Roy Jones Jr vs Mike Tyson (Fantasy Fight)

after jones beat ruiz, the line in vegas had jones a 2 to 1 favorite over tyson. the fight was discussed but tyson had so many other distractions going on at that time. it would have been the most lucrative fight ever at that time. jones would have won this pretty easily. tyson was a head case and wasn't training at the time. if jones made it through the first three rounds, which i feel he would, tyson would have eventually quit. prime for prime, it's a ridiculous question. jones was a super middle and tyson was 220.

 

Tyson obviously...

 

he was saying prime vs prime, not in 2003, prime vs prime tyson would have been the worst stylistical match for jones, ko in 14 seconds, and not joking and probably tyson would kill him, again...not joking

 

'Mcbride' Tyson knocks any version of Roy Jones the **** out

 

Roy wouldn't enjoy his usual advantage in hand speed to the extent he commonly did.

This time, he might well have done to him what he did to Virgil Hill. No matter how evasive he tried to be, his body would be slow enough for Mike to reach it with his hands. If Jones got up, and it continued, his head would be toast.

 

no, 2003 jones would beat this version of tyson

 

Jones also wanted Tyson after Lewis

 

Roy aint going 8 rounds (Mcbride) with Tyson unscathed.

No one went a Tyson fight unscathed, not even the guys who beat him. (Ok maybe Seldon and Smith are the exceptions)

Some of the shots Tyson landed on Mcbride would knock Jones head into the crowd

Wake up, a glass jawed former MW against one of the hardest heavyweight punchers ever.

 

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tarver was in shape, tyson was finished at this time, according Your logic "if douglas could do it to tyson what (foreman,holyfield,ali,vitali....) could do?

 

What? When he couldn't even beat McBride and quit? atsch

Prime Mike beats Roy, but any semi decent heavy would have beaten the McBride version of Mike.

 

of course tyson would need just a decent punch but jones probably would outbox the slow,fat, zero testosterone 2005 tyson

 

1988 larry holmes would beat 2005 tyson by decision or late stoppage , old foreman 89-91 would ko this tyson in the round 1

 

Are we saying a peak 168 version of Roy against Tyson, or a hypothetical 200 pound peak 1994-1995 version of Roy vs Mike?

Either way there's no way he'd win in my opinion.

However, don't exaggerate by saying 14 seconds. Roy had amazing speed of hand and foot, and that has to be respected.

There's no way Mike could have just walked over and knocked him out in 14 seconds, that's ridiculous. Roy wouldn't just have stood there waiting.

You're underestimating just how fast and elusive he was.

 

All it would certainly take, is one punch

And in a fight between a hard hitting heavyweight and a former mw with a glass jaw, this is a high possiblity.