.

Look at the stylistic match ups.

 

Neither beat Fury

 

Really?

Tyson Fury hasn’t shown me that he should definitely have been favoured over them.

 

So out of curiosity : who of today hw,s do you rank above the prime version of mike ? I,m talking late 80,s version of mike , the ribs crusher and lights-off uppercut version of him .