Foreman's Tactics Frazier I Used Against Prime Tyson

Watching the video for the hundredth time, it seems to me George's strategy against Joe; specifically the pushing and twisting off balance, club-parrying, etc would have been easily as effective against Iron Mike, and, given Mike's propensity for never roaring back after getting knocked down, might have finished him even earlier. Thoughts?

This isn't mean to be either an attack or defense against Mike (whom I admire quite a bit during his 80s run). I just don't see where Mike would have done much better, despite the better right and and at least as good defense.

 

I seemed to have dumbly forgotten about Joe when he was Smokin'. Part of that was being extremely tricky to get a bullseye on.

I think Mike's defense did have a lot to do with having a really great, incoming defense. But he probably was more predictable coming in. I think Dundee said that Mike had kind of a one-two-three style. Though I think that was unfairly dismissive of him, at the same time there were trackable patterns to what he did. Joe wasn't as easy a nut to crack. It might sound weird and is obviously out-of-place, but Berbick at his best was a little like that, a very awkward and thus hard to figure out fighter defensively.