Witch fighter gets the most overrated on this forum?

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  1. 70sFan865

    70sFan865 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He is greater and better. Tyson could dream of accomplish things Ali did.
     
  2. White Bomber

    White Bomber Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Better means he'd beat Tyson, which he wouldn't do. I agree about the accomplishments.
     
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  3. 70sFan865

    70sFan865 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Unlike Tyson, Ali actually beat fighters on Tyson level. Ali would beat him and he crushes him in terms of accomplishments.
     
  4. META5

    META5 Active Member Full Member

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    Ali was better than Frazier but Frazier beat him first time. He was better than Norton - Kenny beat him.

    SRR was better than La Motta, but La Motta beat him.

    Louis was better than Schmelling but Max beat him.

    Lewis was better than Rahman and McCall but they beat him.

    Roy was better than Tarver and Tarver beat him.

    and on and on and on

    Better doesn't necessarily mean that you beat a fighter - better might simply be that the sum of your skillset and intangiables leads you to achieve greater success/a higher level of greatness.
     
  5. RulesMakeItInteresting

    RulesMakeItInteresting Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I think it's once more a matter of Iron Mike's inflexibility. He really only had one approach, and the whole-constantly-going-forward thing was too easy for the 60s Ali to foil. Even though Mike had a pretty damn good defense for a guy always coming forward, he would have run into shot after shot.
     
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  6. choklab

    choklab cocoon of horror Full Member

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    Now?

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  7. Mod-Mania

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  8. White Bomber

    White Bomber Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Ali loses H2H, Tyson has the stylistic edge and in a way he's a superior Frazier
     
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  9. White Bomber

    White Bomber Boxing Addict Full Member

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    No he would not. Frazier made Alimiss a lot and Tyson had even better defense.
     
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  10. RulesMakeItInteresting

    RulesMakeItInteresting Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    That wasn't 60s Ali.
     
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  11. 70sFan865

    70sFan865 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Him and Frazier have very little in common and calling Mike superior Frazier is just silly.
     
  12. NoNeck

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    He didn’t.
     
  13. 70sFan865

    70sFan865 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yeah, I guess Liston, Foreman and Frazier aren't even close to Tyson. Oh wait, we're talking about real Mike Tyson, not the imaginary demigod you created.
     
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  14. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    Tyson influenced your vocabulary with the “demigod” crap. That’s cute
     
  15. 70sFan865

    70sFan865 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yeah, that was nice. One of your better posts I've ever seen. As long as you don't talk about boxing, it's not the regular piece of ****.