Which fight would you rather see and you can only pick one

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Which do you choose

  1. Tyson vs Louis

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  2. Tyson vs Foreman

    16 vote(s)
    64.0%
  3. Tyson vs Holyfield

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    16.0%
  1. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    The boxing deity appears before you and let's you see one and only one fight exactly as it would have played out IRL. Your choice is 1988 Mike Tyson vs 1974 George Foreman, 1988 Mike Tyson vs 1941 Joe Louis, 1991 Mike Tyson vs 1991 Evander Holyfield.

    All fighters come to the ring at their best and in top shape. No excuses. Which fight do you choose?
     
  2. Ioakeim Tzortzakis

    Ioakeim Tzortzakis Irresistibly tempting Full Member

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    Tyson vs Louis. The 2 best offensive machines in the Heavyweight division's history, can't get much more intriguing than that.
     
  3. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Perhaps, but making this choice is like having to choose which limb you have to chop off.
     
  4. Melankomas

    Melankomas Prime Jeffries would demolish a grizzly in 2 Full Member

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    Tyson-Louis is an ATG fantasy fight. The others are solid too but this one is next level
     
  5. Ney

    Ney Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I’d have to go with the single most exciting one - Louis-Tyson. Great shootout.

    Tyson-Holyfield would be next if you’d chosen prime Tyson, as I’ve never been too sure who wins that, but I see you went with when the real timeline matched up.

    Foreman-Tyson would be very exciting but it’s the one fight I’m almost certain I already know the result, a brutal Foreman KO with Tyson flat on his back holding his head ala vs Lewis.
     
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  6. Jel

    Jel Obsessive list maker Full Member

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    I lean slightly towards Tyson-Foreman just over Tyson-Louis but it’s a toss up on any given day between the two.

    Tyson-Holyfield has less intrigue because it happened, albeit 5 years late.
     
  7. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Tyson Foreman , especially if I have dinner reservations. This one ends when George blasts him out inside 3
     
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  8. ikrasevic

    ikrasevic Who is ready to suffer for Christ (the truth)? Full Member

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  9. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    I doubt it.
     
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  10. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    Tyson v Foreman please!!
     
  11. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Yeah but then you have to eternally wonder how the other fights turn out.
     
  12. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    I've been doing that since Lewis V Bowe fell through anyway!
     
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  13. JackSilver

    JackSilver Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Ain’t no one blasting out 88 tyson in 3 rounds or any rounds. Prime Ali or Holmes might outpoint him but ain’t no one blasting him out
     
  14. Barrf

    Barrf Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Tyson vs Foreman. Easy.

    Louis... ugh, as much as I hate to say it, Tyson has every advantage except reach and heart. Louis is going to have a real issue with a guy who hits just as hard, is just as elusive, has quicker hands, and is more durable.
     
  15. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I'd wholeheartedly disagree, Mike is a short fighter with a short reach for heavyweights and he would be coming straight at George Foreman throwing hooks, I mean what else could he do stick and move? Tyson had some trouble with big men who tied him up and Foreman was faaaarrrr stronger than Mike ,he'd grab him and shove him back . Tyson couldn't back up Evander Hoyfield, and he ain't coming forward against George. As for the 3rd round KO prediction , it could be off, Mike might get to the 4th before he's listening to the 10 count.
    Mike's style and size is tailor made for Foreman.
     
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