Cus told Tyson that a small forward coming slugger would have no chance of beating. .

I agree for the most part but if we're gonna penalize him for fighting the Qawi's and Coopers of the world then we need to give him the credit he deserves for challenging peak Holyfield, Morrison and Briggs.

 

If we use Frazier as a model? Prime Tyson would have a rough go of it with PRIME Foreman. Tyson however was much faster and defensively crafty than Frazier. Still Foreman hit hard and moved his hands.

Comeback Foreman was just too old to beat a prime Tyson. He didn't move his hands enough though his power was still there. I say that not taking away from either man.

 

I can agree with some of what you said, but Foreman in his prime was not a very well conditioned guy that could go deep in many fights. Sure, he had great power and built like a tank in his early career, but past 5-6 rounds he faded pretty bad.

In the second coming of Foreman, I saw a much more mature guy that didn't have the same work rate as his younger self, but even though he was much heavier and older, he seemed to not have the same issues if the fight went the distance.

I agree that the older version of Foreman has little chance against Tyson. I'd give Tyson the edge if both were in their prime only because Tyson was in great shape in his prime, was faster and hit harder than Frazier if using him as a barometer.