Pick a HW to beat Prime Tyson.

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  1. VG_Addict

    VG_Addict Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Is there any HW in history you would favor over a prime Mike Tyson ('87)?
     
  2. reznick

    reznick In the 7.2% Full Member

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    Ali
    Johnson
    Foreman
     
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  3. Wass1985

    Wass1985 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Holyfield, Lewis
     
  4. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    Holmes
    Foreman
    Ali
    Liston
    Louis
    Frazier
    Holy
     
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  5. lloydturnip

    lloydturnip Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Holmes ,foreman, ali, Lewis,Bowe if he was concentrating.
     
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  6. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace Full Member

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    Ali, Louis definitely.
     
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  7. bcr

    bcr Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Ali, Vitali, Lennox, Holyfield, Louis and people would kill me, but Buster Douglas.
     
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  8. JohnThomas1

    JohnThomas1 VIP Member

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    Ali, Foreman, Liston, Lewis, Holyfield.
     
  9. andrewa1

    andrewa1 Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Any super tall and skilled hw. He struggled with an injured Tucker, a poor man's Lewis. So I'd pick Lewis, both K's, probably Fury, and if they are still undefeated in a year or two Joshua and Wilder.
     
  10. MUFA$A

    MUFA$A FEAR * THE * TANK Full Member

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    One man who would wreck Tyson mentally before the fight and then go on to wreck Tyson physically during the fight.

    That mans name is Sonny Liston.
     
  11. Reason123

    Reason123 Not here for the science fiction. Full Member

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    Ali, Johnson, Louis, Liston, Holmes, Lewis, and Holyfield.
     
  12. GALVATRON

    GALVATRON Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    you need SIZE, enough skills and durability to defeat a swarming quick hard to hit Tyson becaue he could HIT. My pickl is a tall duarable guy with ability to disrupt a Tyson rhythm of head to body /body to head combo fighter....5'10? well I would throw a 6'7 giant at him then....that's Vitali Klitchko for all combinations size skill/chin enough skill and power /strentgth could defeat Tyson for sure ....itsa a give and take fight.without the right attributes you wont defeat a true Rooney Prime Tyson ,unless you are Lennix Lewis /Wlad Klitchko/ or Anthony Joshua....YOU NEED THESE ATTRIBUTES like it or not.


    my sole pick is vitali.
     
  13. choklab

    choklab cocoon of horror Full Member

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    Tyson beat a multitude of super heavyweights. Tall jabbers, he loved them! Saverese, Ribalta, Green, Williams, Tucker, Golota, Biggs, Neilsen, Holmes, Bruno, Thomas..

    He actually wanted guys to jab him. That's how he slipped inside!

    What everybody dosnt understand is that Douglas, Holyfeild and Lewis did not just beat him with the jab. They beat Tyson because they worked out his programmed sequence and had the desire to implement a plan. They knew what Tyson was going to do before he did it. That's how they beat him

    Every mofo had a jab for Christ's sake!
     
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  14. slash

    slash Boxing Addict Full Member

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    start with douglas
     
  15. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    Ali
    Lewis
    Liston
    Foreman
    Holyfield
    Holmes
    Johnson might be able to shut him down, as Smith and Tucker did but would that be enough to beat him?

    Dempsey
    & Louis
    I would make 50-50

    I would give Bowe an outside shot ,maybe 65/35 Tua and Ibeabuchi are wild cards as well,imo.