How does Tyson Fury fair in the 1970s?

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  1. bboyrei

    bboyrei Member Full Member

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    Well at least you’re honest here but have seen multiple posts of you saying Mike Tyson is the H2H goat. So who in your mind beats Fury then?
     
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  2. 70sFan865

    70sFan865 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    But Fury fighting at the highest level in the 1970s would definitely spend a lot of time in America.

    Either way, it would be extremely hard for him to come back the same way he did in real life.
     
  3. White Bomber

    White Bomber Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yes, I see Mike as the H2H GOAT, meaning I see him having the best results overall if all the top HWs were to all fight each other. But that does not mean Tyson would win every fight, nobody can do that.
    As for who beats Fury, it's hard to say, but perhaps guys like Lewis or Vitali.
     
  4. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    Who do you think beats Mike?
     
  5. White Bomber

    White Bomber Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I think the guys that will give him the most trouble and potentially beat him are Liston, Lewis, Vitali and Fury. Perhaps even Foreman, but less so, since he is slow.
     
  6. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    A bad boxer of that size would rank.

    A skilled boxer with a good chin that size would obviously be right in the mix.
     
  7. 70sFan865

    70sFan865 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Is Liston faster than Foreman? I don't think so
     
  8. White Bomber

    White Bomber Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Speed seems about the same, but Liston is more skilled and his delivery mechanism is way better, he doesn't have those looping telegraphed punches like Foreman had.
     
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