Who Was Easier To Hit During Their Peaks?

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  1. Azzer85

    Azzer85 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Who was the easier person to hit when both were at their peaks?

    Ali Or Tyson?

    Who was the easier one to land on
    Im talking pre exile Ali and "Rooney" Tyson
     
  2. what? are you joking? tyson was easier to hit even in his prime, a prime ali was fast like the hell, he had reflexes of cat. liston had almost the reach of valuev and a hell of jab and i think that he could not even touch the face of ali.

    shot holmes did touch his face, green did touch his face, tillis did, tucker did and he did hurt tyson,smith did, berbick did....
     
  3. Azzer85

    Azzer85 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    and Cooper put Ali on his A$$....
     
  4. whe are talking about prime ali right? was tyson in his prime in 1985?it was a lucky shot from cooper because ali was very green in 1963
     
  5. Azzer85

    Azzer85 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Im talking about anything upto exile for Ali and upto the Spinks fight for Tyson
     
  6. well,you said during their peaks, peak ali was 64-67
    tyson was much easier to hit, and it is not even close.
     
  7. Hydraulix

    Hydraulix Left Hook From Hell.. Full Member

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    It's a myth that Ali was "unhittable" during the 1960s. Henry Cooper managed to corner him and knock him silly. George Chuvalo landed plenty of left hooks to the head and body of Ali in 1966. He even stunned him with a hard right in the 13th round, but didn't know how to follow up. And, an older Rocky Marciano routinely caught Ali during the filming of the superfight in 1969.

    Tyson may have been hit a few times more than a prime Ali, but the prime Ali was caught with the harder shots, mainly because he fought with his hands down low.

    I voted "Ali" because he was the one who got caught cleanly between the two. Tyson never got stunned the way Ali did until he fired Rooney.
     
  8. Azzer85

    Azzer85 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    would it be blasphemy if i said Tyson had the better chin....during their primes?
     
  9. ali took these body shots from chuvalo voluntarily, he was provoking to chuvalo, he did catch his head while chuvalo did hit his ribs. And ali was talking in his ear. I tis a nonsense, the shot from cooper was a lucky shot, ali was very green, it was not a peak ali, it was not even prime ali. Tyson was hit by tons of fighter during his prime, tyson was much easier to hit, it was not even close.
     
  10. tommygun711

    tommygun711 The Future Full Member

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    yep. Tyson was matched up much more carefully then Ali. Ali took shot from Liston, a better hitter then anyone Tyson faced bar Lewis or rudduck.
     
  11. :lol::lol::lol::lol: BLASPHEMY NOT, THE NEXT TERM
     
  12. Tricks77

    Tricks77 Sergio By God Martinez Full Member

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    Bonecrusher Smith caught a prime Tyson with a flush shot that hurt him in the closing seconds of their dreary affair. After that the next time we saw him hurt was early in the Bruno fight. Frank was so stunned that he'd staggered Tyson, he didn't even know what to do with him afterwards.

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwny82lH33o[/ame]

    Being backed-up by a punch for the first time 29 fights into your career is an impressive feat, no matter how you look at it.

    Cassius Clay goes down for the first time in his career in his 11th fight against Sonny Banks, by means of a big left hook. Then again against Henry Cooper a few fights later.

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CgCEnaQ0zI[/ame]
     
  13. Muchmoore

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    Ali is the right answer.

    But at the same time one is a come forward swarmer/slugger while the other is a move away boxer so the question is a bit unfair to Tyson :lol:
     
  14. Foreman Hook

    Foreman Hook ☆☆☆ G$ora ☆☆☆ Full Member

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    PEAK Tyson was LOTS And LOTS EASIER to hit then PEAK Ali. It is a FACT And any dumb-dumb fangirls who Disagree knows **** on Boxing. :deal

    PEAK Ali -

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFFDe9FQL3s[/ame]

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EgvskxecBs[/ame]

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5UW0wfAYbM[/ame]

    PEAK Tyson -

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPHofYgReog[/ame]

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTK_4zl96mk&feature=related[/ame]

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTQ7CsEK5DY[/ame]

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8CDBgxXvUM&feature=related[/ame]

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KNuAVivQkU&feature=related[/ame]


    Foreman Hoooooooooook!:smoke:hat
     
  15. Foreman Hook

    Foreman Hook ☆☆☆ G$ora ☆☆☆ Full Member

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    Old Sonny who Ali beat was a v.much Better,, Harder puncher And Tougher fighter then anyone Tyson was v.carefully matched with. FFS Frankie Bruno v.nearly KTFO PEAK Tyson!! It a FACT teh Haymakers what Liston landed on Ali in Round 5 would of KTFO Tyson And the Liston would of **** on his face!! :deal