Is Tyson really susceptible to the traditional boxer?

So what exactly is a Plan B? Wouldn't you say Tyson adjusted in fights where he didn't bowl over his opponent in the 1st round? When Plan A didn't work, did he resort back to Plan A again to see if these opponents forgot all about that Plan A?

Or...he stuck to Plan A and kept pounding away until Plan A started seeing cracks and weaknesses in the armor of thy opponent's sacred aura. While we're on the subject, what exactly was Tyson's Plan A?

 

Yeah, he was one-dimensional in a similar way Frazier or Marciano were. Giving up height and reach and being built for power and aggression there's really no point wasting time trying to box on the backfoot or play possum on the ropes, for instance. And his modest size didn't give him the option of slower down the pace and wearing an opponent down with a bit of leaning, pushing and manhandling while he gets himself a breather, like a Lewis or a Foreman might. His style required intensity, pace, constant head movement and blistering combinations to be most effective, and when that ebbed a bit he clearly lost effectiveness. Most men were already beaten by that point though.

 

How many heavyweight champions have really been "multi-dimensional" in that sense though ?
Fighters who could drastically change to pace up and down to their advantage, or radically change their style and direction to turn the tide of a battle.

 

That's quite a post.

 

Thanks.

 

I'd say Muhammad Ali was probably the most multi-dimensional of the heavyweights, even if he was far from the "most complete".
Holyfield had more dimensions to him than Tyson. Holmes too. Clearly.

The interesting thing about Fury, as sloppy and as uninspiring as he might appear, is that there was something anout him that suggested he was more than a one-dimensional super-heavyweight.