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What happens if we unleash a prime Mike Tyson under the tutelage of Kevin Rooney into this era?
How would he fare against K2, Povetkin, Haye, Pulev, Price, Fury and all of the other big names out there?
Would be like pitting a lion against a human in most of these cases IMO ...
Destroys them all,, except prime Vitali, who I think could take Tyson's best shots and therefore that fight is hard to call!Quote:
Originally Posted by TysonBomb
Pretty much how I see it too. I cant see any of them standing a chance except the Klitschko brothers.Quote:
Originally Posted by BIG HDestroys them all,, except prime Vitali, who I think could take Tyson's best shots and therefore that fight is hard to call!Quote:
Originally Posted by TysonBomb
K2 - Wlad : 1st or 2nd round KO win for Tyson.Quote:
Originally Posted by TysonBomb
K2 - Vitali : Late Stoppage loss for Tyson.
Povetkin : Early Stoppage win for Tyson.
Haye : Hmm, if Tyson gets haye he stops him, but can he get to him? Haye also has some power. Likely a Tyson win
Pulev : Early stoppage win for Tyson.
Price : Too early to have Price in this list.
Fury : Fury punches himself again and Tyson get an undeserved KO win.
Destroy them all apart from Vitali,his height and reach would cause Tyson problems
good puncher and a great chin.The rest you can forget about.
The brothers K have the potential to beat him, particularly Vitali. I wouldn't be surprised if Wlad beat him. The assumption is that if Tyson caught him he'd knock him out is a given, but that has been the case with most of Wlad's opponents. The question is would Tyson catch him? Tillis, Tucker, Ruddock and Smith were knocked out more than twenty times collectively, but all managed to go the distance with Mike.
The rest of the division are dogshit and Tyson would rip them apart.
Tillis, Tucker, Ruddock and Smith didn't have horrible punch resistance at the stages of their careers when they fought Tyson. Smith did nothing but hold and should've been DQ'ed for fighting like a complete coward. Ruddock was ruined after his encountered with Tyson ... it was only after the Tyson fights that he started getting KOed. Tyson broke his jaw clean and even a rib or two, so its understandable why. And he did stop him in the first fight, so once again you are wrong.
Tillis fought Tyson when Mike was still green. He still scored a knockdown and dominated most of the fight. Tucker had never been KOed until the very end of his career. Not even Lewis could put him away or Buster Douglas who hit harder than Lewis. Just because Tyson didn't KO these guys it means he "failed" or "lost"? Can you show me any fighter ever who won all of his fights by KO and became a champion?
Wlad is going to get stopped in the first round ... he's lucky to survive past 2 minutes ... just a matter of time when Tyson punches his jaw off. Vitali lasts a little longer but also gets stopped. His chin is overrated and the only big puncher he ever fought was Lennox Lewis, who was fat and practically retired. Vitali said he saw all of Lewis's punches too. His piss poor resume and domination of lesser competition means nothing. That backpeddling faggotry won't work against Tyson.
I say he destroys all mentioned except for the Klitschko's... those fights would be toss-ups for me.
I think he destroys them all, and beats Vitali clearly in a tough fight as well. Yes Vitali could probably take his punch, but the same is very true in reverse, and Tyson would have a MUCH easier time landing and doing effective work inside imo. When has Vitali actually fought well enough to suggest he would win more rounds than Tyson at his absolute peak, I'm having a hard time seeing this. Vitali is tough as nails, but he is fairly clumsy and upright, and he wouldn't have the ability to keep Tyson at bay. I think if you gave Wlad his brothers chin, that probably spells doom for Tyson, but Vitali doesn't have nearly as good a jab or right hand, and couldn't keep the distance as well.
Tyson would clean up in this era even more convincingly than he did in the 80s.
Wlad is made to measure for Tyson and would be out of there as soon as Tyson caught him clean on the chin. I wouldn't be surprised if it was over in a couple of rounds.
Vitali probably gives Mike a few problems and can take a shot, so I see that going the distance with Tyson taking the decision quite comfortably.
Sanders speed shocked VitaliQuote:
Originally Posted by tysonesque
Tyson is going to take him out ... maybe even early.
Pele Reid style ;D
I'm not so sure Mike would KO Vitali. He certainly wouldn't have decked him with a single shot. Maybe if he lands a big combination on him, but otherwise it goes the distance in my opinion.Quote:
Originally Posted by TysonBombSanders speed shocked VitaliQuote:
Originally Posted by tysonesque
Tyson is going to take him out ... maybe even early.
Pele Reid style ;D
Vitali proved against Lewis that he takes one hell of a punch.
I see Tyson being too quick and out working Vitali on his way to a decision.
Vitali having a great chin is largely an untested myth. Lewis landed some good punches on him and he took them ... so what? Vitali said he SAW all of the punches so he clearly braced for impact and was mentally prepared to take them. Corrie Sanders had him shocked with his speed and sent him backwards. Tyson is just as fast if not faster in terms of hand speed and puts together excellent combinations.Quote:
Originally Posted by tysonesqueI'm not so sure Mike would KO Vitali. He certainly wouldn't have decked him with a single shot. Maybe if he lands a big combination on him, but otherwise it goes the distance in my opinion.Quote:
Originally Posted by TysonBombSanders speed shocked VitaliQuote:
Originally Posted by tysonesque
Tyson is going to take him out ... maybe even early.
Pele Reid style ;D
Vitali proved against Lewis that he takes one hell of a punch.
I see Tyson being too quick and out working Vitali on his way to a decision.
Other than two old shot guys in Lewis and Sanders, Vitali has NEVER fought against a truly powerful puncher.
Also Vitali has NO inside game at all. If he doesn't control the distance he can't win ... Tyson would be moving in and going to the body. Vitali would either backpeddle or try and clinch. If he tries to fight him he's toast. Tyson would show no respect and keep the pressure on him. He can try and peck at him but he doesn't really possess an uppercut, the one punch that was really effective against Mike.
5th round KO
I don't think we can say Vitali doesn't have a chin. I forget what round it was in, but Lewis hit him with a monster uppercut that would have taken a lot of fighter's heads off and Vitali barely flinched.
Prime Mike would have been too quick for Vitali and easily out works him, but his sheer size would have made it difficult for Mike to catch him with big combinations to the head.
Tyson wasn't a head hunter then ... if the body was available he'd dig right into it.Quote:
Originally Posted by tysonesque
He does have a good chin but its not super amazing if we can only base it from one fight. Plus he said that he Lewis was slow and he saw everything coming. Compare that with a Tyson uppercut that he would never see coming. The speed difference is too great and Tyson would charge him.