Ken Norton vs. Mike Tyson

I favour '88 Mikey 60-40 VS '73 Kenny. Tyson is a reckless slugger who probs catches him early with a lucky punch - BUT Norton is a ripped ATG boxer with much better boxing skills And punching power then chubby journeyman Bummy Douglas, so......

 

you think it's that close? 60-40.

tyson is a stylistic nightmare and i don't think it'll be a lucky punch but a well placed one

 

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Norton would have been wise..in retrospect...to have gone in like a tiger vs guys like Foreman...and in this hypo match vs Tyson..but in the end he would have been red meat for a tiger.

 

No. That was a case of two extremely, vulnerably slow starters anomalously roaring out of the gate, and the one who lost was the one who got caught first. But fast starting was Mike's specialty. Also, Tyson could take a punch, and Ken's power was always questioned. He hit Jerry Quarry with everything, and couldn't come close to producing a knockdown, then later had the same experience with LeDoux. His power looked good in the Garcia rematch, in Ali I & II, in catching Bobick, and in one shotting out sized and overmatched Randy Stephens, but it failed to impress as often as it did impress. He broke Ali's jaw by catching the location of an impacted wisdom tooth just right, then Muhammad talked up that fractured jaw to build up their rematches, cementing Ken's reputation. But even after that, his power was frequently questioned. In any event, not nearly enough to dent Mike.

 

Norton's main, glaring weakness was his CHIN.
Tyson would knock him out. Early.

 

Something makes me think Norton might get a couple good shots in on Tyson but nothing to seriously hurt him I mean just check out his later career losses it took a serious beat down to stop him or to even hurt him.

When Mike gets hurt its obviously going to be late in the fight- Even if there are instances like in the Tucker fight where Tucker lands a perfect right hand. But that barely even phased Mike.

A clear edge has got to be for Tyson. It's only fair.

 

Norton had a bad history against punchers. That, along with his slow feet and crab style would spell defeat against tyson. Once tyson hurt him and jumped on him it would be over. Norton feet would not be fast enough to get him out of harms way and his chin could not survive the punches. The cross arm defense would do him no good either and would be easily exploited by tyson's excellent hand speed.

I honestly couldn't see this fight going past the first round, 2 the most.

 

Mike Tyson would love Norton defense and the body would be easy to hit, then Mike would just go upstairs and have a 2nd or 3rd round knockout.

 

I like Ken Norton....BUT...not in this fight...Tyson.....could be 1st rd. KO...

 

I wonder who's alt account you are. :think

 

Please. Everyone knows that Norton had no chin. Just watch the Cooney fight.

 

yeh sure he would