Prime Mike Tyson vs 70's George Foreman

That version of Foreman that just came out and clubbed you to death would be given a challenge by Tyson he stood flat footed and wasn't a good boxer. People forget that the young Tyson was also a good boxer and not so much a brawler it was the power that scared people.

 

Ali wasn't a puncher and KO'd George! These kind of comparisons are always difficult..but those 10 points raised that you quoted and disagreed on make sense to me.

 

It is easy to know why exactly foreman hit the dust, he gassed himself and had no stamina.
It was not such a thing as Ali cracking foreman his chin but rather foreman not being able to stand on his legs anymore.

 

Why should anybody bother to break it down for you? If you disagree with them you'll simply call them a troll and tell them to get so-and-so's dick out of his mouth.

 

Tyson vs Foreman is an interesting proposition. Exactly how good was Foreman's chin? If Foreman fought Tyson like he fought Luis Pires then it is entirely possible Tyson would have beat him down. Foreman keeping his hands down and Tyson's speed advantage make me kind of lean towards Tyson. But Foreman is possibly one of the most durable boxers of all time. Maybe he could weather Tyson's blitzes and start backing Tyson up. Tyson's big weakness was when his opponent could cause him to go backwards. Tyson was fairly durable himself, he was never blown away early in a fight so that kind of nudges me towards Tyson again. If I had to bet I think I'd place my money on Tyson because of his speed, defense and two-handed KO power and, of course, having the chin to take any bombs Foreman may land.

 

Give me Tyson over Foreman in this titanic battle, one of my favorite fantasy fights!

I think Foreman has too many open gaps to be exploited by someone like Tyson: a two-handed combination puncher with blazing speed.

a) Foreman does not handle top speed well; he gets hit before he can react, as in Zaire. This is bad against Tyson.

b) Foreman is very vulnerable to the straight right; Tyson has a dandy, and he can bring it from way out of range.

c) Much is made of Foreman's strength, but look: at their best, Tyson is actually a tiny bit heavier than Foreman; sure, Foreman can push, but Tyson has great torso movement and mobility on his feet. Foreman will not simply be able to push and swing as he did with the one-gear (forward) Frazier. In fact, the pushing could lead to counter openings for Tyson from either hand.

I actually think Tyson became passive inside because he didn't need to fight inside. His fabulous midrange attack was all he needed. So he was content with having the ref break. But watch the Tubbs fight to see how lethal Tyson could be in an inside brawl.

d) Much is made of the Frazier fights, but, again, in a word, Tyson is much better than Joe Frazier. Tyson will never pose with his chin out like Joe did.

e) Foreman, with his relative slowness, can only hope to land single shots, which will be tremendous, but not enough to get the job done because Tyson has a tremendous chin.

f) Another myth in my view is Foreman's chin: Ali was shaking Foreman good with single shots early, and Lyle felled him twice and had him reeling all over the place with single shots.

So, I say Tyson gets to Foreman first, early, brutally, and categorically.

 

Whoa...Tyson catching up here.

 

What?!!!atsch Please post an actual quote of Cus saying that.

 

Tyson KO`s Foreman and does so brutally. and im talking 22 year old prime tyson as any version of tyson from age 23 and beyond was either on the decline or flat out shot! Mike Tysons peak was against Spinx. After that it was downhill. By the time the 90`s came around tyson was no longer tyson although still a very dangerous fighter. it wouldve been incredible had he stayed on top of his game and what he couldve done against prime holifield,bowe and lewis.

 

Foreman by brutal stoppage ,a prime Tyson wanted no parts of an old Foreman the 70's version decapitates him!