Prime Mike Tyson vs the Joshua of today?

Good post.

Don't forget that he was actually 36 when he fought Lennox, and the only reason he took the fight was because he desperately needed the cheque.

 

oh yeah it was wasn't it! 36 really does tell you how past it Tyson was, and taking Lewis's best punches tells you all you need to know about his chin

 

Well for me at least I can picture Mikes style being a disadvantage for him in the same way Frazier's style was a disadvantage against Foreman. Especially since AJ throws such a nice uppercut. I feel Mike would have to hurt Joshua very early in the fight and get AJ going back a lot. Mikes style, to me, seemed much more effective when he was the one pressing foreword. In fact, in my minds eye anyway, I see that as the entire key to this mythical matchup. Could Mike get AJ to start retreating? If AJ is tough enough and strong enough to take a few shots, push the smaller man back and nail him occasionally as Mike is coming in then Joshua would end up scoring a late TKO. If not, Mike would bust him up along the ropes all night for as long as he had to.

 

Do you think Ruddock hits harder than Wlad ? AJ took all of his punches.

And which fighter is way past his best at 32 ?

He wasn't past his best , he only started to fight the elite fighters in this time and got exposed.

 

Just look at what Kevin McBride did to Tyson Lol

 

I respect your opinion.

I like the logic regarding Frazier and George.

I think Mike was more dangerous though. He was faster, with a wider variety of shots.

I think Mike would had to have jumped on him straight away.

I could definitely envisage Joshua beating him. But I'd have given Mike a very good chance of getting inside to end the fight.

 

Come on now.

He was completely shot at 36 when he fought Lennox.

He literally wasn't even half the fighter he'd once been in the 80's.

He took the fight because the cheque helped him pay off his debts. His life was chaotic at that point.

 

Yeah , he was shot against Lennox Lewis but he was not shot against Holyfield , he was only 30 years old against
Holyfield , no fighter is out of his prime at 30 years old and some people thought he was better than ever until
this fight.

 

Ha!

That was hard seeing him go out like that.

At least he gave a good effort against Williams.

 

It's not that he was shot against Evander, it's that he no longer possessed the attributes he'd had 10 years earlier.

I give all the credit in the world to Evander for his win.

He'd definitely lost a step post-prison. I don't think most people thought he was better than ever upon his release, not unless they got caught up in the hype. He was still a very good HW though. His destruction of Bruno was impressive.

 

And Evander Holyfield was clearly past his prime when he fought Tyson , he had heart problems , was 34 years
old and coming from a knockout loss to Riddick Bowe.

Don't you think , if this version of Holyfield can beat a slightly out of prime Tyson , Anthony Joshua should beat
a prime Tyson and would beat him ?

 

Evan Fields was on steroids then, he was cut like a mofo. smh these posts are ridiculous.

 

Typical Mike Tyson fan , excuses for every lost fight.

 

You're the one creating all this BS revisionist history. I don't discount Evander at all, and I'm not out there actively putting Tyson down to uprate Joshua you fool. You use the same tired ass tactics to discredit Tyson, refer to his way past prime fights as if they are the same as him in his prime. gtfo.

 

Tyson. Joshua's chin isn't that good, plus like someone else mentioned, he's slow.