Mike Tyson vs Oleksandr Usyk

Tyson

 

I think Tyson is wrong for Usyk. If an old Chisora could give him a bit of trouble, imagine what a young Tyson could do with far superior (to Chisora) skills, power, speed, explosiveness, clever combinations, engine, workrate, determination.

It's one thing to dance around a boxer-puncher with decent but limited skills who can't put real pressure on you. It's a different game with a skilled pitbull like Mike.

 

Prime 1986-1988 Tyson knocks Usyk out. After that it becomes a problematic fight for Iron Mike.

 

Tyson was a bully and would crack under that slick pressure.

Pretty sure Usyk would win this

 

I love Usyk but this is a bad match up for him.

Usyk likes to use his jab to find range but this does not work against Tyson. Tyson is faster on his feet. Tyson will get inside and throw 5-6 punch combinations with incredible speed and power.

Tyson would stop him or win a lopsided decision. Can Usyk keep a faster footed and faster handed man off him? Yes Usyk is quick. But is a 34-35 year old Usyk nearly as fast as a 21 year old Tyson? I don't think so.

Unlike Joshua or even Lewis, Tyson's chin was made of granite. Usyk has a good left hand, but come on, he has not ko'd any notable heavyweights. There is no way he would keep Tyson off him.

Tyson tko 6.

 

Young Tyson wasn't a bully that cracked. Even the poorly prepared Tyson didn't really crack in the Douglas fight, he banged to the very end. And Usyk doesn't have power to back him off like Buster.

 

Tyson by homicide. Usyk has nothing that Tyson would respect. He does not have the power to fend him off or a deadly long jab like Lewis. Tyson would be on him like a mad dog and once on the inside, it will be sayonara for Usyk.

 

And with Lewis, it wasn't even the jab. It was the powerful straight right hand and powerful uppercut. And this was a fat old Tyson that no longer had fast feet. A young Tyson would be able to get past Lewis's jab with ease but at least he would respect Lewis's devastating right hand. Usyk has a excellent tricky southpaw left hand but it does not have the raw power to get Tyson to back away.

 

Prime Tyson would close the distance very quickly and land big. If Usyk hasn’t got the room to use his angles and volume then it’s gonna be a very difficult fight for him.

Prime Tyson is a stylistic nightmare for Usyk imo.

 

Uayk was at 10% in that fight and still won clearly.

 

Tyson is the worst possible opponent for Usyk I think. Prime Tyson KO's him

Tyson was more powerful, even quicker, and very skilled. Usyk gets KO'd inside 3-4 rounds.

 

You can't be serious lol

 

Yeah he was, maybe check some facts before talking, h ?

He had suffer hard Covid, he had struggle with injuries, had to undergo hand surgery, and had to cancel his camp 3 times. On top of that he was inactive, and hasn't fought for a whole year. This was his camp words, not mine.

On top of that Chisora was hitting while holding, which is illegal, thrown and land mostly low blows and shots behind the head, things that would have been called anyone else in the world, except for the fight being in UK.


So yeah he was roughly at 10% in that fight. And this was just his second HW fight.

 

At 10% he would badly lose to Artur Szpilka, never mind Chisora.
Sure, he wasn't what he was in the AJ fights, but that's a ridiculous thing to say seriously. No disrespect but the way some of you get hyped about him, you need a reality check.