Which former heavyweight champs would prime M.Tyson have stopped in the 1st round?

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  1. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    In hypothetical match-up`s which former heavyweight champs would prime M.Tyson have been able to stop in the first round?
     
  2. Cecil

    Cecil Boxing Addict Full Member

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    What this M.Tyson stuff Mark?
     
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  3. First Round KO

    First Round KO Well-Known Member Full Member

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  4. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Mike Tyson not Tyson Fury.
     
  5. RulesMakeItInteresting

    RulesMakeItInteresting Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Patterson...sure on that one.

    I'm not completely sure on Norton...not in the first round. But, as much as I love Ken, I'm sure he would have lost within the first three for sure :(
     
  6. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    Patterson, Marciano, Norton, off the top of my head.
     
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  7. Kamikaze

    Kamikaze Bye for now! banned Full Member

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    No discredit to any champion however ANY champion could be stopped by Mike under the right circumstance it only requires a small miscalculation Boxing is the most punishing thinking game on the planet. The genius in a pressure fighter like Mike is the panic he creates to make his man rush his work which just begins opening up more counters Canelo does this very well today... I think a big part of why he has so many early round KOs is because of the sheer anxiety he induced we are only human and when you know he can drop the curtain with one shot and is moving that scary fast at you, you are a fighter you just start shooting what else can you do?
     
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  8. White Bomber

    White Bomber Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Pretty much all the old timers: Sullivan, Corbett, Fitzsimmons, Burns, Johnson, WiTunney, Sharkey, Schmelling, Baer, Braddock.
    And even more modern guys like Louis, Patterson, Walcott, Marciano, Johanssen. But it's not a given with these guys.
     
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  9. Claw4075

    Claw4075 Ezzard Charles GOAT Full Member

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    Riddick Bowe. Man is what you get when you manufacture a fighter made just to defeat Tyson in a laboratory.
     
  10. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Some he wouldn’t:

    Lennox Lewis

    Tony Tubbs

    Tony Tucker

    James Douglas

    Trevor Berbick

    Frank Bruno (x2)

    Evander Holyfield (x2)

    Larry Holmes

    James Smith

    Pinklon Thomas

    Frans Botha (WBF lol)

    Brian Nielsen (IBO/IBC lol)
     
  11. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Tubbs was pretty close though and one of the few one punch finishes in Tyson`s career.
     
  12. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    How old was Tyson when he fought Nielson and Botha?
     
  13. JohnThomas1

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    Tubbs had quite a good first round.
     
  14. 70sFan865

    70sFan865 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    You shouldn't expect first round KO among top tier fighters. It's not something that happens often.

    Even if you take someone with bad chin, it doesn't mean that Tyson would stop him in one round. I wouldn't be surprised if someone like Moorer or Walcott lasts more than one round against Mike.
     
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  15. Tonto62

    Tonto62 Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    In theory plenty of them,in practice L Spinks,Patterson,Johansson,Burns,Corbett,Moorer, those sort of guys.