Remember that 3 round tournament they held in 1993 for pro's ( Tony Tubbs was the winner) ? 3 rounds per fight with Pro rules. Imagine if we had that and the 8 contenders were as follows ( all peak). 3 round fights. They all fought each other on a round robin league table basis , with the top 2 contesting the final. Who'd the top 2 be ? Who'd win ? Who'd struggle? 3 rounds so think carefully. Bowe Holyfield Tucker Bruno Foreman Holmes Lewis Tyson
This is not so easy to predict, will have to think on it. Makes a pleasant change to have an interesting heavyweight thread as opposed to the usual random nonsense we have been served up the past year or so.
Alrighty, I used the video game Title Fight Boxing to run this tournament. Three Rounds, Round Robin, all fighters in their primes. George Foreman beats Larry Holmes in the final round by MD 1 1st Round Riddick Bowe Mike Tyson Riddick Bowe UD 3 3 2 1st Round Evander Holyfield Lennox Lewis Lennox Lewis SD 3 3 3 1st Round Tony Tucker Larry Holmes Larry Holmes SD 3 3 4 1st Round Frank Bruno George Foreman George Foreman UD 3 3 5 2nd Round Riddick Bowe Lennox Lewis Riddick Bowe UD 3 3 6 2nd Round Mike Tyson Larry Holmes Larry Holmes UD 3 3 7 2nd Round Evander Holyfield George Foreman George Foreman UD 3 3 8 2nd Round Tony Tucker Frank Bruno Frank Bruno UD 3 3 9 3rd Round Riddick Bowe Larry Holmes Larry Holmes UD 3 3 10 3rd Round Lennox Lewis George Foreman George Foreman SD 3 3 11 3rd Round Mike Tyson Frank Bruno Mike Tyson UD 3 3 12 3rd Round Evander Holyfield Tony Tucker Tony Tucker UD 3 3 13 4th Round Riddick Bowe George Foreman George Foreman UD 3 3 14 4th Round Larry Holmes Frank Bruno Frank Bruno MD 3 3 15 4th Round Lennox Lewis Tony Tucker Lennox Lewis UD 3 3 16 4th Round Mike Tyson Evander Holyfield Mike Tyson MD 3 3 17 5th Round Riddick Bowe Frank Bruno Riddick Bowe UD 3 3 18 5th Round George Foreman Tony Tucker George Foreman UD 3 3 19 5th Round Larry Holmes Evander Holyfield Larry Holmes SD 3 3 20 5th Round Lennox Lewis Mike Tyson Mike Tyson UD 3 3 21 6th Round Riddick Bowe Tony Tucker Tony Tucker UD 3 3 22 6th Round Frank Bruno Evander Holyfield Evander Holyfield SD 3 3 23 6th Round George Foreman Mike Tyson Mike Tyson SD 3 3 24 6th Round Larry Holmes Lennox Lewis Lennox Lewis SD 3 3 25 7th Round Riddick Bowe Evander Holyfield Riddick Bowe MD 3 3 26 7th Round Tony Tucker Mike Tyson Mike Tyson UD 3 3 27 7th Round Frank Bruno Lennox Lewis Lennox Lewis UD 3 3 28 7th Round George Foreman Larry Holmes George Foreman MD 3 3 Tournament Champion The tournament champion with a total of 6 wins is George Foreman! What's funny is there wasn't one knockout in the entire tournament.
Good one Gordon. If its 3 round's I'm oreett pretty sure its a close one between Tyson ,Foreman or Lenny .The way Tyson used to start I'd say he wins most of em so I'll go for the Iron one .
Thanks my man... I was guessing folks would jump straight in with Mike...it's tempting but.... Even Bruno could be tough here. No stamina issues huge rock of a jab and who's gonna fly in at him and risk running into that right hand ? Foreman will be popular but I could imagine some guys just jabbing and moving against him, Holyfield could be very good here. Lewis has all the tools but may start too slow in some fights, Holmes the same, Bowe will throw punches non stop , Tucker has the jab and movement he's got all the tools, The more I thought about it the more I thought it could be a good thread
There's no right or wrong answers..my worry for those two is they may get off to a few slow starts ? But I can see where you're coming from..
HAHA, well. I think I would favor Tyson, as this is the way he naturally fought, for the most part. All the other guys would be adjusting to a 3 round war, where Tyson would be right a home. Obviously Foreman would be way up there in terms of people made for this type of fight, especially early Foreman. I suppose Holmes could jab his way to a tournament victory too. Nice thread.
I think lack of head movement means Foreman gets picked off by the jabbers ? Once you've won that first round it's a big step. It would suit George in so much as his gas tank would last but not sure it suits his overall style ?
