If Mike Tyson was coming into his prime at the start of the 1970s

What older Foreman are you talking about? If it's late 70s Foreman who was beaten up by Jimmy Young, no chance. 90s Foreman has even less of a chance, he was outboxed by Tommy Morrison of all people. 90s Foreman is the most over rated fighter in the HW division, all because of one right hand he landed on Michael Moorer

 

Destroy him?

I say 50/50. I dont see anybody DESTROYING a prime Mike Tyson. Do not see it.:bart

 

We have Michael Moorer and Evander Holyfield to thank For that:deal.

 

Such a great post with great information, but how did you manage to make it seem so boring:tired?

 

Answer: Neither paragraphs, nor capitals.

But I agree with you. Excellent info as well as an accurate analysis.:good

 

Old Foreman is of course the Foreman after the comeback. Yes, he was not too hard to outbox being as slow as he was. But Tyson would come straight at him, he wouldn't move around like Morrison and Holyfield did. It's a style thing.

I think that Tyson was ideally suited for old Foreman. That Tyson wanted no part of him makes one suspect he felt the same way. If Big George boxes smart, I think he takes this one.

 

well i suppose i'll take you two guys posts as a compliment! no capitals! the reason being i'm such a lazy old so and so i can't be bothered to switch to the caps lock. also i'm the perennial one fingered dinosaur keyboard operator.you're right,no paragraphs either,however there are full stops and commas! you realise both you guys have now made me a quivering self concious wreck when i now post on here to such an extent,that i'm now going to change my ways and use the aforementioned capitals and paragraphs.:good

 

I just can't don't see it. George was way too slow and plodding to beat a fast, mobile, defensive fighter like Tyson. Foreman's one punch at a time thing wouldn't trouble Tyson much....The only way I could see a comeback George Foreman ever beating Tyson would be if Foreman were to fight the Tyson that fought Kevin McBride - then Foreman would probably win!

 

You don't make much sense. Tyson fought Ruddock, a much more accomplished and dangerous fighter at that time while Foreman walzed with his usual tomatoe cans. One more time, fighting Razor X2 but being "afraid" of Foreman ? LOL.

Foreman went life and death with Stewart/Saverese and was all swollen up. We all know how Tyson , even when he was washed up, handled those gatekeepers. Similar face in the Holy fight. Imagine if the relative light hitting Holyfield teed off 10-15 punch combos on good ol' George with no return with that shitty crab defense what Tyson's significant more powerful salvos would do............the old man is going down.

Young or old Foreman was not particular hard to hit. There is a reason Ali called him the Mummy. The size and strengh advantage he enjoyed in his first career vanished with his comeback and he struggled every time he stepped up.

On a sidenote, Foreman got very lucky when the commission closed both eyes with his Aarum fixing involvement.

BTW, when did Foreman ever box smart ? Are you actually believing that Foreman set up Moorer for his lucky punch ? LOL.

 

tyson clears the 70s the only fighters i would bet money on beating him are ALI and Foreman.

Tyson vs 70s ali and Foreman is 50-50 at least

 

Old Foreman has not the hand speed reflexes or defense to handle prime Tyson.

 

Tyson of course have a big advantage in speed, but he had to be set to get his combinations off. Foreman would constantly bully him off balance and catch many of his punches with his cross-armed defence and ride through the others with his outstanding chin and determination.

Since his punches were so slow he'd be better off holding back in the early rounds and become more busy when Tyson slows down.

I think he could pull this off. The big question in my mind is how much damage Tyson would do with his body punches.

 

Being able to Tysons punch does'nt mean that you beat him. Quarry game was countering big SLOW guys something Tyson is not.

The myth that if can stand up to Tyson you will beat him is just that a MYTH.

 

Ali would slice and dice Tyson,Frazier would give him a beat down,Foreman would destroy the made to order Tyson in short order,Quarry and Tyson would be a good fight with Tyson winning by late stoppage,Norton would be koed unless he could box Tyson and stay away for the first 4-5 rds if he gets past 5 rds he has a chance to win a decision,Bonavena beats Tyson in a war with Tyson winning the first 5-6 rds the next 3 rds would be close with Oscar comming on wearing Tyson down Oscar by SD,Tyson beats a game Chavalo in a UD,Holmes out boxes Tyson wins ud maybe a late stoppage.

 

I agree. No way in hell is Quarry beating a prime Tyson. He was too much of a warrior to even have a chance to last the distance.