The Ali (that beat Cleveland Williams) vs Tyson (that beat Spinks)

I like Tyson but Ali will always beat Tyson...too much heart...too much courage...

 

I'd say Ali at his best would be one of VERY few fighters who could beat a prime Tyson.

 

Ali would win by unanimous decision over 12 or 15, with a late round stoppage possible.

 

Anybody good could have beaten that Williams who fought Ali. Williams was shot (I mean gun shot) months before that fight (which I read somewhere that some bullets were still in his body unrmoved during the fight) and one of his lungs had to removed.

A peak prime Cleveland Williams is nothing special, let alone the version with only 1 lung.

 

I've stated this may times before. No version of Tyson could beat any version of Ali, except for prime Tyson versus old Ali. ALi's speed would baffle and frustrate Tyson and Tyson would walk into a knockout.

 

Ali wins. I could see it going like the Calzaghe - Kessler match actually - first 6 rounds close with Tyson getting through occasionally but ALi weathering any storms, and then taking over the second half and seeing out a decent points win.

 

Ali all day long. Just like he did with Foreman. In fact Foreman beats Tyson as well.