People who beat a prime Mike Tyson.

You forgot to add Holyfield, Lewis, Wlad and Vitali there??

Oh and Douglas because he did beat a PRIME Tyson.

 

Not too many. Because of his implosion after 1990, I think a lot of people forget how good Tyson was in his absolute prime in late 87-89. I think prime Ali could have beaten him. Guys without good movement or great chins would be in trouble. As such, I do not think Holyfield or Lewis would have beaten him. A prime Holmes would have been competitive and possibly won a decision. But I can see even a prime Holmes crumbling from Tyson's powerful right hand. Prime Foreman possibly could have stopped him by keeping him at the end of the jab and lowering the boom, like he did against Frazier. Tyson had a much better defense than Frazier, though so it wouldn't have been easy.

 

Wlad?. No. Holyfield and Lewis? Not likely but better chance than Wlad. Prime Tyson would have walked right through Wlad. And Douglas did not beat the prime Tyson who was a fine tuned machine under Rooney. He beat the Tyson who was being surrounded by Don King and his yes men - This version of Tyson was highly destracted and complacent. Tyson's defense was already starting to show holes against Frank Bruno in early 89.

 

Yeah current Wlad would have a great chance of beating Tyson IMO, massive size, good footwork, the jab and the explosive power. Holyfield and Lewis very likely as they both beat his ass with relative ease. As for Douglas, he gave Tyson the biggest beating of all and this was a 23 year old Tyson in his prime, funny how you bring up Bruno but conveniently forget to mention that the fight prior to Douglas Tyson looked his deadly best when knocking out Carl Williams...

 

you're talking about the guy who split decisoned Tex Cobb, was kod by Gerry Coetzee and won and undeserved decision over Mike Weaver. In his prime Dokes was fast and had a decent chin but was not powerful and had woeful stamina. The 80-82 Dokes who moved well would have lasted awhile but the post 85 comeback Dokes who stood in front of Holyfield and fought toe to toe would have been stopped by Tyson in the first found