Would Ali have intimidated Mike Tyson?

'Clay' isn't a Spanish name.

 

If clay was all you did understand definitely you have no clue about spanish

 

yes!
This!

 

Exactly, he named all that, and yet the logical line of progression on what all that meant is wrong. All of that means the exact opposite conclusion as he came up with imo

 

Ali would infuriate Tyson so bad.
Tyson used to cry a lot before his fights in the younger days, and was a mentally very vulnerable. I don't think he would have ever gotten over Ali's trash talk lol.

 

Tyson was always a head case. Ali would have had him beaten before a single blow was thrown.

 

"Clay" is all it took for Bonavena to wind Ali up.

 

But didn't Ali do a pretty good job of winding up Sonny Liston and George Foreman, surely they were as street wise as Tyson? I don't believe Tyson would be intimidated, but he would be outwitted verbally no doubt. Tyson's likely route would be what Liston and Foreman did I reckon. Tyson did that crazy stuff post prison, professionally speaking anyway.

 

Liston and Foreman weren't as quick witted as Tyson was. I don't know about being outwitted verbally since Tyson could dish it out just as well as Ali could.

 

Tremendous post. :good You said it better than I ever could.

 

Tyson too mentally vulnerable. Ali says one sentence and Mike would be distraught.

 

The problem is that tyson would hit ali in the mouth in the press conference,then ali lost his advantage of words lol

 

Not only those 2, Ali fought quite a few of the most intimidating men in Heavyweight boxing history, along with Foreman and Liston, Big Cat Williams, Ernie Shavers, Bonevea, Ron Lyle, Frazier. I dont see ANYONE intimidating Ali, maybe godzilla, but thats debatable.

 

But your saying Tyson was just a typical bully, and yes like a typical bully he's devastating as long as he has all the advantages... But what happens when the bully can't intimate? Buster Douglas And Holyfeild hapoens. Ali would've punch the bully in the mouth well before their fight happened. The fight itself would be relatively easy for Ali, like Liston, like Foreman... Men mentally beaten BEFORE they got in the ring, Stripped of their invincibility. Stripoed of the big bully persona.

 

If ever a man treated the moronic Tyson's trash talk with the contempt he, and it deserved it was Holy. He just smirked at the muppet, then beat the sh!t out of him. And people think Ali couldn't or wouldn't. Hahahahahaha.