How Would MIKE TYSON Do Against The All-Time Greats?

Did he seriously just say 'Foreman is comparable to Liston in many ways, he too had an awesome jab' and then initially pick Tyson to KO him?

 

Without looking at your post count i knew you were a newbie by reading your post. People with not a great deal of boxing knowledge brought into the myth and hype of Tyson.
Anyone with sound knowledge knows Tyson had great hand speed and power but his stamina soon wilted, he wasn't the most accurate, relied on getting up close to his opponent and had some serious mental demons when the fight wasn't going how he wanted it to.
Tyson bowled over a bunch of nobodies, became champ in what is possibly the weakest HW division EVER, then beat Spinks who had no business being in the division and then an old Holmes and everyone claims this makes him immortal.... sorry but i don't buy it. Lewis, Ali, Foreman and PRIME Holmes beat Tyson in my view

 

Xpert post m8 - I AGREE with teh stuff i quoted. :thumbsup


Foreman Hoooooooooooooooook! :hat

 

Xpert post m8 - you know a ****-ton about Tyson, you a boxing-Xpert. :thumbsup


Foreman Hooooook! :hat

 

Good assessment :good

 

Yep it was Xpert. suckeggs ALWAYS tells teh TRUTH about Tyson. :thumbsup

He was a v.overated massive HYPE-JAWB who KO'd useless tomato-can bums who were all INTIMIDATED by him in teh 2ND worst era of all times - except this current even more bloody shitty era IMO. Tiny lght-Heavy Spinks And OLD flabby Holmes were DISGUSTING Mistmatches what NEVER should of been sanctioned - BUT anything mismatch can happen when Don King wants monies!! Tyson was ALWAYS v.mentally weak like a Hormonal teenager And doesnt stand a REALISTIC chance of winning VS any Truly-Great Heavy like Ali, Frazier, Lennox, Louis, Marciani, Foreman, Holmes, Old Foreman, Holyfeild ETC or even V.good prime fighters with Iron-cheens what wouldnt be intimadated like Mercer And Tua.


Foreman Hoooooook!:hat

 

Without looking at your post count I can tell that you are either a newbie or have the mentality of a newbie who tries to undermine Tyson or other popular fighters to separate yourself from the casual sports fan in an attempt to sound more plugged in.

Knowledgeable posters appreciate all fighters, particularly those who've graced the sport and left a mark or made history. Sophomoric posters know more about boxing than the casual sports fan but they are by no means experts and they want to separate themselves from the crowd by playing the role of a contrarian. That is where you fit in.

Tyson beat alot of tough contenders and has alot of depth in his resume despite lacking a signature win. Take a tally of all the ranked contenders that Mike Tyson beat and compare it to other greats and you'll see that he ranks.

The 80s was possibly one of the most underrated divisions in history.
Its far better than 2000s onwards in terms of quality of fighters.

It's supporting Cast is just as deep as the 70s.


Just so we're clear Spinks was a great fighter but was simply outclassed by what was at the time a phenomenal fighter.

Holmes was simply out-gunned by a fighter who would have always given him trouble at any stage of his career. A 38 year old fighter doesn't suddenly as the years pass. Holmes would have always been a stylistic challenge for Holyfield and Mercer and in his prime he would have beaten them. That's why he performed better.

 

i think that tyson would finish holmes, holmes was ko against shavers!!! ko!! but shavers was a bad finisher, tyson might ko holmes, prime vs prime holmes would fight better of course but i can see him ko in 7 rounds or surviving during all the fight, by ud ,tko o ko i can see a prime tyson winning.
lewis didn´t have a great chin, bruno did hurt him, tyson would have his chance.
foreman72-74,holyfield 90-91 and ali64-67would beat tyson for sure.
joe frazier 70-71 .vitali klitschko and joe louis would have 50-50 against mike.
jack jonhson might well frustrate tyson with the clinch , just like smith did, but jonhson had much more stamina.

 

of course, i pick a prime holmes to beat holyfield, but styles make fights, holyfield would beat mike, and tyson probably would ko holmes

 

I would be very surprised if Mike was stronger than Marciano and to a lesser degree Frazier. Holyfield completely neautralised Mike physically, not the first time that he got outmuscled, he used to get pushed back and neutralised through clinching a lot. Power is not strength and having big muscles does not mean that you are physically stronger than someone.

 

Styles makes fights.

I was trying to explain how just because Holmes did better against Holyfield in 1992 it doesn't mean he was that much better than he was in 1988.

He just met a fighter who would have always given him problems.

 

love it how all u so called boxing experts talk about tyson being a myth and hype thsats bull**** he just lost interest in boxing didnt train and blew his money, A prime tyson would kill any other heavyweight ever.

 

You accuse lots of other people of buying into 'Ali hype' but are n't you doing the same with Tyson,Alex ? Anyone would think that Mike's Superman and The Incredible Hulk rolled into one,the way you describe.

 

For a guy who "had no business being in the heavyweight division" (Spinks) he certainly did a good job in beating a 48-0 long reigning champ and battering a giant in Cooney

Also, how is "relying on getting close to his opponent" a negative which counts against Tyson?

 

your ignorance don´t deserve response
:deal